Okay, I'm a bit peeved by an article I read about a week ago regarding well-known child rapist Roman Polanski. Cast your peepers on this:
SOURCE: http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15906,00.html
All I can say is WHAT... THE... HELL!? Here's a guy who plied a 13-year old girl with drugs and alcohol, sodomized her, plead guilty and then ran from justice. And he wants to sue a magazine for reporting about is escapades!? And the British court is making concessions so that he can do this without having to leave the safety of France (where extradition is outlawed).
This is such a mockery of justice it makes me sick.
Note that Vanity Fair is in the US, Polanski is in France, and the lawsuit is being held in Britain. 8O
Can anyone explain this to me? Why does this sicko get to have it his way?
Polanski Beaming Lawsuit to London
by Charlie Amter
Feb 10, 2005, 5:40 PM PT
Roman Polanski wants to reach out and sue somebody.
The Oscar-winning director scored a precedent-setting court ruling Thursday in England that allows him to proceed with his libel lawsuit against Vanity Fair magazine via satellite from France.
Polanski, who pleaded guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in the 1970s while living in California, only to flee prior to sentencing, would face extradition to the U.S. if he attended the London court proceedings.
Now, England's highest court has paved the way for Polanski's suit to move forward; the Chinatown director can testify via a videoconferencing link from his home in Paris.
by Charlie Amter
Feb 10, 2005, 5:40 PM PT
Roman Polanski wants to reach out and sue somebody.
The Oscar-winning director scored a precedent-setting court ruling Thursday in England that allows him to proceed with his libel lawsuit against Vanity Fair magazine via satellite from France.
Polanski, who pleaded guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in the 1970s while living in California, only to flee prior to sentencing, would face extradition to the U.S. if he attended the London court proceedings.
Now, England's highest court has paved the way for Polanski's suit to move forward; the Chinatown director can testify via a videoconferencing link from his home in Paris.
All I can say is WHAT... THE... HELL!? Here's a guy who plied a 13-year old girl with drugs and alcohol, sodomized her, plead guilty and then ran from justice. And he wants to sue a magazine for reporting about is escapades!? And the British court is making concessions so that he can do this without having to leave the safety of France (where extradition is outlawed).
This is such a mockery of justice it makes me sick.
Note that Vanity Fair is in the US, Polanski is in France, and the lawsuit is being held in Britain. 8O
Can anyone explain this to me? Why does this sicko get to have it his way?
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