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[Julius]

polanski possibly didn't actually pay Geimer the sum from the settlement.
At least thats implied by this latest report:


Roman Polanski's victim asks court to drop charge against director
Los Angeles Times
October 26

The victim of Roman Polanski�s 1977 sex charge has asked an appellate court to drop the charge against the film director, saying the unceasing publicity has disrupted her family, job and health.

Since the director�s arrest last month, Samantha Geimer and her attorney have received close to 500 phone calls from media as far as Germany, Israel and Japan, attorney Lawrence Silver wrote in a statement filed Friday.

In 1993, Polanski settled a civil suit with Geimer and agreed to pay her at least $500,000. It is not known whether the director has paid the sum.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/10/samantha-geimer.html

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Polanski granted bail

Swiss: Polanski in jail until at least Monday

By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER, Associated Press Writer Bradley S. Klapper, Associated Press Writer � Fri Nov 27, 8:15 am ET

GENEVA � Roman Polanski will remain in a jail outside Zurich for at least three more days until he meets the security conditions of his bail, a Swiss official said Friday.

Polanski wouldn't be placed under house arrest in Switzerland before Monday, because he has yet to fulfill all the requirements to ensure that he stays in his chalet in the Swiss luxury resort of Gstaad, Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said.

Galli did not elaborate, but the 76-year-old director must post $4.5 million bail, surrender his identity papers and be fitted with a monitoring bracelet.

Polanski cannot leave the chalet because the ministry is still deciding whether to extradite him to the United States for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. Authorities in Los Angeles want him sentenced after 31 years as a fugitive.

Doubts over Polanski's whereabouts were answered Friday when the filmmaker's lawyer Lorenz Erni entered a prison in Winterthur, a city 16 miles (26 kilometers) northeast of Zurich.

Erni declined to speak to reporters after his 80-minute visit in the prison, where Polanski is being treated as an extradition detainee with more privileges than prisoners who have committed crimes in Switzerland.
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The bail decision Wednesday was a major win for Polanski after a series of legal setbacks following his Sept. 26 arrest on a U.S. warrant as he arrived in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award at a film festival.

Polanski was accused of raping the girl after plying her with champagne and a Quaalude pill during a modeling shoot in 1977. He was initially indicted on six felony counts, including rape by use of drugs, child molesting and sodomy, but he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of unlawful sexual intercourse.

In exchange, the judge agreed to drop the remaining charges and sentence him to prison for a 90-day psychiatric evaluation. The evaluator released Polanski after 42 days, but the judge said he was going to send him back to serve out the 90 days.

Polanski then fled the U.S. on Feb. 1, 1978, the day he was to be sentenced. He has lived since then in France, which does not extradite its citizens.

Polanski claims the U.S. judge and prosecutors acted improperly in his case, and his attorneys will argue before a California appeals court in December that the charges should be dismissed.

full article at link

[Junior]

Another step closer....

US court rejects Polanski appeal
BBC , December 21st 2009

Film director Roman Polanski's attempt to have his sex case dismissed has been rejected by a California appeals court.

"Polanski's allegations urgently require full exploration and then, if indicated, curative action for the abuses alleged here."

Switzerland is expected to decide whether or not to extradite Polanksi within weeks, but he could appeal.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8425538.stm

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As seen in so many of these cases, the reaction of people and systems in the victim's immediate environment, or adverse secondary effects, is often greater than any effects occurring from any sex which may have occurred.

Polanski victim wants director given time served

AP

Thu Jan 21, 6:39 am ET

LOS ANGELES � The attorney for the victim in Roman Polanski's 32-year-old sex case is joining his lawyers' bid to have the director sentenced in absentia to time served.

Attorney Lawrence Silver on Wednesday faxed to other lawyers in the case a motion he planned to file Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, asking that the director be sentence in absentia. On behalf of the victim, Samantha Geimer, Silver also is supporting a motion by Polanski's lawyers urging that Polanski be sentenced to time served.

Silver accused prosecutors of violating the California Constitution when they failed to tell Geimer of their plans to seek Polanski's extradition to the U.S.

Geimer was 13 when she met Polanski for a modeling shoot in Los Angeles in 1977.

Polanski ultimately pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse as part of a plea deal.

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[NovaKart]

I know some people will shoot me down for this but I wonder what the point of this trial is. The victim doesn't want it. Roman Polanski hasn't been to America in 30 years so he's not a threat to the American public. The crime happened over 30 years ago. The most serious part of the crime, the fact that it was a rape, is not even up for prosecution. My guess would be those involved want to further their careers by bringing down a celebrity. He deserves what he gets but I think the justice department could find a better use of their time and money.

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You can bet that if she wanted him to fry they'd listen to her!

Prosecutors argue Polanski victim can't alter case

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer � Fri Apr 16

LOS ANGELES � Roman Polanski's victim cannot ask for the 32-year-old sex case to be dismissed against the fugitive director or otherwise impact the case, prosecutors argued in a court filing Friday.

In a filing to the California Second District Court of Appeal, Los Angeles County prosecutors argue a recent constitutional revision spelling out crime victims' rights does not grant them the power to determine the outcome of criminal cases.

They are also asking the appeals court to reject requests by Polanski's victim, Samantha Geimer, to have the case heard in another county and unseal recent testimony by a former prosecutor.

Prosecutors argue that granting her request for dismissal would "fundamentally alter the way in which crimes are prosecuted." The filing argues that if victims were parties to criminal cases, cases could be dropped either through intimidation, coercion or public pressure.

Geimer petitioned the appeals court to dismiss the case and make the other rulings in a March petition. That filing argued a 2008 constitutional amendment, dubbed Marsy's Law, gives victims more input into criminal cases. Geimer's attorney, Lawrence Silver, has argued twice before that the amendment meant his client's request for dismissal should be considered.

Silver did not return a phone message seeking comment Friday.

Geimer's filing is a separate appeal from one being pursued by Polanski's attorneys that seeks the appointment of a special counsel to investigate alleged judicial misconduct in the case.

The court has not yet ruled on Polanski's appeal.

California voters in November 2008 approved a measure that wrote specific victims' rights into the state constitution, including giving them more notice about criminal proceedings.

Geimer has repeatedly sought to have the case dismissed, arguing that renewed interest of the case and media coverage has led to her being repeatedly victimized.

Polanski was accused in 1977 of plying Geimer, then age 13, with champagne and part of a Quaalude pill then raping her at Jack Nicholson's house.

Polanski was indicted on six felony counts, including rape by use of drugs, child molesting and sodomy. He later pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse.

Authorities are seeking Polanski's extradition from Switzerland so he can be sentenced on the charge. The Academy Award-winning director fled the United States on the eve of sentencing in 1978.

He remains on house arrest in his chalet in the Swiss luxury resort of Gstaad.

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Don't trust extradition filing, Polanski argues

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer � Fri May 7, 9:23 pm ET

LOS ANGELES � Roman Polanski's attorneys argued in court filings Friday that the Swiss government should not automatically assume an extradition request by Los Angeles prosecutors is accurate.

The statement is in response to a comment by a Swiss justice official, who told The Associated Press last month that officials there assume facts in an extradition request are correct. The official said the justice ministry was not interested in the transcripts of testimony offered in secret earlier this year by the former prosecutor who handled Polanski's case.

Polanski's attorneys contend the transcripts will show the extradition papers contain information prosecutors know is "false and materially incomplete."

The filing also argues that prosecutors want the Swiss to only consider what's included in official court records and ignore other evidence that proves misconduct in the case.

Los Angeles County District Attorney's spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons says the office won't comment, but will argue their position during a hearing Monday.

The office has opposed the transcripts' release, stating in a filing Thursday that they should only become public once Polanski is returned to Los Angeles. They say the Oscar-winning director's request should be rejected because he remains a fugitive.

Prosecutors want Polanski returned for sentencing on a 33-year-old unlawful sexual intercourse charge.

He pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl and fled in 1978 on the eve of sentencing after a judge said in private remarks that he intended to renege on a sentencing agreement.

The "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby" director remains on house arrest at his chalet in the Swiss resort of Gstaad.

Swiss authorities have not said when they will rule on the extradition filing.

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[NovaKart]

I didn't suggest that she was in his camp. What I was saying , was that I think this trial is really a waste of time since there must be more important cases to deal with. The victim herself doesn't want to go through the trial again, probably because of the media attention that she will have to go through. They should just drop it.

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[Jeonmunka]

How come you can write 'vagina' and 'anus' on this site but you can't write '*beep*'(pen1s)?
It's very strange.

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