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Jailed moviemaker Roman Polanski agreed to pay the girl he had unlawful sex with $500,000 (GBP333,300) 16 years ago, according to newly-released court documents.
Papers obtained by the Los Angeles Times newspaper suggest the director agreed to pay Samantha Geimer as part of a civil settlement after she filed suit against him in 1988, accusing the director of sexual assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and seduction. In October 1993, Polanski agreed to pay Geimer $500,000 with interest, according to the settlement documents, and was given two years to pay up. The papers suggest Geimer's attorneys had to fight for the full settlement after the director missed the 1995 deadline. It is not made clear if Polanski paid up in full. Geimer was just 13 when Polanski plied the aspiring model with alcohol and drugs and then had sex with her in a bedroom at his Chinatown star Jack Nicholson's house. Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles and pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, before fleeing to France in 1978. On Saturday, he was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland in connection with the 31-year-old case and is now fighting extradition to the U.S.
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10-26-2009, 09:56 PM
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Can you blame Samantha Geimer for wanting the whole Roman Polanski thing to just go away?
The 45-year-old wife and mom, who at 13 was sexually assaulted by the filmmaker, is again pleading with the California justice system to drop the 32-year-old case against Polanski—this time for the sake of her physical and mental health. All the media attention, first when Polanski petitioned to have the case dropped last year and again since his arrest in Switzerland last month, "has caused her to have health-related issues," attorney Lawrence Silver stated in documents filed with the state's Second District Court of Appeal. "The pursuit has caused her performance at her job to be interfered with and has caused the understandable displeasure of her employer and the real possibility that Samantha could lose her job," Silver added. Geimer, who lives in Hawaii, sued Polanski for emotional distress in 1988, 10 years after he fled the U.S. for Europe and never looked back, fearing a judge was planning to renege on the deal he cut with prosecutors that would keep him from serving any significant jail time. There's no public record of Geimer ever receiving the entire sum she asked for. Though she couldn't comment on legal specifics, she told the Awful Truth following Polanski's arrest that the press was all over her. "I can, however, tell you that I have reporters parked outside my home, harassing my family and neighbors, and it is extremely unpleasant," Geimer said. The once-aspiring actress who was posing for photos on that awful day in 1977 says she has also fielded interview requests from The Oprah Winfrey Show and Larry King Live. "I have urged that this matter come to a formal legal end," she stated in her first plea for dismissal, filed in January. "I have urged that the district attorney and the court dismiss these charges." The latest filing also encourages the L.A. Superior Court to reverse its earlier decision to not drop the case. Polanski, meanwhile, is cooling his heels in Swiss custody while the government mulls over a formal request from the U.S. Justice Department that he be extradited to California to face the music.
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One day there will be a film for sure regarding this whole matter.
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Do you reckon Roman will direct it? ;)
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In this case even Rob Zombie would be a better choice for the director than Rom Pol.:rolleyes:
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Roman Polanski will not be released from prison until next week at the earliest, according to BBC News.
The Oscar-winning director has been in custody in Zurich since September on a 1978 US warrant that was issued after he pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. He was granted £2.7 million ($4.5 million) bail by the Swiss Federal Criminal Court this week. The Swiss Justice Ministry has claimed that his move from jail to his Swiss chalet will not happen until Monday at the earliest because more time is needed to make the necessary arrangements. The 76-year-old will also be ordered to surrender his passport and must wear an electronic monitoring device. It has been reported that the bail ruling will not affect the ongoing assessment of whether or not to extradite Polanski to the US.
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