French woman accuses Roman Polanski of raping her in 1975 when she was 18

[Floyd R. Turbo]

PARIS (AP) — A French woman in her early 60s claims she was violently raped at age 18 by Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski, a fugitive from the U.S. for more than four decades since pleading guilty to a sex offense with a minor, a French newspaper reported Friday.

Le Parisien said the woman, Valentine Monnier, alleges she was raped in 1975 at Polanski's chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland, when she was 18.

The paper quoted Polanski's lawyer, Herve Temime, as saying that the 86-year-old Polanski "firmly contests" the allegation. The attorney could not be immediately reached by The Associated Press.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/11/08/roman-polanski-hit-new-rape-accusation-1975/2535204001/

[rampartc]

1. can't be true

18 is much too old for Polanski.

[hlthe2b]

2. I surely understand why she didn't speak out decades earlier, but it is unfortunate she didn't

when this all came back a few years back and any attempt to hold him responsible for his assault in the US was largely squelched when the victim essentially gave Polanski "cover."

[dewsgirl]

3. Wasn't he honored at the Academy Awards a few years ago?

[ornotna]

6. He was expelled from the Academy of Motion Pictures

Don't know about any honors.

[dewsgirl]

7. He won best director 2011 for the Pianist.

[smirkymonkey]

4. He's such a pig.

It's a shame that he never got the justice that was due to him. God knows what else he has done to young, powerless women that has never been revealed.

[kskiska]

5. Mia Farrow has no problem with him.

She stands by him to this day.