On March 5, 2024, the trial against Roman Polañski will begin. Actress Charlotte Lewis accused the director of defamation and questioning the truthfulness of sexual abuse allegations.
The trial against Roman Polański begins
The lawsuit was filed with the court in March 2020 and is the result of an interview published in 2019 in “Paris Match”. Polañski questioned the actress’ accusations and accused her of lying. “You see, the first quality of a good liar is an excellent memory. Charlotte Lewis is always mentioned on my list of accusers, never taking into account the contradictions in her stories,” he told reporters. She also referred to a fragment of her statement from 1999: “I knew Roman had done something bad in the United States, but I wanted to be his lover… I probably wanted it more than he did.”
In 2010, Charlotte Lewis told the media that she was abused by Roman Polanski in 1986 while she was starring in the movie “Pirates”. The incident allegedly took place in Paris in the director’s apartment when the actress was only 16 years old. Let us recall that Roman Polański was accused of raping then 13-year-old Samantha Geimer in the 1970s.
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Source: Gazeta
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