Roman Polanski has gotten support from some heavy hitters in Hollywood in response to his arrest in Zurich on 30 year old charges of sexual assault. The award winning director has garnered support from some of the most influential people in show business, but its still too early to tell if it will help.
Christoph Blocher stated that the 76 year old film iconoclast should have been warned before his arrest in Zurich. While Blocher agrees that Swiss law was not broken, because the case is clear cut, he also states that the “whole mess could have been avoided” if Polanski was given a warning letter before entering Switzerland for the award ceremony he was to be lauded at.
Roman Polanski has agreed to pay Samantha Geimer a $500,000 settlement stemming from the 30 year charges of sexual assault to halt the legal assault against him. It’s unknown if this agreement was actually enacted, though the LA Times hunts for some answers…
Roman Polanski has been arrested on a charge that dates back over 30 years, after fleeing the United States in the 1970s. Do you think he should be forgiven?Roman
