'It's Over. I Pleaded Guilty': In Rare Interview, Roman Polanski Discusses Rape Case

Still a fugitive in the case of the 1977 drugging and rape of a 13-year-old girl (Polanski pled guilty and served 42 days, but fled the U.S. when told the judge was going to disregard his plea deal), the filmmaker said, "As you know, [victim] Samantha Geimer has been asking for over 30 years for this thing to end. But, I'm sorry the judges who dealt with it the last 40 years were corrupted, one covering for the other. So I don't maybe one of them will [eventually] stop doing it."

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