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Plea Deal Reneged -- Roman Polanski

By M. James Jenkins, Esq.

News coverage of the Roman Polanski arrest as he attempted to enter Switzerland to attend the Zurich Film Festival to receive an award in September of 2009 has been extensive. The case involves Mr. Polanski, when he was 43 years old, having sexual intercourse with a 13 year old girl in 1977. The girl alleged it was not voluntary. Regardless of whether the acts between the two were voluntary, the act would have constituted statutory rape under California law. (As well as existing Florida law). For a Video of American new coverage when this story was breaking see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMlTEStfQG8 The girl alleged she had been given multiple glasses of champagne and given part of a qualude, a powerful, then popular recreational narcotic that was eventually outlawed in the late 70s in the United States...continue to full post

Full post as published by Florida Criminal Law Blog on November 27, 2009 (boomark / email).