London
(ANI):
Director
Roman
Polanski's
former
sister-in-law
Deborah
Tate
has
publicly
defended
the
director
and
said
he
is
"a
good
guy" who
was
wrongly
jailed
for
consensual
sex.
The
internationally
acclaimed
director
is
currently
under
arrest
in
Zurich,
Switzerland,
on
a
US
warrant
for
having
unlawful
intercourse
with
a
teenaged
girl.
The
Daily
Express
quoted
Deborah
Tate,
the
sister
of
his
murdered
wife
Sharon
Tate
as
saying
on
America's
Today
Show:
"Roman
is
a
brilliant
director,
there
is
no
disputing
that.
He's
also
a
philanthropist.
He
helps
many
other
people
get
a
foothold
in
the
business.
He's
quite
a
humanitarian
He's
a
good
guy.
He's
brilliant
as
well."
She
went
on
to
say
that
Polanski
and
the
13-year-old
Samantha
Gailey
voluntarily
had
sex
and
there
was
no
question
of
the
girl
being
forced.
Tate
said:
"There
was
a
deal
made
back
in
the
'70s
where
Roman
would
undergo
evaluation
and
spend
four
months
in
jail.
He
did
that.
He
was
evaluated
not
to
be
a
paedophile
and
there's
rape
and
then
there's
rape.
It
was
determined
that
Roman
did
not
forcibly
have
sex
with
this
young
woman,
it
was
a
consensual
matter.
I
am
a
victim's
advocate
and
I
know
the
difference."
Tate
also
expressed
her
despair
in
the
American
justice
system
and
suggested
that
the
case
was
a
waste
of
time
and
money.
She
said:
"I
do
believe
that
our
system
is
extremely
broken
on
multiple
levels.
I
think
at
the
moment
there's
a
lot
of
taxpayers'
dollars
that
are
spent
on
cases
that
do
not
need
to
be
pursued,
especially
in
the
state
of
California.
It's
a
very
multi-million
dollar
broken
system.
"I
was
under
the
impression
(in
2005)
that
there
was
misconduct
in
the
political
genre
itself
and
based
on
that,
perhaps
he
could
get
a
fair
trial
here.
Since
then,
speaking
to
the
District
Attorney's
office
about
this
matter,
I
agree
that
Roman
could
not
necessarily
be
dealt
with
in
a
fair
manner
in
the
United
States.
I
think
that
this
matter
better
be
served
in
France."