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On March 10, 1977, 43-year-old film director Roman Polanski was arrested and charged in Los Angeles with six offenses against Samantha Gailey (now Geimer), [2] a 13-year-old girl: [3] unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, a lewd and lascivious act upon a child under the age of 14, and furnishing a ...
Jul 18, 2022 · Feb. 1, 1978 — Polanski flees the United States on eve of sentencing after learning that Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Laurence Rittenband intended to send Polanski back to prison. An arrest warrant is issued, confining Polanski’s movements to France, Poland and Switzerland.
Jul 18, 2022 · The detail emerged decades after Roman Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor and fled the U.S. on the eve of his sentencing because he didn't think he was getting...
Aug 15, 2022 · On March 24, 1977, a grand jury indicted Roman Polanski on six felony counts: furnishing a controlled substance to a minor, lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14, unlawful sexual intercourse with a female under the age of 18, rape by use of drugs, perversion (now called oral copulation), and sodomy (via CBS News).
Jul 18, 2022 · LOS ANGELES - The case involving Roman Polanski, who fled the United States after he forced himself on a 13-year-old girl during a photo shoot, has spanned 45 years, sparking court battles on...
Jul 18, 2022 · A Los Angeles County judge intended to sentence Roman Polanski to only 90 days in prison for sexually abusing a child in 1977, according to court transcripts made public for the first time this...
Jul 19, 2022 · A Los Angeles judge privately told lawyers he would jail film director Roman Polanski for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl in 1977, a former prosecutor has testified. Key points: Roman Polanski pled guilty to abusing the girl but fled before he could be sentenced, never returning to the US.
