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Roman Polanski

International 

Israel to Honor Poles Who Hid Polanski During WWII

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Holocaust, Israel, Nazi, rescue, Roman Polanski

Israel will on Thursday honor the Polish couple who hid Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski from the Nazis as a child, the Holocaust memorial Yad Vashem said.

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Entertainment Science 

Wanted: Girlfriend to Fly to the Moon With Japanese Billionaire

January 13, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Elon Musk, Japan, Roman Polanski, space

A Japanese billionaire has launched an online wanted ad for a girlfriend who will fly around the moon with him on a SpaceX rocket.

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Courts Entertainment 

Polanski v. Oscar

June 12, 2019 BRIEF
Hollywood, Roman Polanski, sex abuse

Fighting fugitive film director Roman Polanski’s legal efforts for reinstatement, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences told a judge Polanski got an opportunity to fight his expulsion from the academy – which still voted to expel him afterward by a two-thirds supermajority.

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Entertainment 

Oscar Ousts Cosby

May 4, 2018May 10, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
Bill Cosby, celebrity, film, Roman Polanski, scandal, sex

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, sponsor of the Oscar awards, voted this week to oust Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski as members.

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Criminal Entertainment 

Judge Refuses to Dismiss Roman Polanski Rape Case

August 18, 2017August 18, 2017 MATT REYNOLDS
Los Angeles County, rape, Roman Polanski

A California judge on Friday rejected fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanski’s latest effort to have his 40-year-old rape case dismissed.

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Entertainment 

Woman Says Roman Polanski ‘Victimized’ Her in 1973

August 15, 2017August 16, 2017 MATT REYNOLDS
Hollywood, Roman Polanski, sexual assault

Another woman came forward Tuesday claiming that fugitive filmmaker Roman Polanski “sexually victimized” her in Southern California when she was 16 years old.

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Criminal 

Polanski’s Bid to End Sex-Abuse Case Rejected

April 3, 2017April 4, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
National5, Roman Polanski, sexual misconduct

A Los Angeles judge has rejected Roman Polanski’s bid to end his long-running underage sex abuse case without the fugitive director appearing in court.

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Criminal 

Polanski Demands No Jail Time for Return to US

March 20, 2017March 21, 2017 MATT REYNOLDS
National5, Roman Polanski, sexual misconduct

Filmmaker Roman Polanski’s defense attorney asked a state court judge on Monday to lift a warrant to allow Polanski to return to the United States in order to seek a sentence of time served for having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

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International 

Poland’s Top Court Upholds Refusal to Extradite Polanski

December 6, 2016June 30, 2017 AP
celebrity, film, Poland, Roman Polanski, scandal, Secondary, sex

Poland’s Supreme Court on Tuesday confirmed that the country would refuse to detain and extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States.

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