Polanski's sex victim wants case against him dismissed
News
oi-Staff
London
(ANI):
Director
Roman
Polanski's
unlawful
sex
victim,
Samantha
Geimer,
has
called
for
the
dismissal
of
charges
against
him,
court
documents
show.
Geimer
was
13
when
Polanski
had
sex
with
her
in
the
late
1970s.
However,
after
his
arrest
in
Zurich,
Switzerland
last
month
Geimer's
family
had
said
that
the
arrest
of
the
acclaimed
director
distressed
her
because
she
became
the
centre
of
the
story
again,
almost
thirty
years
after
the
crime.
Last
week
her
lawyers
asked
California's
2nd
District
Court
of
Appeal
to
dismiss
the
case
against
Polanski.
The
papers
claim
that
Polanski
had
to
flee
from
the
US
as
a
'corrupt'
judge,
was
handling
the
case.
"No
matter
what
his
crime,
Polanski
was
entitled
to
be
treated
fairly;
he
was
not," the
BBC
quoted
the
papers,
as
stating.
The
papers
also
complain
that
the
45-year-old
Geimer
was
stressed
and
suffered
health
problems
as
the
press
hounded
her
after
Polanski's
arrest.
They
say
that
Geimer
and
her
lawyer
received
almost
500
phone
calls
in
the
course
of
a
month.
The
papers
said:
"Larry
King
has
called,
Oprah
has
called,
every
national
network
morning
show
has
called.
The
LA
Times
has
three
reporters
calling,
as
do
nearly
every
major
newspaper
in
the
United
States
and
abroad.
The
response
-
''Please
leave
me
alone.'' But
they
won't."
The
legal
papers
add:
"The
pursuit
has
caused
her
to
have
health-related
issues.
The
pursuit
has
caused
her
performance
at
her
job
to
be
interfered
with
and
has
caused
the
understandable
displeasure
of
her
employer
and
the
real
possibility
that
Samantha
could
lose
her
job." The
papers
conclude
by
requesting:
"Leave
her
alone."