BRAVA! At last a rational and intelligent post.  How dare some of the posters on this site use his age for sympathy.  He became 75 in freedom because he left the US and avoided our laws and system of punishment.  Using some of the arguments certain posters have - let’s let all the rapists out of prison if they have some talent or are older. 

If you desire the freedoms and opportunities of America, you must also abide by our laws.  Raping a child is a crime and prison time is the sentence.

Thank you Joan!

I am so glad to read your response to this question.

I had a debate with someone on this issue last week who said "But he’s 75 and has built a life for himself over the years…after-all what he did was a long time ago"

My response was, but he committed a crime and never paid a price for it. He plea-bargained the charge down and was suppose to serve minimal time but left the country. Drugging and sodomizing a 13 year old was a crime (and some might argue a mortal sin) 34 years ago just as it is today.

The only thing that has changed is time. Now time has caught up with him and so too should his punishment.

Thank you for this.  It is pretty basic.  I am so shocked that there are people who are actually defending this man.  Whether or not you believe he is a great artist (I personally don’t), he broke the law, and ADMITTED that he did so.  He actually plead guilty to a lesser charge so that he could get out of some really hard time.  He was told to go back and serve 45 more days as punishment for rape.  The fact that the person who was raped was 13 is clouding the facts.  People are under the impression that she was willing, and oh well she was 13.  Not true, she actually kept saying NO the entire time, and yet he continued to rape her.  And he admits that he did this!  

I have no sympathy for him whatsoever.  Yes, he’s old.  Yes, he’s generally agreed to be talented.  Big deal.  If anything, he should serve more time for having fled his lawful sentence. 

She was 13-he gave her drugs/alcohol and had anal sex with her.

Yes he needs to come home and pay the price.

I am also pissed at her obvious stage mother who would leave her alone with this creep at Jack Niclesons home—

would you leave your 13 year old there?

Mr Polanski is very talented at what he does-no doubt about it—and he has had his share of sufferring with his wifes and babies murder

BUT

If that were my Brother/Son/Father they would already be in jail—money talks!

It is up to the Judge, and God. I would put an ankle bracelet on him so he cannot go anywhere for the rest of his life. Since he has been living it up all these years.

In those days, he was involved with the High Priest Anton LaVey who founded The Church of Satan in 1966 the day he declared God Dead. When Polanski made Rosemary’s Baby he used LaVey as the Devil, but his name was not in the credits, and, or he was angry that he made public secret rituals only satanist was supposed to know about.  Well they had a falling out to the worst degree. LaVey cursed him, and said he would pay ten fold. LaVey was also involved with the Manson girl Sadie (susan atkins) who was a topless dancer, putting her in a movie which she played a vampire with pictures showing her licking a bloody knife which later Susan Atkins admitted in court that she licked the bloody knife that killed poor pregnant Sharon Tate. The book I got that from is Sunrise Over Santa Susana, a mind blowing brand new book by Adam Gorightly which I am still reading. It is very disturbing and he names big stars also involved in the whole scene.

I think he should wear an ankle bracelet for back then it was usual for drugs and perverted sex parties were the norm. Our morals were not what they are now. We got better I think. Plus he did pay emotionally. Only i don’t know if he is still into the dark side of movies. Rosemary’s baby was the first of movies that delved into rituals and devil worship, and if you remember she had the devils child in that movie.