Brett Ratner To Produce Roman Polanski Documentary
Just hours before Roman Polanski was arrested in Zurich for his 1977 crime of drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl, director Brett Ratner was giving an interview announcing his plans to produce the sequel to Marina Zenovich's 2008 documentary on the infamous director.
He also revealed that Polanski has agreed to participate in the sequel and goes on to defend him:
"The family has forgiven [Polanski]. The victim has forgiven him. The rest of the world has forgiven him. The LA judicial system is corrupt. It's horrible."
Forgiveness aside, that isn't how our justice system works! He didn't serve his time and that's the problem.
Polanski's lawyer says that the director intends to fight extradition back to the US and that he is "determined to defend himself."
So because he's a brilliant director he should get a pass for committing a vile and disgusting crime?
We don't think so!
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Re: physicsizphun – Sharon Tate was Polanski's WIFE, not his girlfriend, you puss-filled maggot! Your opinion doesn't mean shit and Polanski IS a great man who made a mistake 32 fucking years ago! Many other famous people have fucked up, too……they have high-price lawyers who get them out of the shit they've caused. Ever heard of Errol Flynn?
Raping a minor can no t be forgiven.. the message is clear, no mercy to rapists.
Hideous how many people have supported Polanski, what if the raped girl would be their daughter??? Shame on Polanski supporters…
Oh, thank goodness…I thought I was going crazy with all of "Hollyweird" coming out and defending this jerk. He is a pedophile who has escaped justice for far too long. I don't care how talented he is, he needs to do time.
He's going to the pokey. He'll be lucky if is cell-mate drugs him before raping him.
For anyone and everyone that knows nothing about this sotry go read the news or a magazine and inform yourself before making such stupid and ignorant comments. This brilliant director was set up while at a party at Jack Nicholsons house in the 70s by the mother of the girl. It was all a set up to try and blackmail him and get some easy money out of him. Why else would any sensible mother bring her 13 year old daughter to a celebrity party??? Come on people use your heads a little bit and go read a book before making idiotic comments on something you clearly know nothing about.
Didn't George Orwel write that, "Some people are more equal than others". This is the elitist way of thinking. The normal rules of society don't apply to them. They can committ crimes but don't have to pay for them. No consequences for their actions.
Re: HotWaks – I can't think of any mother (besides Dina Lohan or Jaid Barrymore) who would do such a thing!
Re: porcupineSOL – Dear porcupineSOL, despite being both a "Yank" and a Christian, I must wholeheartedly agree with you! The American "justice" system, a term I must use quite loosely, is the same one responsible for jailing Rubin "Hurricane" Carter for a murder he didn't even commit! (He was finally released…..but how does one get their life back?) I have seen posts recently stating that Michael Jackson couldn't have been a pedo because he was a legend. WTF!!! Polanski IS a legend and he is no pedo…..not by a long shot. Team Polanski!
Forgiveness is great and all.
But the law is the law, and he needs to serve his time.
I don't know much about this case, i'll do some research but for now, if this douche drugged and raped a 13 YEAR OLD GIRL
thats fucking sick and i dont care if he fled the country and it was 25 years ago and the girl and the family forgives him he probably paid them anyways
its sick and he should go to prison
no, I am sorry the "rest of the world" has not forgiven him. Though I feel bad for the victim, it was her choice to come public those years back. No one would know who she was if she didn't choose to come out. And because he is a talented gifted director does not give him a pass. Regardless he is an admitted, convicted pedophile who has escaped justice for decades and shame on anyone who protect & defends him.
this is a really complicated case, it should all be looked over again
Re: haylie0988 – No, you DON'T know much about this case! I suggest research on the history of Hollywood, Louis B. Mayer, David O. Selznick, Charlie Chaplin just to name a few. You will then realize that what Polanski did (and admitted to) is mere peanuts compared to some other "Hollywood" greats. Happy reading!
I am trying to picture how brett would tell that part of a pedophile's story. i am sure it will be filled with cued music to make sure it plays on the heartstrings to get the viewer to sympathize with him. i don't get it. no respectable actor with children or siblings or neighbors children or friends children should get this either.
I deeply respect creative talent and expression and I am a fan of cinema, but in NO WAY does Polanski's status as an "uber director" even remotely begin to justify the drugging and rape of a child!!
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Many films implicitly give a pass to pedophilia and rape, and some actors have disconnected any sentient response to those abuses. They are numb so they see Polanski, a part of their club, being held responsible for thsoe things as unfair.
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The apologists are an example of why rape is still epidemic and why child porn has a market.
Anyone who could read the original transcript of the victim's testimony along with the statements of the witnesses who heard her trying to get away from the Polansjki and then make excuses for him is deeply disturbed.
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"Fo' Shizzle" is "Team Polanski" cheering on a child rapist who drugged the child to be sure she woudl be pliant. Congrats on publicizing thefact that you are a sick fuck.
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He did 42 days under psychiatric observation/evaluation and the fled because the judge chose not to go with the mild slap on the wrist that Polanski had tried to buy.
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Sometimes, even wealth and influence don't get you out of the consequences of your actions.
for once i agree with the sycophant who writes this blog. it doesn't matter if one is forgiven; do your time, you pedophile.
#73 Miss Monroe: it is ironic that this is your id as Marilyn was repeatedly assaulted by foster fathers as a child.
But let's focus on the present. I was not going to comment on this. But one of your comments: "BTW, did anyone mention that it was Samantha's mother who took her to Mr. Polanski's house that day because she wanted her daughter to be an actress?" really just blew my mind. Bear with me a moment. Let's say a mother, um, maybe yours, dropped YOU off (at 13) with explicit instructions to work this shit out! As a 13 yo child, maybe you and your mom are struggling, you go as instructed (you are a child, after all), to do as your MOTHER instructed (according to you) and you end up getting wounded for life. Oh, not permanently physically but emotionally (eh, maybe that sodomizing part hurt a bit), that might take a while. But your mom dropped you off, so somehow you are NOT a victim. REALLY? I mean it. Really? B/c your mother said it would be all right to the other grown ups there, then you will be okay when others hurt you? And somehow THEY are the victims?
Re: seamus – thank you. well said. i'm beginning to question "fo shittle"'s state of mind. perhaps he's defending him because he's a pedophile, too? pure speculation, of course, but, one can't help but think…
forgiveness is great, but he did the crime and he's got to do his time. He ain't special. Fuck him. No really in jail Fuck him.
Re: footballisus – ru u fucking kidding me? So we the people should smile politely while the media and this rapist feeds us spoonfuls of bullshit? Maybe you'll get raped and nothing will be done about it, or maybe someone you know and love will be in that situation. Remember to smile and tell them suck it up it's over forget it. I'd rather be murdered than raped. Yeah that's right, fuck that dick I hope he gets it up the ass and u too!
Re: jeezlouise – fuck you he admitted to it. or better yet let roman fuck u up the ass. maybe you'd like that.
Any violent crime committed against a child is vile and should be an automatic ass kicking all the way to jail with nonce tattooed across his forehead. So rape is not a serious crime? I would duct tape his ass to a tree in the middle of the country, and where I live no one would ever hear the screams. Because since rape is ok, so is my justice right? I didn't kill him i just tied him up, if he dies it was nature of the beast. Let's see how it plays out if all you far left wing liberals have your way he'll be hitting the pipe in his palace soon. Fuck it he raped a baby let's watch his movie and talk about how great he is. You sirs are not the majority. And MAJORITY IN THIS COUNTRY RULES.
All these debates are moot. Bottom line, he had sex with a minor. No matter what her character was, or his past horrors, he admitted to knowing she was a minor, and he had sex with her. That's it. Right there. Law broken. Our country would be remiss if they allowed him to flee from the repercussions of said law breaking.
Re: seamus – Takes one to know one, right?
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119Re: seamus – thank you. well said. i'm beginning to question "fo shittle"'s state of mind. perhaps he's defending him because he's a pedophile, too? pure speculation, of course, but, one can't help but think…
This blog is about Roman Polanksi, etc. You don't need to make it a personal attack on me. Sorry analytical thought and faceteous humor annoy you……this is "Perez Hilton" after all, not the "Harvard Law Review".
You are missing the point Perez I am very surprised you are!
It is not because he is a famous director, but only because he is a part of the French Jewish lobby.
I am surprised you are against him, you are usually biased in these matters.
Maybe you do not know your facts, yet again
One of the few times I agree wholeheartedly with Perez!! I remember watching some show about this whole incident a couple of years ago and Anjelica Houston was interviewed about it. She made excuses for Polanski and said some girls are mentally and physically much more mature than their years and they know what they are doing when it comes to older men. Made me sick to my stomach. A woman putting the blame on a child for what a perverted grown man did to her.
The rest of the world have NOT forgiven him. That just proves Hollyweird lives in a useless, delusional, self serving bubble.
For those defending him, here's a scenerio: Their son or daughter (pick an age, even an age of consent) is lured, drugged and raped (inclusive of sodomy) by a much older person, a person with prestige and money. The person admits to the abuse, thinks that no harm was done and then flees the country before sentencing.
You as a parent are privy to all the horrid details of the crime from your son or daughter, you live with their nightmares and paralyzing fear and mistrust, but are without recourse, and are left with a broken child.
Better yet, let's say you go to trail and the rapist has so much money and influence that he could afford an "OJ" type lawyer who flipped everything around so that your child's character is put on trail instead of the rapists and the lawyer says there was no crime, it was consensual rough sex. Then the rapist flees the country before sentencing.
How do you feel now?
OR - The rapist was a minister, a priest, a teacher, a neighbor, a relative, or Mel Gibson. You'd be singing a different tune indeed.
Suck it hard Hollywood!
HMMMM okay, for the people who believe he should be "forgiven"and not have to serve time, then what about Mel Gibson????? He had a DUI and said something bad about the Jews, and everyone is KEEN on keeping him from getting it removed from his record…. I am PRETTY SURE.. that RAPING and DRUGING a 13 year old GIRL is far more HORRID and VILE and even though its not technically the same case, one being charged and one being removed from a record, I think people are pretty fucked up if they think that Mel should still have the DUI on his record, but this fuck-hole shouldn't be charged with rape of a THIRTEEN YEAR OLD!. fuck whats wrong with people.!?
Re: porcupineSOL – Unfortunately it doesn't matter what someone has gone through, the fact is they committed a crime. If what you are saying was the case then, Chris Brown shouldn't be in jail because, well, when he grew up, he witnessed his father beat his mother countless times as a child, and therefore, that caused him to beat Rihanna (according to Chris brown), so then if we were playing by your rules, anyone who had a hard time during thier childhood, which caused them to commit a crime later in life, should not be charged for crimes related to their suffereing. Where do we draw the line then? It becomes a slippery slope…. People should be charged for what they commit, end of story.
Perez, did you watch the first documentary? EVERYBODY should watch the first documentary. It was very informative, perhaps peoples opinion of him could change. He did some court ordered time in a psych ward (something like 40+ days), then he rolled out once the judge told his lawyer that he was going to hit him harder because he felt Polanski made him look like an ass when Polanski went to Germany and was photographed at Oktoberfest sitting in between two young women. Neither of which Polanski knew or was with. Lots of coaching going on from the judge, he literally wrote a script for the lawyers! It was on HBO last month, it will prob be back on there now that all this has happened.
Re: Good Times! – You know that is too bad that the judge did that, and that they made a big deal out of the photograph of him between the two girls, but he STILL committed a RAPE of a young child. They should have replaced the Judge if the judge was being biased, but the charges should still apply. There is no dancing around the fact that he committed rape and drugged a child.
go fuck yourself,perez. polanski's paid enough,and has suffered enough in his lifetime to make up fro what he did. the family and victim moved past it,so you can shut your mouth now.
I am not saying he is inocent of the crime, by any means…but he had recently gone through his beautiful very pregnant wife's butchering death at the hands of Charles Manson's crew and it is many, many years he has been living in exile… no, he should not go to prison at this time
Re: the squirrel – jesus you're right. there's no reason to do anything. let's let him live his life in peace. it's not like he drugged a child then raped her then ran from sentencing. no, nothing like that.
what if it was one of your family members he did this to? would you want him to go free with no repercussions for what he did?
I don't even understand how or why this is an issue. You break the law you get punished. There are plenty in jail now as we speak that the victims or victims families have forgiven the criminal however they STILL have to pay their debt to society. This is insane….
Re: AmeliePoulin – I do not support abuse against children, but I find the money settlement fair justice. If Michael was really a pedophile, than he did pay loads of money to the victim. If it hurts enough your bank account to make you never dream of retaliating a crime, I consider it as much fair justice as being put in prison, which itself serves nothing but 1) protect society (Polanski never retaliated) and 2) convince someone to not retaliate.
The only thing I want made clear is that a criminal shouldn't pay twice for a crime, and since no criminal can afford paying millions to a victim, the fact that Polanski can and did should balance in his favor. Money is work (unless gained by crime), if you pay it's the same as forced community work.
And this man has spent the balance of his life living under different identities.
For those of you with some sort of photo-tool, try doing this. Take this picture and change the hair slightly. Go for a toupee of Hugh Hefner's and see what I see. Wow. Vomit.
But, I have already testified that this man uses the identity of Dr. Robert Ferrie when residing in Alton, Ontario. I have known this man with many aliases throughout my lifetime. I have not and will not ever forgive him. I do not stand alone. Many other victims are coming forward. HE has been locked up. THEY are no longer as afraid to testify now. What does that tell you about the "monster" pictured here? Work the photo a few ways. Pathetic isn't it.
Well, I did like watching CSI. And then, I figured it out and started "pretending" as the most amazing personna I have ever had the pleasure of morphing into. I am "pretending" to inform the law enforcement agencies of the world of critical evidence via Perez Hilton and his team. Wow. Fun. Wow…..
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"So because he's a brilliant director he should get a pass for committing a vile and disgusting crime? We don't think so!"
I agree with you perez, btw, not everyone in france thinks he should be forgiven.
Perez, I'm so on your side. Just because a victim "forgives" (aka gets a HUGE payoff) the perp doesn't make it ok. He's a criminal who fled from justice. What kind of asshole says the LA justice system is corrupt because it wants to penalize a criminal? LA must be a world of it's own. I'm never going there.
Re: ShutUpTwidiot – He did not have sex with a minor. He raped and sodomized a 13-year-old.
This bunghole needs to spend time in prison.
Re: Good Times! – It can be assumed that anyone who is supporting Polanski agrees to the following:
1. 42 days is a sufficient sentence for anal rape of a 13-year-old.
2. It's OK to flee from justice if you think the judge is crooked for giving you more than 42 days for the anal rape of a child.
3. Brilliant people should be forgiven more than average Joes.
4. Fleeing to a glamourous life in your country of birth and being a famous celebrated director is punishment. Who cares if it makes the case even more sensational ensuring the victim will suffer more?
5. Child rapists don't usually repeat their crimes so he's probably OK out there despite his follow-up affair with a 15-year-old.
6. People with hard lives aren't responsible for their crimes.
In my mind, the idea that 42 days is sufficient for attaching this incident to a child's life forever is sickening. SHe forgave him for a large sum of money that came with provisions that she forgave him, I'm sure. If she is suffering from the media coverage of this incident now, it is entirely Polanski's fault. I might have a little more respect for him if he seemed to show some remorse now that he's been caught, but he just seems indignant. He is a fugitive from justice. That alone is a serious crime.
He DID serve the agreed upon time, and then the judge changed his mind. None of this was handled correctly. Give it up. Spend the money fighting street crime, not seeking publicity.
"So because he's a brilliant director he should get a pass for committing a vile and disgusting crime?" WHO SAYS THAT?! Everyone who wants to see Polanski hanged is claiming that 'people think he should be freed just say that because he's a brilliant director'. The people who disagree with the arrest, are people who were actually around when in happened and people who, unlike most people here, know the facts and details. And if you KNOW the facts and details (and just saying he drugged and raped a girl is certainly NOT stating all the facts), you would have to conclude that this arrest is indeed extremely immature and feeble on the US's part. Justice WAS done and a settlement was agreed on. The judge changed his mind about the verdict a month later.. well, too late! You can't do that! And please stop saying it's all because he's a well-known director. How well-known is he in the US (esp. before he won an Oscar for the Pianist)? Most of you probably had to google him to find out which films he directed…
If the victim truely suffered so much, why did she agree to do interview after interview about the whole thing? Don't see a lot of abused people 'telling all' in magazines.. made her wealthy though! She even showed up for one of Polanski's premieres years later! Yes, she must be hurting.. oh and he ISN'T a pedophile, a 42-day evaluation proved that. He was convicted for unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Check your legal terms.
Re: physicsizphun – really, your source is CNN? It wasnt his girlfriend it was his wife and she was 2 weeks away from giving birth. Great source, can't even tell the difference between a gf and a wife.
I think I agree with you foe the FIRST time!!!
Courtesy of Wikipedia:
Polanski was initially charged with rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, lewd and lascivious act upon a child under 14, and furnishing a controlled substance (methaqualone) to a minor. These charges were dismissed under the terms of his plea bargain, and he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.
How was this a miscarriage of justice again? The judge did not agree to only give him probation. He agreed to let the other charges be dropped if he pleaded guilty to sex w/ a minor. The Coward Polanski saw is future in a cell and ran away. Given the severity of the crime alleged, even with the plea bargin, he should have gotten the full sentence for sex with a minor. PS - in 2002 the state of California sentensed over 40% of guilty sex offenders to prison for committing the crime of sex by persion over 24 with a person 16 - 17 (a far less serious crime than the Coward Polanski committed)
Re: jham – The very fact that you used wikipedia as a reliable source makes your whole post worthless… Seriously?? Wikipedia?! As others have said, rent the documentary Wanted and Desired, check some facts, get to hear both sides and THEN make up your mind. Perez doesn't care much for facts and/or research, didn't you know?
Re: JulieZ – Well said
Re: Moogle80 – Wikipedia happens to be a pretty reliable source (reliable enough for a blog entry in any event - an appellate brief - not so much). I have seen the documentary. There are no facts put forth in it that were left out of my post. The plea bargain was this: R.P. was to plead guilty to one count of felony sex with a minor; all other counts were to be dropped - and they were. It was "assumed" and "understood" that the judge would sentence R.P. to probation only, as no other person guilty of the same crime had been sentenced to prison in California in the prior two years. However, the judge was certainly not "required" to sentence only probation. He could sentence the maximum if he wanted. R.P. caught wind that this is what he might do, and fled. What am I missing?
bet if this article was about micheal jackson everyone would rally round and go no way…i dont defend no pedophiles and groomers as all are as guilty as each other
die u fuck
and all of hollywood can go fuck themselves. hes a pedophile and rapist.. go to jail bitch
Re: jham – I've got to split it up into 2 messages.. Ok, so we disagree on Wikipedia
From what I've learned (from several books on Polanski by D. Bird, C. Sandford and F. Feeney + interviews. I had to write a 25-page essay on him once 
is that a settlement was agreed on (not assumed or understood) and that both parties agreed on this settlement. The judge then had a change of heart, because his peers did not approve of his ruling and this could seriously affect his reputation. So even though you might believe the first ruling to be too soft (which it was), Polanski now fell victim to a judge who was trying to save his face. Polanski then had the opportunity to flee.. which he did. Apart from believing people were toying with him, he also testified to not knowing the girl's exact age. Yes, she was young but as many others have said (e.g. Angelica Huston) she didn't seem underage.
Re: toodaloo – you said "-the so-called "victim" had already been having sex and doing drugs; she was happy to take the quaalude and have sex, that's why today she's so adamant the charges should be dropped…jeez "
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Thats a lie, as she has said repeatedly, the media attention that comes out every time somebody brings this up hurts her and her family. she wants the case to go away not because he didn't do anything, but because for years all of his friends in hollywood have been dragging the name of a drugged 13 year old rape victim through the mud.
Re: footballisus – You said "he was a man without a country for some 32 years isnt that punishment enough,?"
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Gee yeah, having several mansions all over the world…..poor guy, what hell he had to go through.
Re: Moogle80 – Well - the one thing I can concede on that could effect his current position is whether or not the judge's explicit agreement to probation INDUCED R.P.'s decision to plead guilty whereas otherwise he would have more aggressively defended the charges. Regardless, I believe he should have stayed in the country and deal with the matter directly.
Ummmm, I believe I am part of the "world" and I have not and will not forgive him. What he did was inexcusable and unforgivable. I don't care if the victim has forgiven him, he did what he did. He should go to jail for life!
Never was proven that he raped and drugged her.
the only thing he should be charged of because there is proof is consentual sex with a minor, which is obviously still a terrible crime but he didn't rape or drug her. You shouldn't post things on your website if you clearly don't know enough about the case itself
How many of you actually knew about this before it appeared in the papers a few days ago? How many of you could name any of Roman's films before it appeared in the papers a few days ago? My guess is very few. So your opinions of him as a person should be ignored. He made a bad choice over thirty years ago. Jailing him now would only give hard-ons to the prosecutors. It won't benefit anyone else in the case.
OMG Perez I actually agree with you on something!!
i don't give a fuck who forgave him. he raped a CHILD. he's a SEXUAL PREDATOR. all of these celebrities who are screaming that he is a genius and should not be punished make me sick to my stomach.
if their 13 year old daughter were plied with booze and pills and then forcibly anally sodomized i don't think they'd be so quick to forgive him.
he belongs IN JAIL. unfortunately if he does wind up in jail they'll put him in protective custody because of his fame. that's too bad, he should be in genpop where Big Bubba can give him as good as he gave that poor little girl.
He has had the worst life possible. Not only did his mom die in the holocaust, but his wife, unborn child, and three friends were brutally murdered. Honestly, I think it can only be expected that he go off the deep end and oh boy did he 30 years ago.
He should serve time, but I can certainly imagine why he wouldn't want to.
Did these people recieve money and that's why they say they forgave him. That crime is never forgivable. Who cares who he is, or what he has done (with the entertainment industry). Put the dirty man in jail and let the other inmates treat him how he treated that lil 13year old girl!
GET YOUR FACTS Perez, he did serve his time back in the 70s…if YOU wanna talk, you need to watch the Marina Zenovich's 2008 documentary. He did something awful, completely wrong, but it's time to put this behind us. Can you believ it's been 30 years of taxpayers money spent on this?
Plus, even though the victim never gave any responsibility to her family, I WOULD NEVER send my 13 y old daughter with a director for a photoshoot…
BRETT RATNER IS STUPID. HE IS A SICK DUDE. POLANSKI RAPED AND SODOMIZED A 13YR OLD CHILD. I DON'T CARE IF IT'S BEEN 50 YRS, THE MAN NEEDS TO GO TO PRISON BIG TIME! HE PLEADED GUILTY AND RAN. THERE ARE A LOT OF HOLLYWOOD PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR HEAD UP THEIR ASS. POLANSKI IS A PEDOPHILE! HE NEEDS TO GO TO PRISON WHERE THE BIG BOYS ARE. HE BETTER NOT DROP THE SOAP IN THE SHOWER!!!!!!!
So because he's a brilliant director he should get a pass for committing a vile and disgusting crime?
100% NOT. BRETT RATNER IS A PIG.
People of Hollywood are such full of shit. We as consumers should not give our hard earned money to those bastards who support Polanski! CONSUMERS SHOULD BLACKBALL ALL HOLLYWOOD SHITHEADS WHO SUPPORT POLANSKI!!!!!!!
I would love to see what Weinsteins reaction would be if a child in his family were held against her wishes, drugged and raped by some thug off the streets… I'm sure he would just forgive and forget…RIGHT! FU WEINSTEIN and F all those brownnose Hollywood shitheads!
I would never let someone get away with this kind of deplorable act with my daughter.
As for the victim of Polanski, she is setting a bad precedent with her actions; this is way bigger than her! I wonder how much cash her and her family made off with from Polanski?
What is wrong with our society?…so depressing. I haven't noticed anyone in Hollywood against Polanski. These Hollywood folks are so out of it and must really think woman are worthless beings…so sad.
PEREZ…start the movement…BLACKBALL POLANSKI AND SUPPORTERS OF POLANSKI…it is your moral duty…what a hero you would be!
Fo'Shizzle or perhaps HO Shizzle more accurately thinks that she/he/it is the public defender of this sicko. You have spamed this thread with your moronic comments.
Polanski is a paedophile end of story. Within months after he raped this girl he had a very public relationship with Kinski when she was 15.
He didn't make a mistake, he knew what he was doing but he didn't expect that he would be sued.
He never paid for his crime (at least the one we know about).
He drugged and raped a helpless child. He knew that she was 13, he discovered her. She told him to stop and he didn't which is why he drugged her.
Defend him all you want, probably you are a paedophile too. Stick for your own kind then.
And why should you get a pass for being a retarded mad cow infested homo, Mario? Now fuck off!
Here are some excerpts in regards to his supporters…"Despite that, Mr Polanski has no shortage of supporters, including at least 110 film industry figures who have signed a petition calling for his release.
Among them are Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen and David Lynch, as well as Wim Wenders, Pedro Almodovar, Tilda Swinton and Monica Bellucci.
Actor Peter Fonda said he thought "celebrating the arrest of Osama bin Laden and not the arrest of Polanski" was far more important."
Figure that…Woody Allen is a supporter! Blackball these douche Hollywood F's, NOW!
He served his time, the parties had reached a deal and the judge reneged. Not only should this be revolved now but the California should pay damages for the blatant and undeniable misconduct of the original judge.
Re: Ilaria – You said "GET YOUR FACTS Perez, he did serve his time back in the 70s…if YOU wanna talk, you need to watch the Marina Zenovich's 2008 documentary. He did something awful, completely wrong, but it's time to put this behind us."
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You're an idiot and wrong. He was under psychiatric observation for 45 days while his lawyers tried to work out a plea agreement. he then jumped bail and fled the country.
Please don't forget, he drugged, a 13 year old girl, forced her out of her clothes, into a hot tub where he anally raped her, all the while she was yelling "No" and begging him to stop and take her home. This isn't in dispute.
a crime is a crime.. nobody should be above the law..to brett ratner, are u high or something, or just riding on the issue?
Wow Perez we don't agree on very many things - but this one? I'm with you 100%!! It's shocking how many people are supportive of him on this matter.
Roman Polanski raped a child. No one, not even him, disputes that. Regardless of whatever legal misconduct might have gone on during his trial, the man admitted to unlawful sex with a minor. But the Polanski apologism we're seeing now has been heating up since "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," the 2008 documentary about Polanski's fight to get the conviction dismissed. Writing in Salon, Bill Wyman criticized the documentary's whitewashing of Polanksi's crimes last February, after Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza ruled that if the director wanted to challenge the conviction, he'd need to turn himself in to U.S. authorities and let the justice system sort it out.
Re: footballisus – you MUST be joking. the ONLY reason hollywood people are giving him support is because of his work. he DESERVES to be punished for this. If it was your daughter , sister or niece that this happened to, even if it was 32 years ago, would you be singing the same tune? somehow i highly doubt it.
shockingly enough- i completely agree with you on this perez.
Re: hereandelsewhere – Exactly. All the 15 year-old Twilighters here probably googled him first and thought 'oh old man, icky! Oh old man raped a girl, super icky!' And Chonger, you name all these people and the only one you can pick on is Woody Allen? What about Scorsese, is he sick too? Or Pedro Almodovar? As for people quoting the girl's testimony, you do know bits and pieces changed over time, don't you?… didn't think so… Great to see the state of California using it's taxpayers' money responsibly…
I'm pretty educated, but my official stance on this is, Roman Polanski committed a crime when he seduced a 13 year old girl. But I remember being 13, if you have a body and someone famous is around and offers you drugs and tries to have sex with you, you'd probably do it, because at that age you try to impress people. So even though he is guilty, if the actually victim wants to drop the charges because her she's a mother and a wife now, they should do it. No one "needs" closure except the victim, her's his the only opinion that should matter.
People are seeking personal revenge. They are myriads of recidivist pedophiles all around, some who even murder children, but no, you all have to hang on about Polanski. You're all just celeb whores. Phone your local police and get real about the levels of evil going on in society. Polanski is the least aggravating of all cases.
Re: Moogle80 – Ok - I've done a little more research. The Judge did NOT intice the plea agreement. The plea agreement was struck between the prosecutors and the defense atty. Therefore, the Judge was NEVER required to adhere to any type of sentencing agreement - whether or not he privately (which we DO NOT KNOW) agreed to minimal sentencing.
R.P. was GRANTED a stay by the Judge to go to Europe rather than immediately being evaluated and the dipshit was photographed at a German Beer hall surrounded by underage girls. The Judge was pissed. The Judge is NOT a rubber stamp of what the defense atty and prosecutor want him to be. The Judge did NOTHING illegal.
PS - The People of the State of California decide whether or not he's prosecuted - NOT the Victim. It's fantastic that she forgives him for drugging and anally and vaginally raping her when he was 44 and she was 13. It's fantastic. The People decide how we as a society protect our children and citizens through punishment and deterrence.
Ok? So we're done. Done. The MF'er is a convicted child molester that skipped out on his sentence. If we get you back here R.P., which I pray we do, don't hold your breath for a pardon.
Re: jham – We're done? I never started. You have your info and opinion (as do the numerous people who want to see him do time) and I have mine (which is also shared by numerous other folk). The judge had no right to be 'pissed off' about the photo, seeing that these were some random girls RP didn't even know. It was automatically assumed he did. Whatever happens, whether he's pardoned or not, it will only lead to more controversy. There are so many (repeat) sex offenders and/or pedophiles walking the streets nowadays, wouldn't it be nice if the JS would be as eager to catch them as they have been with RP? Go after Artimus Pyle, Errol Flynn, Jerry Lee Lewis, freakin' Elvis Presley as well then, all men who dated and had sex with underage girls.
Re: Moogle80 – Agreed - let's go after and vigorously pursue all pedophiles. Most, if not all of your list, however, would be barred by the Statute of Limitations (an issue that does not relate to Polanski as he admitted guilt in 1977).
I also agree that you do have a different opinion than me. I respect that and am thankful to live in a democracy where all opinions can be expressed.
I must disagree however, that you have different facts. Unless you've got some different information you're not sharing, you've presented NOTHING (i.e. Zilch, Zero, None, Nada, Zip) that contradicts any of the facts I've presented.
Oh and when a Judge goes out of his way to grant leniency to an admitted child rapist and allows them to travel to Germany to film a movie, it is MY OPINION that the same Judge (who has the legal right by the way) can and should withdraw that leniency when photos emerge of said admitted child rapist lounging in a beer hall with underage girls sitting next to him.