PromoTheRobot Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 I'm not a lawyer, but I did see one on TV last night. I think the judge has the option to accept or deny the deal. If he/she denies it then you go to trial or try to strike a new more better (from the judges perspective) deal. I don't know the specifics of the deal. What would Polanski have been on the hook for? You can't cop a plea and then have the judge just change the sentence. The defendent would have the right a trial with any admission of guilt removed from the record. Click that link for "Wanted and Desired". It describes how Judge Rittenbrand was going lock him up for good even after Polanski pleaded to a lesser charge. Rittenbrand also broke many judicial rules by discussing the case in the press. Again, not defending Polansky. Just saying that if it was you facing a judge who wasn't going to follow the law, you might have fled too. PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erynthered Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 http://link.brightcove.com/services/player...tid=42458619001 WTF is "it wasnt Rape Rape"?? WG is a freakin wackjob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereComesTheReignAgain Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 http://link.brightcove.com/services/player...tid=42458619001 WTF is "it wasnt Rape Rape"?? WG is a freakin wackjob. I wonder if Whoopie would consent to being "not rape raped" (drugged and sodomized) in order to prove her point that he doesn't deserve to be prosecuted. The only problem would be finding a blind, deaf, incredibly desperate man to agree to the experiment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 I wonder if Whoopie would consent to being "not rape raped" (drugged and sodomized) in order to prove her point that he doesn't deserve to be prosecuted. The only problem would be finding a blind, deaf, incredibly desperate man to agree to the experiment. Ted Danson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 http://link.brightcove.com/services/player...tid=42458619001 WTF is "it wasnt Rape Rape"?? WG is a freakin wackjob. Does this mean that 'no' means 'maybe, if you talk me into it or get me drunk' again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted September 30, 2009 Share Posted September 30, 2009 http://link.brightcove.com/services/player...tid=42458619001 WTF is "it wasnt Rape Rape"?? WG is a freakin wackjob. Whoopie: I don't like it when we're passionate about something when we don't have all the facts so I'm going to go ahead and be passionate about something that I don't have all the fact about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted October 9, 2009 Author Share Posted October 9, 2009 oops France's minister of culture, whose forceful defense of film director Roman Polanski brought scrutiny to his own life, denied in a television interview Thursday that he had slept with underage boys and said his 2005 book about his experiences should not be taken as a literal memoir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDBillzFan Posted October 9, 2009 Share Posted October 9, 2009 oops Sounds like NAMBLA may have a new member. Meanwhile, you have to figure that the moment Polanski heard that Woody Allen was signing a petition to set him free that Polanski would be, like, "Hey, Woody, thanks, but you're really not helping the cause for me, okay?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted November 25, 2009 Author Share Posted November 25, 2009 Granted bail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan72 Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 The whole idea was to get him over here, get him out of it, then he can make movies in this country again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 THE PIPER??? What sex and how old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dib Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 I always wondered why a 13 year old girl was there alone in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellDressed Posted November 25, 2009 Share Posted November 25, 2009 French minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand, who said over the weekend that he was "dumbfounded" by Polanski's arrest in Switzerland, adding that he "strongly regrets that a new ordeal is being inflicted on someone who has already experienced so many of them." Who is Freddie Mitterrand, I can only recall Francois. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted May 15, 2010 Author Share Posted May 15, 2010 another accuser, this one 16 when the alleged incident took place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrojanitor Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 They support Polanski because he's an auteur, an artist, an "innocent victim". And the big bad United States finally got him. That said, even his victim (who's now 45) says he shouldn't get hammered by the legal system. I think he may serve a couple of years and get deported. He would be sentenced under the laws that existed at the time of the offense, which would be 1977. Escape laws really weren't on the books then like they are now. This. Also, this all happened at a party at jack Nicholson's house, so why don't people ask why jack Nicholson is hanging out with 13 year old girls on quaaludes in a hot tub? Its a gross situation, but it happened 30 years ago. The "victim" doesn't care--isn't that all that matters? Besides, you make Chinatown you get to do some molesting. Just like Phil Spector gets one free murder. For "Be My baby" we can live without a hostess at the House of Blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 This. Also, this all happened at a party at jack Nicholson's house, so why don't people ask why jack Nicholson is hanging out with 13 year old girls on quaaludes in a hot tub? Its a gross situation, but it happened 30 years ago. The "victim" doesn't care--isn't that all that matters? Besides, you make Chinatown you get to do some molesting. Just like Phil Spector gets one free murder. For "Be My baby" we can live without a hostess at the House of Blues. Victim in quotes? Whatever your take, or even hers is, she was an actual victim. The <insert heinous name> should have served decades at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbb Posted May 15, 2010 Share Posted May 15, 2010 This. Also, this all happened at a party at jack Nicholson's house, so why don't people ask why jack Nicholson is hanging out with 13 year old girls on quaaludes in a hot tub? Its a gross situation, but it happened 30 years ago. The "victim" doesn't care--isn't that all that matters? Besides, you make Chinatown you get to do some molesting. Just like Phil Spector gets one free murder. For "Be My baby" we can live without a hostess at the House of Blues. It wasn't at a party at all........Polanski took her to Nicholson's house. Nicholson wasn't there, and neither was anybody else (I think there was a maid or something there when they first got there, but she left) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astrojanitor Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 all I'm saying is the girl doesn't care, there wasn't a pattern of sexual abuse in his history and it was 33 years ago. What is jail time going to accomplish? One of Jimmy Page's regular groupies was 15, Ted Nugent was so infatuated by the 16 year old he was banging he became her legal guardian--where's the outrage there? Woman does not see herself as a victim--never did. Polanski won't step foot on US soil again. There is exactly no reason why all this time and energy needs to be poured into an ancient crime. It's just petty. If the woman felt she was victimized it would be a different story. But she doesn't, so no crime as far as I'm concerned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Booster4324 Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 all I'm saying is the girl doesn't care, there wasn't a pattern of sexual abuse in his history and it was 33 years ago. What is jail time going to accomplish? One of Jimmy Page's regular groupies was 15, Ted Nugent was so infatuated by the 16 year old he was banging he became her legal guardian--where's the outrage there? Woman does not see herself as a victim--never did. Polanski won't step foot on US soil again. There is exactly no reason why all this time and energy needs to be poured into an ancient crime. It's just petty. If the woman felt she was victimized it would be a different story. But she doesn't, so no crime as far as I'm concerned Multiple wrongs don't make a right and while I can appreciate your thought, you are massively wrong IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Adams Posted May 16, 2010 Share Posted May 16, 2010 all I'm saying is the girl doesn't care, there wasn't a pattern of sexual abuse in his history and it was 33 years ago. What is jail time going to accomplish? One of Jimmy Page's regular groupies was 15, Ted Nugent was so infatuated by the 16 year old he was banging he became her legal guardian--where's the outrage there? Woman does not see herself as a victim--never did. Polanski won't step foot on US soil again. There is exactly no reason why all this time and energy needs to be poured into an ancient crime. It's just petty. If the woman felt she was victimized it would be a different story. But she doesn't, so no crime as far as I'm concerned Jail time accomplishes little but it's how we punish criminals. In Polanski's case, his crime is one of the most heinous someone can commit. That the girl now woman has found it in herself to move on (or been paid off) has nothing whatsoever to do with it. HE RAPED A 13 YEAR OLD GIRL FERCHISSAKES! Are you really arguing that raping children should go unpunished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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