Samantha Geimer the woman Roman Polanski had sex with at Jack Nicholson’s house in 1977, has accused U.S. court authorities of ruining her life, insisting they used the case for their own “political gain”.
Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a 13 year-old then flied to Europe the night before his sentencing.
Geimer urged the U.S. district attorney to drop the case, and gave her public support to Polanski. She is now speaking out again on the way court authorities handled everything.
On Good Morning America on Thursday March 10, 2011 Geimer, blamed the court officials for causing more damage to her in the aftermath of the crime than the sex act itself.
She explained, “I was terrified and shocked because I had no warning… They showed no regard for me, practically contempt for me. Not even a heads up.”
She said, “What I want people to know is that they don’t understand what happened. They don’t understand how poorly the courts handled it, what went on in the original case, and just how the whole situation has been used for the benefit of judges or district attorneys for their own personal, political gain, which has caused way more pain to my family than anything Roman Polanski has ever done. You shouldn’t be damaged more by the court than by the crime…”
She added, “It was (rape) because I was 13, but he didn’t mean to hurt me; he thought it was all right and I was just scared. It was bad but it wasn’t as bad as grand jury testimony, it wasn’t as bad as having my sons traumatized by paparazzi. It’s not as bad as the D.A.’s office making statements like, ‘We’re looking forward to seeing Mr. Polanski in court’.”
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