Roman Polanski Raped a Child

Roman Polanski Raped a Child

Roman Polanski Raped a Child

Whoopi Goldberg is facing a fierce backlash after saying that film director Roman Polanski didn’t commit “rape-rape” when he had unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.

“Whatever you think about the so-called crime, Polanski has served his time,”

Weinstein wrote.

Polanski took a deal and pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse and served 42 days in a California jail where he was psychologically evaluated.

His Hollywood rep Jeff Berg told “GMA” Tuesday that Polanski fled to France in 1978 only after learning during a discussion with the district attorney outside a Los Angeles courtroom that the judge in his case was preparing to sentence him to more prison time and require his voluntary deportation.

Following the 2008 HBO documentary “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” which raised questions about the case, Berg said Polanski’s rights were violated and the case was “plagued with prosecutorial and judicial misconduct.”

But there’s also a contingent of journalists, intellectuals, and film buffs who are outraged over Polanksi’s arrest, and base that outrage on multiple objections. There have been a lot of smart and convincing rebuttals to these objections, most notably Kate Harding’s forceful, powerful essay on Salon, “Reminder: Roman Polanski Raped a Child.”

In deference to that piece (from which we took our title), we put together a small guide to the most common objections to Polanski’s arrest, along with some of the best responses.

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    auto-quote: [caption id="attachment_3691" align="alignleft" width="210" caption="Roman Polanski Raped a Child"][/caption] Whoopi Goldberg is facing a fierce backlash after saying that film director Roman Polanski didn’t commit "rape-rape" when he had unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. "Whatever you think about the so-called crime, Polanski has served his time," Weinstein wrote. Polanski took a deal and pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse and served 42 days in a California jail where he was psychologically evaluated. His Hollywood rep Jeff Berg told "GMA" Tuesday that Polanski fled to France in 1978 only after learning during a discussion with the district attorney outside a Los Angeles courtroom that the judge in his case was preparing to sentence him to more prison time and require his voluntary deportation. Following the 2008 HBO documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired," which raised questions about the case, Berg said Polanski’s rights were violated and the case was "plagued with…
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