From: "Erik Toren" <[email protected]> >> 5) He had sex with a 13-year-old back in 1977 (he was then 42, he is now >> 77). He consistently maintained that he was unaware of the girl's true >> age when he had sew with her. The victim, Samantha Gardner, has publicly >> forgiven him, has withdrawn all charges (in 2003) and has even expressed >> dismay at his recent arrest in Switzerland. > > As far as the case is concerned, based on the victim's testimony to a > grand jury, she stated to Polanski in numerous occasions that she *did > not* consent to any type of sexual intercourse. Whether aware or not > of her real age, Polanski committee rape. > No, that can only be maintained unequivocally if he has been found guilty of that through a fair trial. Did the court (not that I'm saying it was necessarily fair) find that he had had non-consensual intercourse (over and above the notion that a minor cannot give consent) with her?
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