French-Polish director Roman Polanski, who fled the US a long time in the past after admitting to raping a 13-year-old lady, will now not face trial for the alleged assault of one other minor after a settlement was reached, his lawyer stated.
The newest case towards the director of the movie “The Pianist” issues Alleged sexual assault in 1973He was scheduled to look in civil court docket in Los Angeles subsequent August, however has now been withdrawn, Polanski’s American lawyer advised AFP.
The case “was settled in the summertime to the satisfaction of each events and has now been formally dismissed,” Alexander Rufus Isaacs stated in an electronic mail.
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The lawsuit, which was filed final 12 months, alleges that Polanski took a then-teenager — recognized anonymously within the information as Jane Doe — to dinner at a Los Angeles restaurant in 1973.
He allegedly gave her tequila, and when she started to really feel dizzy, he took her to his home, the place he pressured himself on her.
“She advised him, ‘Please don’t do that,’” the plaintiff’s lawyer, Gloria Allred, advised reporters in March.
“She alleges that he ignored her pleas. She additionally alleges that Defendant Polanski eliminated Plaintiff’s clothes and proceeded to sexually assault her, inflicting her monumental bodily and emotional ache and struggling.”
The civil swimsuit, which sought unspecified damages, was filed in June 2023, earlier than the expiration of a California regulation that allowed an prolonged interval for claims towards alleged intercourse offenders.
Courtroom papers filed in California in July stated a “conditional” settlement had been reached.
“Each events have agreed to settle the claims to their mutual satisfaction,” Allred stated in an electronic mail late Tuesday.
CBS Information has reached out to Allred and Rufus-Isaacs for additional remark.
Oscar-winner Polanski, now 91, is a divisive determine, with some within the movie world hailing his artistic genius whereas others insist he has at all times been a sexual predator.
Polanski admitted to raping 13-year-old Samantha Geimer in a plea deal in 1977 to keep away from trial on extra critical expenses.
However he fled to France the next 12 months, after spending 42 days in jail, when it appeared the decide was reconsidering his launch.
Gemer then defended Polanski and posed for a photograph with him final 12 months.
In Could, a French court docket acquitted Polanski of defaming British actress Charlotte Lewis after she accused him of raping her when she was a youngster.
The director has at all times denied any wrongdoing.
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