EXCLUSIVE: Another Woman Accuses Roman Polanski of Rape; Takes Case To District Attorney
Posted on Jul 26, 2010 @ 03:00PM
Another woman has come forward charging that Roman Polanski raped her in 1974, RadarOnline.com has exclusively learned.
The woman, who was 21 at the time, reported the alleged sexual assault to the Los Angeles District Attorney in May and was interviewed by authorities.
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Edith Michelle Vogelhut, a former model also known as Shelli Paul, told authorities Polanski "handcuffed" her at actor Jack Nicholson's Hollywood house where he was staying, then sodomized her repeatedly, before he passed out, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
A spokesperson for the District Attorney's office refused to comment when contacted by RadarOnline.com.
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But Vogelhut's attorney, Michael Griffith, told RadarOnline.com that she was unable to file a civil complaint against Polanski, because of Californian law.
"I'm not planning on filing a civil lawsuit against Mr. Polanski as I think the statute of limitations has expired," he said.
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"(However) I'm in contact with the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office regarding the criminal case."
The woman's story is eerily similar to Samantha Geimer, also a one-time model, who Polanski took for a photo shoot in a hot tub at Nicholson's Hollywood mansion in 1978.
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Swiss authorities freed the 77-year-old movie director on July 12, choosing not to extradite him to Los Angeles to face sentencing for having sex with Geimer, who was 13-years-old at the time.
The Swiss declared that the U.S. had failed to provide records of a January hearing that would have shown Polanski had already served his sentence.
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"I'm not sure what I will do hereafter," Polanski told a Swiss. "For the moment I'm happy to be free."
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British actress, Charlotte Lewis, who starred in one of Polanski's films, recently claimed he assaulted her when she was 16 years old in his Paris apartment.
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Roman Polanski is convicted sex offender! If you fight a celebrity you will lose! Anyone that stands up to them is crushed by fans and Hollywood PR!! I'm glad she came forward!!
Posted Tue, 07/27/2010 - 8:46am
Is she trying to get her 15 minutes of fame?
Posted Tue, 07/27/2010 - 3:34am
What's the Statute of Limitations? Where are all these nuts coming from?
Posted Mon, 07/26/2010 - 11:06pm
Years ago I could understand why women waited, it was a man's world and believed that the perpetrators would go free. Things have long since changed. I cannot fathom why anyone would not come forward long before this.
Posted Mon, 07/26/2010 - 11:05pm
Oh, give me a break. It took 36 years for this woman to say anything?
Posted Mon, 07/26/2010 - 8:57pm
Roman Polanski should be in prison!
Posted Mon, 07/26/2010 - 8:34pm
YOU SHOULD OF SAID ALL THAT IN 1974 AHOLE.
Posted Mon, 07/26/2010 - 7:42pm
Wow, 3 rapes counted, wonder how many other poor women are out there that he did this to? Nice job, Switzerland, allowing him to walk free.
Posted Mon, 07/26/2010 - 6:57pm
Good job Switzerland for allowing him to walk free. He already served his time in the LA County Jail. Why should he have to serve more time? As for the other women he allegedly "raped" they should have come forward years ago!
Posted Mon, 07/26/2010 - 9:01pm
A CRIME IS A CRIME AND POLANSKI IS A PEDOPHILE. BOTH START WITH "P". JUST SAYIN'...
Posted Mon, 07/26/2010 - 5:57pm