Showing posts with label polanski. Show all posts
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Monday, July 12, 2010

Samantha Geimer Rape Case And Roman Polanski

The Swiss authorities have good news for Roman Polanski's because it is a free man now. If Samantha Geimer  which is 33 years old rape case  successfully for after a long time. The court stated that it will not be provided to the expulsion of U.S. officials for their cause Polanski in California. Polanski fled the U.S. in 1978, when he was about to read his sentence for sex with a 13-year-old girl Geimer.

After such a long time, when Samantha is 46, has two children, she publicly forgave Roman Polanski, and he even went to file a formal request to prosecutors to drop charges against him. "I survived, indeed dominant, in respect of any damage to Mr. Polanski may have caused me as a child," she said. " I got over it long ago. "I am no longer 13-year-old child. I had to deal with difficulties, as the victim, broke and surpassed them with one exception, says Samantha Geimer.

The Swiss Authorities Have Released A French Director Roman Polanski

Paris - The Swiss authorities have released a French director Roman Polanski, on Monday, the decision not to extradite him to Los Angeles to face sentence for sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
Decisions announced by the Ministry of Justice in Bern, after nearly 10 months of legal battle between the U.S. Justice Department and lawyers Polanski. 76-year-old Oscar-winning director was jailed, and then only his ski chalet in the Alpine resort Gastaad with an electronic bracelet on foot.

The Swiss Justice Ministry said the decision reflects doubts about the validity of the U.S. extradition request, in particular, about the negotiations between Los Angeles and prosecutors, Polanski U.S. lawyers at the time. Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said at a press conference that Polanski is now free to leave the country and return to his home in France.

Widmer-Schlumpf said that the decision of the Swiss was not based on the determination of guilt or innocence of Polanski, but only on the validity of the extradition request presented by the United States of America and what it describes as the Swiss national interests.