2009
10.04

So Roman Polanski had sex with a little girl, but it was a long time ago.  I’m sure it’s all good now, right?  I mean, how bad could it have been?  Well, you can read some of the transcripts from said little girl as to what actually happened that night:

The following are excerpts from the State Attorney’s interrogation of Samantha Geimer (then 13, now 45) from ‘People of the State of California vs. Roman Raymond Polanski” on March 24, 1977:

Prosecutor: “What did he say to you that indicated to you that he had an interest in photographing you?”
Samantha Geimer: “He showed me a Vogue magazine that he had done and he said, ‘Would you like me to take your pictures?’”
“At any time did you pose without a top?”
“Yes.”
“At that time were you wearing a bra?”
“No.”
“So you were bare from the waist up?”
“Yes.”
“Was that at his request or did you volunteer to do that?”
“That was at his request…

“I think I said I was thirsty. And he went in the kitchen and this refrigerator… and he got out a bottle of champagne. And he said, ‘Should I open it?’
And I went, ‘I don’t care’…”

“Did you get into the jacuzzi with your panties on?”
“No.”
“When did you take them off?”
“I had gone outside. I was ready to get in and he said, ‘Take off your underwear’.
“So I did and then got in.”
“What happened when you got in the jacuzzi?”
“He took some pictures…”

“Did you take a quaalude?”
“I took part of it.”
“Where did you get this quaalude?”
“He gave it to me.”

“At some time did he stop taking photographs of you in the jacuzzui?”
“Yes.”
“What did he do after that?”
“He went in the bathroom and he came out and got in.”
“When he came out was he wearing anything?”
“No…”
“And what did Mr. Polanski do?”
“He got in and went to the deepest part…
“He said, ‘Come down here’.
“And I said, ‘No, no I got to get out’… He had his hands on my sides like right around here and he was…”
“Around your waist?”
“Yes. Then he started to move and I got out.”…

“What did you do when he said, ‘Let’s go in the other room’?
“I was going, ‘No, I think I’d better go home’. Because I was afraid.
“I just went and sat on the couch.”
“What were you afraid of?”
“Him…

“What happened when you sat down on the couch?”
“He reached over and he kissed me. And I was telling him, ‘No,’ you know, ‘keep away’.
“But I was kind of afraid of him because there was no one else there.”

“How long did Mr. Polanski have his mouth on your vagina?”
“A few minutes.”
“What happened after that?”
“He started to have intercourse with me.
“He asked, he goes, ‘Are you on the pill?’”
“And I went ‘No’… he goes, ‘Would you like me to go in through your back?’
“And I went ‘No’. I think he said something like right after I said I was not on the pill, right before he said, ‘Oh, I won’t come inside of you then’. Then he lifted my legs up farther and went in through my anus.”
“Do you know what a climax is?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know whether he had a climax?”
“Yes.”
“And how do you know that?”
“Because I could kind of feel it and it was in my underwear. It was in my underwear and on my butt and stuff.” ~ Via The Daily Fix

So he didn’t just have sex with a little girl.  He drugged and ass raped a little girl while she pleaded for him to stop.  And even in light of this, they are pouring out of the woodwork over in Hollywood in support of this rapist.  Just look at this list of names who signed a petition to free him.  Woody Allen?  Of course he wants Roman to be freed.  If Roman gets off, it makes his time spent with a minor look like nothing in comparison.  Is there really a bigger pervert that you could have come to your defense in a rape case?

  • Houlihan

    Seriously messed up. I definitely won't be seeing any of his movies without torrenting them.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/Xaotikdesigns Adam

      I could almost understand if it was consensual.

      And if "Living in exile" didn't mean "returning to his home country of France and living in his own home."

      And if the girl wasn't 13. Like Chris Rock said, 13 is 13.

      In fact, a quick look shows that most of Europe agrees that 13 is too young. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ages_of_consent_in_E… ) That excludes Spain and the Vatican State, which is a little surprising, as they aren't the two places I would expect to have the lowest ages of consent…

  • Houlihan

    I agree, I'm of the belief that consensual is consensual. However, I also feel that understanding the situation completely is a big part of that particular kind of consent, which I just don't believe most 13 year olds could. And when there's drugs involved, lines definitely get blurred.

    Is that the sentence Polanski received? Seems a little lighthanded, even for something that happened so long ago.

    And I for one am not surprised the age of consent is low in the Vatican. I'm guessing the 12th birthday for choir boys is celebrated enthusiastically.