Polanski Agreed to Pay Off Victim in 1993

1. No matter what Whoopi Goldberg or Debra Winger say, this man still stands as an accused rapist, he pled guilty, then fled to France. If he were just an everday Joe, would people be defending him the same way? I think not. Polanski drugged this child and forced himself on her even as she begged him to takeher home. He publicly admitted he likes young girls. Upon fleeing to France, he almost immediately started "dating" Natasha Kinski who was only 15 years old. There is not a special standard for show business people and the celebrity element should stop defending Polanski's behavior. They are causing people to take a dimmer view of Hollywood's moral standards than they already have.

Posted at 7:33PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by Woody McBreairty

2. How much did Barack Obama's brother pay the victim when he raped a thirteen year old girl in England last year?

Not a dime - he claimed diplomatic immunity!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/world/europe/13samson.html

Posted at 8:01PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by The Ugly Truth

3. Didn't Polanski getting arrested open up a can of worms for Hollywood and the Movie Business " Elite ". Talking down and being condescending to the very people whose money you depend on for your Lame Ass Productions any more wasn't the smartest thing to do. Like it or not were your Employers and it's never good to piss off the Boss!!

Posted at 8:20PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by ColoradoRob

4. Here is a list of film industry people who signed a petition to free polanski. This is from news sources. The Smoking Gun site has the court testimony and plea agreement. Martin Scosese,Woody Allen, David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Pedro Almodouar, Tilda Swinton, Monica Bellucci, Peter Fonda, Terry Gillium, Buck Henry, John Landis, Walter Saiias, Richard Pena, Marc Sandburg, Penelope Cruz. There are 138 on the list most of them are Foreign film people.

Posted at 8:18PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by nightcrawler

5. Isnt it strange that this rape victim wants all this stuff to stop and to leave polanski alone?Why?Now we find out there was a payoff for this 'rape'.Really interesting would be to know when was this payoff arranged before or after the 'rape'?The victims mother actually was the one who introduced her to him so he could take pictures of her and was present at the scene.Now how is it that the mother allowed her daughter to be drugged,photographed and raped without intervening?To me this sounds like some kind of pimp deal gone awry.I mean how else could you explain the victim not harboring any ill will toward the rapist.She almost sounds like she feels guilty.

Posted at 8:23PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by ste o

6. When you plead guilty in court to rape, isn't it too late to pay off your victim? I'm not sure...

Posted at 8:26PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by Ellen

7. Ahhhhhhh!! Now the clouds part and reason as to why the victim now says to let it go as to prosecuting Polanski as she's been payed off by him and may continue to do so if she now says to not put him on trial. But, he must pay the piper. Doesn't she know that it's for all victims of sexual abuse that he must not get away with it even if time has passed. He's still guilty!!

Posted at 8:38PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by Nix

8. This guy is a scumbag plain and simple! Give me 5 minutes with him… please! I wonder if Whoopi and Debra and all the others would leave him alone with their daughters for a weekend. I bet not. Anyone who supports this punk is a low-life… yeah that means you Whoopi, Debra and oh... you two Woody Allen although your support doesn't shock me since child molesters / rapists usually stick together. What a sad and pathetic place Hollywood has become.

Posted at 8:42PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by Paul

9. Anyone who supports Roman Polanski supports oral, vaginal and anal rape of a 13 year old girl, whom you drugged up with a Quaalude and with champagne and did this even though she was crying.

I never need to see another Debra Winger movie, and will never watch The View again. Same goes for the douche directors Martin Scorcese, Woody Allen and others who are "outraged" over this. Huffy, much?

Gosh, $500,000 as rape pay off (and you don't pay)?

I say ring the fugly rapist guy up for ten years and let the rest take care of itself. This is a crime against the girl, but also society. He has to pay society for his crimes. That is how the legal system works.

Posted at 9:01PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by Whatever

10. This guy is a pedophile. Bottom line he needs to be in prison. I can't believe anyone would think any other way. is it because he's rich, smart, talented, etc ? Is that what this boils down to ? he raped a 13 year old girl. If it had happened last week would it be ok to punish him for it ? People are so stupid.

Posted at 9:23PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by Ken Stepp

11. they need to bring this bastard back to the us dig a hole in the ground at sing sing prison put him in it and cover it up.

This is the kind of slim hollywood defends.

Posted at 9:29PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by DingDong DingDong

12. He is a disgusting rapist, and he has committed a terrible crime against a child. I am surprised at Debra Winger. I was a fan of hers, but not anymore. Woody Allen, of course he supports him. Anyone who supports this pervert is supporting child abuse in the worst way. It took years to bring Ira Einhorn to justice too after he skipped out and sought immunity in France, but he is now where he belongs,in prison. Why does Hollywood think this dude is above the law? Maybe they wouldn't be so quick to forgive an forget if it was their 13 year old.

Posted at 10:48PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by fryhisbutt

13. If he had finished Day of the Dolphin just a few days earlier back in the summer of '69, none of this would ever have happened.

Now that's a hindsight mind binder.... The Manson crew would have been doing a good thing. Bizarre.

How's this for ya... Taken from the Ceilo Drive house after the murders were a series of sex videos with Roman, Sharon, and possibly others. These were secreted by the police to protect Roman. Such videos were said to be common for the Polanski clan. Jay Sebring was also into photographing his S&M stuff (he frequently picked up underage girls on the Sunset Strip (no pun intended). Hollywood's elite went into damage control immediately when news of Sebring's death was released and did a clean-sweep of his house to keep it from the police. There may be copies of the videos out there in the hands of old Hollywood elite. This has been suspected for some time. Maybe the creepiest thing.... Polanski was good friends with Papa John Phillips, also in headlines recently.

Want a good picture of Polanski, read 'The Family' by Ed Sanders - excerpts may be available online.

Posted at 10:49PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by SJ

14. If this guy had been a "nobody" I bet the victim wouldn't have such a rosy outlook on her experience. The family (at the time) would have fought harder and she would be outraged to this day, I am sure. Funny how blindsided by celebrity we have become.

Posted at 11:02PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by Annalee

15. Let me get this straight....he rapes and sodomizes a 13 yr old girl and Hollywood is defending him? Wow. Guess they wouldn't mind their young daughters to have a slumber party at Polanski's house....

The victim deserves a lot more than $500k. She needs millions more and more and more...oh and Polanski needs to serve his time in PRISON.

Raping a child is NEVER commendable, Hollywood.

Posted at 11:02PM on Oct 2nd 2009 by Nicole