The French-Polish film director, who fled the US more than four decades ago after being convicted of sexually assaulting a child, was set to face a civil trial in LA, but his lawyers announced on Tuesday that a settlement had… French-Polish director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States decades ago after admitting to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old, will no longer face trial over an alleged assault of another minor after reaching a settlement, his lawyer said on Tuesday, October 22.
The latest case against the director of The Pianist, which concerned an alleged sexual attack in 1973, had been due in civil court in Los Angeles next August, but has now been withdrawn, Polanski’s US attorney told Agence France-Presse (AFP)…..e
Roman Polanski lawsuit over alleged 1973 rape of minor dismissed, says lawyer
French-Polish director Roman Polanski, who fled the US after admitting to statutory rape, reached a settlement in a civil case over a 1973 sexual assault allegation. The case, scheduled for trial in Los Angeles next August, has now been withdrawn, Polanski’s US attorney confirmed Tuesday.
Director Roman Polanski is a divisive figure, with some in the movie world hailing his creative genius, while others insist he was always a sexual predator. © Loic Venance, AFP
French-Polish director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States decades ago after admitting to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old, will no longer face trial over an alleged assault of another minor after reaching a settlement, his lawyer said Tuesday.
The latest case against the director of “The Pianist,” which concerned an alleged sexual attack in 1973, had been due in civil court in Los Angeles next August, but has now been withdrawn, Polanski’s US attorney told AFP.
The case was “settled in the summer to the parties’ mutual satisfaction and has now been formally dismissed,” Alexander Rufus-Isaacs said in an email.
The suit, filed last year, claimed Polanski took a then-teenager — named anonymously in filings as Jane Doe — to dinner at a restaurant in Los Angeles in
