Victim Asks Judge to Drop Sexual Assault Case Against Fugitive Director Roman Polanski
Samantha Geimer, 13 at the time of the crime, has long supported Roman Polanski's efforts to end the legal saga
By
Associated Press and Jonathan Lloyd
Roman Polanski won't take his chances
to return to court to resolve his sexual assault case, so his victim is
standing up for him.
Samantha
Geimer, who was 13 at the time of the crime, was in a Los Angeles
courtroom to appeal directly to a judge Friday to end the long-running
case. Geimer, 54, has long supported Polanski's efforts to end the legal
saga that limits his freedom, but Friday will was the first time she's
appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on his behalf, attorney Harland
Braun said.
"She's tired of this case," Braun said. "The judge is just playing games with him."
The judge said he will issue a written ruling, but he didn't indicate when.
Geimer spoke about the crime, the decades-long legal process and her motivation for stepping forward outside the courtroom.
"It
wasn't as traumatic for me as everyone would like to believe it is,"
Geimer said Friday outside the courtroom. "I understood much worse
things happen to people. I just was not as traumatized as people think I
should have been.
"This is the
first opportunity I've had to come to court and talk, so I figure I'd
take it because I thought it would be my last.
Geimer
told reporters she has "empathy" for Polanski, noting that he is now
facing the same type of insults she endured in the early days of the
1977 unlawful intercourse case.
"It
was a much different story -- I was a drug-dealing Lolita that cornered
him into this, and I was lying and I made it all up -- so that's what I
dealt with," Geimer said.
"Now he endures it, because now everyone
calls him a pedophile and says terrible things about him which aren't
true. The insults have switched, but I have empathy for the way he was
treated because I was treated the same way when this first happened."
On her way into court, she told reporter she was "terrified."
I personally think that Roman should be "drawn and quartered" for his assault on a young girl. It's despicable. For him to sexually target a young girl like that makes him the lowest of the dung on EARTH.
But unfortunately, although they don't usually name the victims publicly, they named Geimer in this mess, and now every time Polanski's name is mentioned in this horrible assault, so is Geimer's.
She's got her life now, she's a wife and mother, and she doesn't want this to keep coming up every few years. I can't blame her!
The courts can't punish Polanski, so the liberal media just keeps beating a dead horse.
I hope Samantha finally finds peace in all this. Polanski RUINED HER LIFE!!! LITERALLY!
Maybe Polanski will become Hitler's love slave for eternity...That would be a fitting end...
I hope Samantha finally finds peace in all this. Polanski RUINED HER LIFE!!! LITERALLY!
She says it hasn't been ruined at all and that it would appear that other people are far more affected by it than she ever has been. I'm prepared to hear her on this. But in a way, she is almost irrelevant to the saga now. Punishment for crimes is not simply about the perpetrator and the victim. Even if the victim forgives and gets on with their own life, there's the societal dimension and the children that need to be protected and part of their protection is in dealing with people who put all children at risk if they are perceived to get away with this kind of crime. Samantha Geimer isn't thinking about the other thousands of sexually abused children that possibly wince every time this story comes up and it's out there for all to see that a man who sexually abused a child escapes justice. So in a way, her view doesn't really matter in the overall picture.
I think that she signed a contract when she was paid off by Polanski and it stated she has to be positive about him publically. Who knows how she really feels.
I agree with Beauders on that point. Hate to say that perhaps she is looking for more for going above and beyond the deal. I also agree the guy was a pedafile and some sort of sex addict.
I have a hunch Polanski offered her some money, she says "hes not a pedophile" after he slips her some quaaludes and pumps her asshole whole shes passed out at age 13? If thats not pedophilia what is? I dont understand why Roman would even want to come back here at age 84 anyway because France will never extradite him especially at his age
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Thanks Venus!
I personally think that Roman should be "drawn and quartered" for his assault on a young girl. It's despicable. For him to sexually target a young girl like that makes him the lowest of the dung on EARTH.
But unfortunately, although they don't usually name the victims publicly, they named Geimer in this mess, and now every time Polanski's name is mentioned in this horrible assault, so is Geimer's.
She's got her life now, she's a wife and mother, and she doesn't want this to keep coming up every few years. I can't blame her!
The courts can't punish Polanski, so the liberal media just keeps beating a dead horse.
I hope Samantha finally finds peace in all this. Polanski RUINED HER LIFE!!! LITERALLY!
Maybe Polanski will become Hitler's love slave for eternity...That would be a fitting end...
katie8753 said...
I hope Samantha finally finds peace in all this. Polanski RUINED HER LIFE!!! LITERALLY!
She says it hasn't been ruined at all and that it would appear that other people are far more affected by it than she ever has been.
I'm prepared to hear her on this.
But in a way, she is almost irrelevant to the saga now. Punishment for crimes is not simply about the perpetrator and the victim. Even if the victim forgives and gets on with their own life, there's the societal dimension and the children that need to be protected and part of their protection is in dealing with people who put all children at risk if they are perceived to get away with this kind of crime.
Samantha Geimer isn't thinking about the other thousands of sexually abused children that possibly wince every time this story comes up and it's out there for all to see that a man who sexually abused a child escapes justice.
So in a way, her view doesn't really matter in the overall picture.
Grim, she sounds like she has "Stockholm Syndrome". She's having sympathy for the abuser.
I think that she signed a contract when she was paid off by Polanski and it stated she has to be positive about him publically. Who knows how she really feels.
I agree with Beauders on that point. Hate to say that perhaps she is looking for more for going above and beyond the deal. I also agree the guy was a pedafile and some sort of sex addict.
I have a hunch Polanski offered her some money, she says "hes not a pedophile" after he slips her some quaaludes and pumps her asshole whole shes passed out at age 13? If thats not pedophilia what is? I dont understand why Roman would even want to come back here at age 84 anyway because France will never extradite him especially at his age
I dont know about the drawing and quartering but he definitely should have served time, what he did is repulsive and evil
I agree
I wonder if Roman molested other children that haven't spoken out for some reason. Maybe they were paid off, or maybe they don't exist.
You'd think that if one was a pedophile he wouldn't stop being one just because he got caught.
Lets just say i dont think thats the type of behavoir you just wake up with one day at age 44, im sure she wasnt the first
Hey Grim are you out there, I'm concerned because of the fire.`0
Grim,
Are you okay?
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