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Currently on trial in France for decrying the sexual assault claims from actress Charlotte Lewis, Roman Polanski now finds himself facing a trial next year in the United States over allegations of raping a minor in 1973.
The Oscar winning director is set to face American justice starting on August 4, 2025, plaintiff’s lawyer Gloria Allred revealed in a press conference today.
With Jane Doe (previously identified under a shortened version of her name in 2017) sitting by her side Tuesday, Allred also stated that 90-year-old Polanski received papers in the case recently at his home in Paris from a “process server.” After that, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge assigned the date on March 8, the famed advocate attorney stated.
A longtime fugitive from American justice and almost certain not to appear in court in Los Angeles, Polanski sitting for a deposition in the case is still a bit of an unknown, Allred says. “We are going to depose him,” the attorney noted. “At least that’s our intention at this time, that could change,” she added, clearly leaving the possibility of a settlement open before the 2025 trial. “We’ve not made a decision as to where or how that would take place,” Allred concluded.
In her lawsuit, first filed last May and amended in June, Jane Doe alleges the director plied her with tequila and then raped her at his L.A. home in 1973. In more vivid terms, she also says Polanski disregarded the then 16-year-old’s pleas of “Please don’t do this,” as he pulled off clothing and raped her. The assault and the aftermath over the last 50 years has caused her “tremendous physical and emotional pain and suffering,” the suit says.
In November 2023, Polanski’s lawyer filed to have Jane Doe’s suit tossed out. Today,
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