Wanted Fugitive Roman Polanski Takes Photo with Samantha Geimer

[lovelylaura23]

Roman Polanski poses for smiling photo with rape victim Samantha Geimer https://t.co/GguZMwjwQB pic.twitter.com/1SRoC0wuEO
- New York Post (@nypost) May 1, 2023

SOURCE: New York Post on Twitter

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[picturemegone]

Congrats to all the assholes that normalized him all these years. They should be ashamed.

we need more of this

Watching Adele Haenel walk out of the 2020 César Awards after Roman Polanski wins Best Director will always make me cry. There really aren’t words that are capable of expressing how much I admire her. pic.twitter.com/6Ff95n4ERq
- Kylie (Purple For Amber) (@purpleforamber) August 21, 2022

[lovelylaura23]

I love that she not only walked out, she kept yelling sarcastically in the lobby. Lol

[ferelden]

So you know what she was saying in the lobby? I don’t speak French. ):

[lovelylaura23]

I don't either but it's

“shame” and “bravo paedophile”

[genbu_no_miko24]

[false_hate]

Fuck him.

[rosytintedflash]

one of the true crime youtube channels I actually like

[false_hate]

Absolutely agree! I appreciate his respectful tone and use of trigger warnings.

[winter_lace]

jfc

[evett]

It is unclear exactly when the snap was taken but the forgiving victim shared the image to her private Instagram account just after the publication of her interview with France’s Le Point magazine - in which she insisted the 89-year-old had “paid his debt to society.”

since when

“Let me be very clear: what happened with Polanski was never a big problem for me,” Geimer told Seigner of the March 1 attack, which happened during a photo shoot at Jack Nicholson’s house.

“I didn’t even know it was illegal, that someone could be arrested for it. I was fine, I’m still fine,” she maintained, despite previously suing him for intentional infliction of emotional distress for the assault

The fact that we’ve made this [a big deal] weighs on me terribly,” she said, according to a translation by IndieWire.

“To have to constantly repeat that it wasn’t a big deal, it’s a terrible burden.”

did she become born again or something? not even she forgives him but instead it was never that serious...wild

[genbu_no_miko24]

I think she always wanted it to all go away. She previously sued him but I think she probably realized it wasn't gonna be easy...

I imagine the international and industry support for him must've gotten to her cause it indirectly positions her as the bad guy cause he can't come back to the US or completely be in ~peace~ cause of the legal issues of it.

So part of me is sympathetic to her but I don't like ANY of this either.

[misscrystal]

I completely understand her desire to not be defined by what happened to her.

But like, MADAM. At the end of the day this was a fully grown man who SA'd you when you were a child. Your quest to not be defined by what he did should not include you trying to downplay the fact that he is an unrepentant sexual predator.

[genbu_no_miko24]

I don't disagree. He's been given a free pass by this which is all the more disgusting and revolting since he's been ~martryed~ by the film community.