55 Comments:

1. How ironic. This comes on the heels of Susan Atkins dying from brain cancer a couple days ago.

   By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 11:56:41

2. Isnt there a statute of limitations?

   By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 12:08:15

3. No statute of limitations if you flee. The old" don't do the crime if you cant do the time" adage. Maybe Letterman can have him on and they can discuss 14 year olds.

   By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 12:45:11

4. He's been let go by the Prime Minister all is well.

   By JonnyFive, on September 27, 2009 13:12:44

5. There is a statute of limitations for rape if you aren't caught yet, he was. But since the charges were dropped not much can really be done about it.

   By JonnyFive, on September 27, 2009 13:15:56

6. If they convict this disgusting child raping freak, it should send a message to all the disgusting pedophiles out there: you can run but you can't hide, it doesn't matter how famous you are.
   
   Figures that this creep would be living in France all these years...

   By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 13:17:57

7. He jammed a broomstick in her vagina. Add torture to the other charges.

   By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 13:47:06

8. About damn time! Everyone is always like, "Oh, his movies are so great...he's so creative and artistic." If he wasn't famous everyone would just be like, "Get that pedofile." Can't believe people like Harrison Ford are friends with this pervert.

   By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 13:52:45

9. lol ha ha!

   By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 14:18:57

10. THIRTEEN! and way to go pedophile behind door number two!

    By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 14:20:12

11. Cut his nuts off

    By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 14:21:48

12. Let him croak in San Quentin.

    By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 15:07:26

13. Fuck Polanski. Anybody who drugs and buttfucks 13 year old girls deserves justice - no matter when it comes.

    By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 15:35:56

14. My feeling is thank god, he should be punished. Who knows how many girls he's raped since then? But then I read that the victim doesn't even want him to go to jail. Hard to say what the right thing is, I guess.

    By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 15:39:03

15. Time for the old man to pay for rape with his asshole in prison.

    By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 16:04:38

16. Fleeing from justice is a serious crime unto itself, not just the rape. He had already pled guilty and was awaiting sentencing when he fled. BTW, not statutory rape, just plain old ordinary child rape. She was not consenting. If I were her, I'd resent the implications that she was willing by 90% of the media outlets that keep calling this "statutory."

    By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 16:30:19

17. his contributions to our society in film outweigh the heinousness of the crime he once committed. his penalty of living in infamy for decades is all the justice needed in this case.
    
    sure, raping children is a bad thing, very bad indeed. but if a 76 year old man getting raped in federal prison is your idea of justice, then you are the one who is f'd in the head.

    By historys_greatest_pedophile, on September 27, 2009 17:01:20

18. Whoa. That picture is taken from the same room where Sharon was murdered...right in front of that couch!

    By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 17:51:53

19. You guys should look up "pedophile" sometime. You might figure out how to spell it, and also learn it's real meaning.
    
    #15 and Todd are total fags. Who fantasizes about prison rape?

    By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 18:17:28

20. Wife and babykillers? I see what you did there.

    By coolpapa, on September 27, 2009 18:38:45

21. Yeah....but his movies are sooo good.

    By Greg!, on September 27, 2009 18:42:30

22. He is so fucking disgusting, I hope he rots in hell
    http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskib14.html

    By Todd's Wifey, on September 27, 2009 18:51:38

23. Manson follower Susan Atkins who had killed Roman Polanski's wife, Sharon Tate died a couple of days ago and now this announced arrest of Roman Polanski.
    
    What I can't understand is, how did Polanski manage to evade the law all these years with the so called technology of cameras and GPS, etc. There is just NO way that one can hide from the law with all of technology that is out there.
    
    Something is just screwy here. I think the authorities DID know where he was hiding all these years. And one has to question as to why did they decide to arrest him NOW and not arrest him from years ago? Not to mention that this is going to cost taxpayers money for a trial that will drag on for years.
    
    This is another example of how there is no such thing as "justice" in the justice system in the USA. Criminals go free while the innocent and victims get sent to prison.

    By cb on bonanzle, on September 27, 2009 19:54:18

24. #21, get a damn clue, dumbass. Who the fuck cares if "his movies are so good". He's a disgusting pedophile who needs to be dragged kicking & screaming into the light, to serve his sentence. I say give him 20 years in the electric chair; there's no punishment that's too harsh for a kiddy raper...

    By anonymous, on September 27, 2009 21:15:49

25. It's been 30 years...the victim herself wants the charges dropped...the guy's an old man who's never been accused of anything since and is a danger to no one. There's zero point in wasting any more time on this at this point.

    By Northbynorthwest, on September 27, 2009 22:39:35

26. I really am a firm believe in Karma. What goes around comes around.

    By BuzzLady, on September 27, 2009 23:19:10

27. #17 living in infamy? Oh no, he's been applauded for years by people like you. As for his contributions to society, you seem to be saying that for people of a certain rank or status, there should be lesser punishments. I suppose you think we should only throw the book at him if he is bagging groceries or something.

    By gryphon50, on September 28, 2009 01:07:28

28. For all intents and purposes Samantha was a big cocktease back then, having already had sex with several men (by her own admission) add to the fact that she has repeatedly tried to drop the charges and move on discreetly only raises questions about the validity of her claims.
    
    

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 03:18:27

29. #23, Polanski had been living in France since he fled the US, and
    getting someone extredited from France is damned near impossible, especially since he hit the road before being
    sentenced here by a Judge.
    
    Also, he would only visit countries(Germany, Poland, Soviet Union)where it is also difficult to extredite someone from.
    
    Strangely enough, he had a home in Switzerland, which according to one article, he visited quite often. It's kind of
    amazing that he'd never been picked up before.
    
    This time it was easy to nab him. The LA District Attorney's office saw where he was going to attend a film festival in Switzerland, and asked the US State Dept, and Justice Dept. to issue an international arrest warrant for him to the Swiss, and they picked him up on it.

    By The Ghost Of Michael O'Donoghue, on September 28, 2009 04:08:10

30. He was led to believe by bot the girl and mother of the girl that she had just turned 18
    he liked them young but he is hardly what you would call a pedophile,and all this time he hasnt gotten into any other trouble
    why are they wasting time and money on this
    

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 04:28:41

31. A simple math question, what goes into 13 six times?
    
    Roman Polanski

    By phred, on September 28, 2009 04:59:43

32. HE plead guilty and was up for sentencing and he bolted.
    it no longer matters if the girl forgave him or not

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 06:15:30

33. It happened!

    By TadAdkins, on September 28, 2009 06:18:04

34. Deserves to spend the rest of his life in prison. He took a 13 year old girl, drugged her, and raped her in all sort of ways. Not going to find a bigger scumbag than this guy. That he's a talented artist shouldn't change anything. Imagine if that was some unknown schmuck off the street and what the reaction would be.

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 06:49:35

35. #28: you're a jackass. She said she had sex twice. she didn't say how many partners and they didn't ask--because it didn't matter. Keep in mind she was raised in the kind of culture where her own mother lets a famous director take off with her without supervision. No doubt she may have led a fast lifestyle for a 13 year old. But again. 13. That doesn't mean she deserves to be raped.
    
    As for wanting to move on, it's been 30 years since a nasty old man raped and sodomized her while she was very afraid. Sometimes the need for inner peace is stronger than the need for justice. Believe me.
    

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 06:59:40

36. I'm sick of the whole "cocktease" thing. Men who say that belittle THEMSELVES, not the women, or GIRL, here, they describe. It's pathetic: "boo hoo my cock was aroused, not fair. Waaaaah." A real man is strong enough to take responsibility for his dick, and not the other way around. Grow up.

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 07:00:59

37. Well, I watched The View this am and they mentioned something important that Roman did admit he had sex with the 13 year old girl; however, he was not charged with rape as the girl might not have been forced? Not sure exactly what truly happened. Still, what he did was wrong, even if it was long ago, he still was made responsible for this…

    By judie long, on September 28, 2009 08:03:57

38. Are the people supporting Roman devout muslims??
    
    (ie: people who would fashion themselves after a man who married a 6 year old and screwed her when she was 9...Aisha...mooo-ham-mud's favourite of his ELEVEN wives)
    
    http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/025-Muhammads-sex-life.htm
    
    

    By joejoe, on September 28, 2009 08:54:53

39. 38. As an atheist you should have equal contempt for all religions, yet you seem to have reserved special scorn for islam.
    Trying to impress your hindi girlfriend again? Here's a tip: she won't be. They don't like weak men.

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 10:29:58

40. #38, they could just be mormon fundamentalists.

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 11:00:16

41. There is no statute of limitation because he plead guilty to the charges. He just skipped before he could be sentenced. Although there are many Hollywood types and the girl( who is now a woman) that was raped want the charges dropped. He should be punished like anyone else. The woman got a 'settlement' from him already.

    By jaye, on September 28, 2009 12:02:49

42. She was 13. There's no way she could have consented. That's like saying well the toddler was asking for it ... she didn't say no ... jesus christ some of you people scare the fuck out of me.

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 12:39:26

43. Thirty years ago the press took his version of it because you couldn't say the word 'rape' in the papers. Links to several perspectives on his crime and subsequent career are here--
    
    http://kmareka.com/2009/09/28/fangirl-and-fanboy/

    By Nancy Green, on September 28, 2009 14:00:05

44. Its about time they caught up with him. He raped a little girl - full stop. Nothing else is relevant.

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 14:52:53

45. Polanski is a sociopath.
    
    Chinatown was about a grown man raping a teen. It's subtext is Polanski's wishfulfillment against Goyas.
    
    Rosemary's Baby is about a Polanski's Goya wife Tate and their unborn baby who he thought was conceived by a man Tate was having an affair with. Manson was more than likely a hired hit man who was given the Tate address in exchange for a record deal that he was talking to record producers about. A reward system in Freemasonry's cabal in the entertainment industry.
    
    The new documentary he made is obviously about Polanski.
    
    His pattern is to make movies about himself and his past or future actions.

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 17:56:01

46. "his contributions to our society in film outweigh the heinousness of the crime he once committed."
    
    Wow. I bet all the 13 year old girls in your neighborhood will sleep on their backs tonight.

    By Sunny Day, on September 28, 2009 18:57:59

47. #30 - Who cares if he thought she was 18, 21, or 35? He drugged her and analy raped her. That doesn't bother you at all, regardless of her age?
    
    Holy shit. You make a couple movies and people go full retard.

    By Sunny Day, on September 28, 2009 19:00:32

48. I don't understand. All these years...why didn't the Feds just send a hit squad and make it look like an accident? Isn't that what CIA is for??? no wonder we can't catch bin laden.

    By anonymous, on September 28, 2009 19:32:32

49. From Kate Harding's essay in SALON: "Before we discuss how awesome his movies are or what the now-deceased judge did wrong at his trial, let's take a moment to recall that according to the victim's grand jury testimony, Roman Polanski instructed her to get into a jacuzzi naked, refused to take her home when she begged to go, began kissing her even though she said no and asked him to stop; performed cunnilingus on her as she said no and asked him to stop; put his penis in her vagina as she said no and asked him to stop; asked if he could penetrate her anally, to which she replied, "No," then went ahead and did it anyway, until he had an orgasm."
    
    He was 44; she was 13. Look for him to bring up the Holocaust as a "defense".

    By Ragno, on September 28, 2009 19:43:50

50. If Polanski is extradited to California he will have no one to appeal to but Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has his own dubious past. That would be one to watch.
    
    http://kmareka.com/2009/09/29/terminator-vs-predator/

    By Nancy Green, on September 29, 2009 05:11:34

51. Get off your moral high horse people. Both the girl and the mother have alluded to it being consensual, the fact that it was a wrong decision on both Romans and the girls part is besides the point. The girl was already sexually active, drinking champagne and walking around half naked at a famous movie stars house. Do people really believe she was an innocent little flower who was brutally raped by an evil man? Please.

    By anonymous, on September 29, 2009 06:35:34

52. He should be held accountable for his actions.
    

    By Lisa, on September 29, 2009 07:05:32

53. what kind of stupid argument is that?
    
    #46 "his contributions to our society in film outweigh the heinousness of the crime he once committed."
    
    You're a complete idiot. Would you want your 13-year-old daughter/sister/cousin/niece be put into the same experience??? YOU AND POLANSKI NEED TO SHARE A ROOM! Let's see YOU get butt-fucked. Ignorant Fuck!

    By anonymous, on September 29, 2009 21:29:08

54. I don't give a shit if he found a cure for cancer - he raped vaginally and anally a 13 year old girl. He needs to pay with his freedom.

    By Polanskihater, on September 30, 2009 10:43:43

55. This whole 'celebrities contribute and should be excused reprehensible actions' BS has to stop
    
    What is wrong with people? Do we want a new feudalism that bad, with our new seigneurs the Whoopis and Lettermans of the land?

    By anonymous, on October 3, 2009 17:43:51