The name of the world-famous director Roman Polanski, who turned 84 this year, is again on the front pages of the newspaper in connection with the charge of violent acts of a sexual nature. This is the fourth such lawsuit brought against the legendary cinematographer.
Half a century later
Last week, a little-known German actress, 61-year-old Renata Langer, applied to the Swiss police, stating a sexual crime against her, which occurred in 1972. According to the woman, when she was a 15-year-old schoolgirl Roman Polanski raped her in his house, located in the Swiss village of Gstaad.
The girl worked as a model and accidentally met the director, who, having promised her role in her new film, asked me to come to him to discuss the details, which she did without thinking about the dirty trick. After Polansky apologized to her and really gave an episodic role. The picture was shot in Rome and the young actress stopped at her patron's house, where a second incident took place.
Other details of what happened so far are kept secret, but on Tuesday the police spokesman confirmed that the Swiss authorities are considering the possibility of instituting criminal proceedings on such a long-standing episode.
Why now
Asked why she decided to publicize what happened just now, Mrs. Langer said that after the rape she was ashamed, and later she was afraid for the health of her mother, who had a heart attack. Such news could, in the applicant's opinion, bring her to the grave ahead of time.
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Polansky himself and his representative have not yet commented on Langer's accusations.