Roman Polanski sufferer claims ‘77 rape was ‘by no means a giant drawback’: report

Roman Polanski intercourse sufferer Samantha Geimer stated that she by no means had a “drawback” with being drugged and raped by the director when she was simply 13 years previous.

Geimer instructed Polanski’s spouse Emmanuelle Seigner in an interview published by French magazine Le Point that the 1977 rape — Polanski’s first sexual assault scandal — had no lasting results on her.

“Let me be very clear: what occurred with Polanski was by no means a giant drawback for me,” Geimer instructed Seigner within the piece translated by IndieWire.

“I didn’t even realize it was unlawful, that somebody might be arrested for it. I used to be advantageous, I’m nonetheless advantageous. The truth that we’ve made this [a big deal] weighs on me terribly. To must continually repeat that it wasn’t a giant deal, it’s a horrible burden.”

The then-43-year-old Polanski fed Geimer champagne and Quaaludes throughout a photograph shoot at actor Jack Nicholson’s home earlier than pouncing on {the teenager} regardless of her protests.

Polanski was convicted and ordered to a 90-day psychiatric analysis earlier than sentencing however was launched after simply 42 days and fled to Europe.

He was detained by Swiss police in 2009 whereas touring to the Zurich Movie Competition in regard to the US’s excellent arrest warrant.

He was detained for 10 months till the Swiss courtroom released Polanski after deciding in opposition to extradition due to potential technical faults within the U.S. request and since he had for years come to Switzerland in good religion.

He has not been hit with extra fees.

The light sentence was sufficient punishment for the director, Geimer stated, who has repeatedly requested the US to drop the rape fees in opposition to him.

“The extradition try, the truth that Roman was arrested like that, it was so unfair and so in opposition to justice,” Geimer stated.

“Everybody ought to know by now that Roman has served his sentence. Which was… lengthy, if you’d like my opinion. From my aspect, no one wished him to go to jail, however he did and it was sufficient. He paid his debt to society. There, finish of story.

“He did every part that was requested of him till the scenario went berserk he had no different selection however to flee. Anybody who thinks that he deserves to be in jail is unsuitable. It isn’t the case right now and it wasn’t the case yesterday,” she added.

Geimer — who sued Polanski in 1988 for sexual assault, intentional infliction of emotional misery and seduction — has repeatedly defended him over the previous few many years.

She believes the director, who has multiple rape accusations lodged in opposition to him, has taken accountability for forcing himself on her when she was a teen.