Polanski’s Rape Victim Defends Director, Telling His Wife: “What Happened Was Never A Problem”
deadline.comPOLANSKI Samantha Geimer, was raped by Roman Polanski when she was an under-age teenager, has once again spoken out denying that she is a victim – this time in an interview with Polanski’s wife, Emmanuelle Seigner.
Geimer, who was 13 when she was given alcohol and pills and raped by the French-Polish film director, told Seigner for an interview in Le Pont magazine (translated by IndieWire) that what happened had “never been a problem for her.” She said: “Let me be very clear: what happened with Polanski was never a big problem for me.
I didn’t even know it was illegal, that someone could be arrested for it. I was fine, I’m still fine. The fact that we’ve made this thing up weighs on me terribly.
To have to constantly repeat that it wasn’t a big deal, it’s a terrible burden.” In the interview, Geimer and Seigner agree on the limitations of the #MeToo movement, with Geimer calling out attorney Gloria Allred, saying she “just diminishes women to exploit their pain.
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