ELAINE GANLEY / The Associated PressNov 8, 2019
The filmmaker pleaded guilty in the U.S. in 1977 to having sex with a 13-year-old, then fled to Europe the following year. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
LINDSEY BAHR / The Associated PressMay 3, 2018
The decision is the first major one since the organization implemented revised standards of conduct for its members after the expulsion of Harvey Weinstein in October. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Kali Holloway / AlterNetOct 25, 2017
Someone should invent a term for that moment when you realize an artist you love is a terrible person. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Join our newsletterStay up to date with the latest from Truthdig. Join the Truthdig Newsletter for our latest publications.
Sonali Kolhatkar / TruthdigOct 20, 2017
To speak out on the issue of male power abuse, many women must leap into a personal reservoir of pain. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
David Coleman / TruthdigJul 13, 2010
The 34-year-old lens through which we view Roman Polanski’s crime is clouded because society’s viewpoint about his “sex crime” has swung in the opposite direction from that of a drug crime.Should a crime be viewed through a lens adjusted to the era during which the crime was committed? Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
Eugene Robinson / TruthdigJul 13, 2010
For Roman Polanski, the long, unspeakable nightmare of being confined to his three-story chalet in Gstaad, the luxury resort in the Swiss Alps, is finally over. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 12, 2010
Roman Polanski is a lucky man -- and as of Monday, he's also a free man after a Swiss judge decided that the justification for Polanski's extradition to the U.S. was flawed. So, the "freedom-restricting measures against him have been revoked." Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 15, 2010
Claiming that Roman Polanski's legal team is wrongly spinning the story of his sexual abuse of a minor over three decades ago "as an isolated incident," British actress Charlotte Lewis piped up on Friday to declare that the director had "forced himself" upon her when she was 16 years old. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 3, 2010
Declaring that he only wants "to be treated fairly like everyone else," auteur-in-exile Roman Polanski spoke out on his own behalf on Sunday via his ally Bernard-Henri Lévy's website, claiming that there are "no grounds" for his extradition to the U.S. to face charges related to his decades-old sexual assault case. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 26, 2009
Will Roman Polanski spend the holidays at his mountain chalet in Gstaad? That could well be the case after Polanski's latest bail offer, this time to the tune of $45 million, was accepted by a Swiss court Wednesday, although the 76-year-old director (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 11, 2009
British actor Emma Thompson has drawn the ire of Roman Polanski's supporters by removing her name from a pro-Polanski petition she'd signed following the Polish filmmaker's September arrest in Switzerland. On Tuesday writer-filmmaker Yann Moix archly accused Thompson of "petition tourism." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Join our newsletterStay up to date with the latest from Truthdig. Join the Truthdig Newsletter for our latest publications.
Now you can personalize your Truthdig experience. To bookmark your favorite articles and follow your favorite authors, please login or create a user profile.
Now you can personalize your Truthdig experience. To bookmark your favorite articles and follow your favorite authors, upgrade to supporter.