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| Polanski with Mia Farrow |
Roman Polanski has done surprisingly well in court in the past. He somehow sued Vanity Fair for libel in a British court even though he couldn't step foot in Britain without being arrested and shipped back to the United States for sentencing. The magazine claimed he had been hitting on women right after the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate. He won that lawsuit with the help of Mia Farrow who flew to Britain and testified for him.
Britain is known for its libel laws favoring the plaintiff, but how do you defame a convicted and admitted child rapist?
Now Polanski is suing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for kicking him out last year on the same day it expelled Bill Cosby.
Harland Braun is representing him. Can Polanski sue without appearing in court? Why does Polanski care if they kicked him out? He won't get to vote on the Oscars, but so what?
He should show some self-respect. Stop pretending to be a Hollywood director. Start filming in French and Polish, stop using American movie stars and quit making movies set in the United States.
Even before he pleaded guilty to "unlawful sexual intercourse", the US treated him lousily. When his pregnant wife was murdered, the press tried to suggest that he was the killer even though he was in England at the time. The Europeans feel some sympathy for him having survived the Nazi genocide, but Americans didn't care.
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| Polanski and wife. |
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