Roman Polanski's Victim Wants Charges Dropped; Says She's Suffering In Spotlight
Posted on Oct 27, 2009 @ 06:09AM - 5 comments
Roman Polanski's victim, Samantha Geimer, said that the increased media attention she has received since the director was arrested last month is causing her health and work problems as a result of the added stress, according to her lawyer, Lawrence Silver.
U.S. Requests To Extradite Roman Polanski
Silver said Geimer is asking a California appeals court that criminal case against Polanski should be dropped, after more than 500 calls poured in from journalists asking for comment since the director was arrested Sept. 26;
U.S. Requests To Extradite Roman Polanski
Posted on Oct 23, 2009 @ 06:04AM - 1 comment
Authorities in Zurich will hold a extradition hearing after the U.S. requested Switzerland release convicted pedophile Roman Polanski into their custody, the Swiss justice ministry said Friday.
The extradition request comes 32 years after the director fled the states, as he awaited sentencing for a 1977 rape.
Read The Original Harrowing Testimony Of Roman Polanski Rape Victim
Read The Original Harrowing Testimony Of Roman Polanski Rape Victim
Posted on Sep 30, 2009 @ 02:17PM - 22 comments
Long before Samantha Geimer publicly identified herself as the 13-year-old girl raped by Roman Polanski and said she thought his conviction should be overturned,she gave harrowing testimony to a grand jury, describing her ordeal in explicit detail.
Now, with Polanski once again under arrest and being held in Switzerland awaiting possible extradition back to the USA, many of his fellow celebrities have rallied to his defense – but the transcript of Samantha’s 1977 testimony is a raw and powerful today as it was when Polanski was facing trial.
Click for more photos of Samantha posing for a photo shoot
While the years seem to have made the director a sympathetic figure to some stars, the grand jury transcript describes – in graphic detail – a shocking crime against a child, the details of which haven’t detered 110 film industry figures from signing a petition for Polanski’s release. Thos celebrities include Martin Scorcese, Woody Allen and David Lynch, as well as Wim Wenders, Pedro Almodovar, Tilda Swinton and Monica Bellucci.
The fugitive director pleaded guilty over 30 years ago to having sex with a 13-year-old girl but fled the US before sentencing - he has been living on the lam ever since.
Read about Polanski's arrest
In her 1977 grand jury testimony, then 13-year-old, then known as Samantha Gailey testified how the director had sex with her after plying her with champagne and a Quaalude at the Los Angeles home of Jack Nicholson.
Read the transcripts here
Gailey, an aspiring model, described how the ordeal began with her posing topless for Polanski at his request. She then describes posing naked for him in a Jacuzzi, allegedly for a French Vogue photoshoot. Soon the director removed his clothes and got in the Jacuzzi with Samantha.
She testified: “He goes, ‘Come down here.’
“And I said, ‘No, no. I got to get out.’
“And he goes, ‘No. Come down here.’”
Samantha tried to break away from Polanski by lying and telling him she had asthma. And as she repeatedly tried to get away from him, and asked him to take her home, he continued his relentless quest to have sex with her.
He followed her into the bedroom where despite Samantha asking Polanski to "keep away" he kissed the 13-year-old.
“He reached over and kissed me. And I was telling him, ‘No,’ you know, ‘keep away.’
The director said he would take her home, but then proceeded to perform a sex act on the 13-year-old.
Polanski could be released on bail
After that he "started to have intercourse with me." Gailey testified. She also said that Polanski, 43 at the time, "put his (censored) in my butt" after asking her "Would you want me to go in through your back?"
Polanski wants the case thrown out
Meanwhile, Samantha Geimer, who is 45 now and married with three children, says she has forgiven Polanski and wants him to be forgiven by others.
She says she has made peace with Polanski, with herself, and wants everybody to leave her alone for the sake of her family.
Official: Roman Polanski Could Be Freed On Bail
Posted on Sep 28, 2009 @ 06:02AM - Add a comment
Legendary director and convicted pedophile Roman Polanski might be released on bail under the condition he doesn't flee Switzerland, the Swiss Justice Ministry said Monday.
The 76-year-old Oscar-winning director's release is "not entirely excluded" under Swiss law, SJM spokesman Guido Balmer said Monday.
Love Me Do! Paul McCartney Caught Kissing New Gal Pal
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 @ 10:06AM - 4 comments
Looks like Sir Paul McCartney has scored a home-run in love with his new girlfriend Nancy Shevell.
The former Beatles star and his normally low-key girlfriend put-on a very public display of affection in New York at the Yankees and Texas Rangers baseball game Wednesday night.
Paul McCartney’s baseball outing: See more photos!
Paul McCartney and His New Girlfriend Attend Yankees Game
Posted on Aug 27, 2009 @ 09:46AM - Add a comment
Paul McCartney and his new girlfriend attend a Yankees game with Jack Nicholson.
Leonardo DiCaprio: Feelin' It In France
Posted on Aug 16, 2009 @ 02:08PM - 3 comments
Work hard, play hard, right Leonardo DiCaprio?
The in-demand actor is currently cutting loose in Saint Tropez, and when we say loose we mean it -- drinking, dancing and flirting it up in the South-of-France celebrity haven.
Click for amazing photos of Leo getting his party on!
From paying tribute to his hometown by flashing a "West Coast" hand sign, throwing his elbows and chatting up several pretty young things, DiCaprio seems to be having quite a time at Club 55.
Reese Witherspoon & Paul Rudd 'Know' Each Other
Posted on Jun 20, 2009 @ 01:47PM - Add a comment
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Actors Reese Witherspoon and Paul Rudd were spotted Friday on the set of the forthcoming James L. Brooks comedy How Do You Know?
The pair play a couple involved in a love triangle, their third starring Owen Wilson as a pro Baseball player, with Rudd getting life and love advice from fictional dad Jack Nicholson.
Reese rocks a sporty look in the shots, but doesn't look too happy. Perhaps Owen can wish her away, even from the most well-advised Rudd?
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EXCLUSIVE: Nicholson Ex Broussard Divorcing Husband
Posted on Apr 27, 2009 @ 07:11PM - Add a comment
Rebecca Broussard, the mother of actor Jack Nicholson's son and daughter, is divorcing husband Dennis Piesto.
The couple was married for less than one year, and have no children.
The former model spent five days in jail in 2007 after pleading guilty to a
DUI charge.
Nicholson and Broussard's relationship was revealed in 1989, when Jack ended a 16-year courtship with actress Anjelica Huston after reports hit that Rebecca was carrying his child.
Story developing.............
Jack Nicholson Lawsuit: Pay The Joker!
Posted on Apr 24, 2009 @ 03:10PM - Add a comment
Jack Nicholson says Hollywood producer Mark Canton can't handle the truth -- and the truth, according to Jack, is that Canton owes him more than $1.2 million.
Canton, a Hollywood production exec, has defaulted on a loan Jack bought from a bank, according to a lawsuit The Joker filed against him on Friday.
