Late Memo: When a 43 Year Old Man Drugs and Rapes a 13 Year Old Girl, That’s Called ‘Rape-Rape’
In March of 1977, Roman Polanski, who was 43 at the time, invited a 13 year old girl to pose for pictures in a magazine he was guest-editing. He gave this 13 year old girl champagne and a Quaalude. He knew that she was 13 years old and even called her mother to tell her that they were running late. The man knew very well what he was doing and apparently “running late” means ‘Hey, I gave your 13 year old daughter a roofie cocktail and once I am done violating her in any way I feel like it, I’ll return her to you.’
Trigger warning for sexual assault.
According to the 13 year old girl’s grand jury testimony, Mr. Polanski proceeded to instruct the girl to get into a jacuzzi naked, refused to take her home when she begged him to leave, he began kissing her, even though she said no and told him to stop. He then proceeded to perform oral sex on her and then vaginally and anally raped her. All the while, she was telling him no and telling him to stop. For the record, this is an unlawful, non-consensual and prosecutable violation of a child. This is rape. ‘Rape-rape,’ if you will, Whoopi Goldberg.
End of trigger warning.
Since news broke of Roman Polanski’s arrest, many people have come out to defend Polanski; saying that he is an old man now who has lead a rough life and who had a 13 year old girl thrust upon him by her mother, and therefore, he isn’t to blame for what he did. As Kate Harding reported, Joan Z. Shore of the Huffington Post thinks that because she had once met Roman Polanski and was “charmed by [his] sobriety and intelligence,” that obviously puts him above the law; in fact, she claims that he is the victim of this situation. She wrote, “The 13 year old model ‘seduced’ by Polanski had been thrust onto him by her mother, who wanted her in the movies. The girl was just a few weeks short of her 14th birthday, which was the age of consent in California. (It’s probably 13 by now!) Polanski was demonized by the press, convicted, and managed to flee, fearing a heavy sentence.”
There are many mind-blowing, ‘I can’t believe I just read that’ parts of that small paragraph. So let’s start.
The age of consent in California at the time was 16; not 14, but 16. And it is also worth mentioning that Polanski’s victim was 13 and even if the legal age of consent in California was 14 at the time, which it wasn’t, a few weeks means nothing from a legal standpoint; almost does not count. The legal age of consent currently in California is 18, for anyone wondering. Also, according to grand jury testimony, the girl’s mother did not “thrust” the girl onto Polanski, since testimony says that the mother was unaware of the photo shoot to begin with. As Jeff Fecke points out, regardless of the mother’s actions at that time, no parent can consent to their under-aged child having sex; which is why parents who “sell” their children to their rapists are subject to prosecution, we don’t see the parents in court and their lawyers defending them by saying “But her/his mother/father gave him permission to be raped by that person,” because that’s ludicrous.
Polanski being “demonized” by the press is also laughable. Polanski pled guilty to unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, a deal was struck in the courts so he did not plead guilty to his actual crime–drugging and raping a child. First of all, money and fame had already put him way above the law and because he fled, that makes him a fugitive and all back-door court deals, as far as I’m concerned, go right out the window. I also love the wordage “managed to flee.” Would we still find this word usage acceptable in any other child rape case? Would we find Roman Polanski’s actions acceptable if this was any other person, or any other crime, for that matter? Again, no. What this comes down to is the fact that Roman Polanski is a wealthy, well-known and somehow respected man and the fact that he had drugged and raped a child has not been the focus of much of the media coverage that has been circulating about him; the media has done their part in protecting a pedophile and a great deal of people have sided with that coverage. So let’s just all say it together and let it sink in–Fame, money and power should never put someone above the law and the fact that Roman Polanski is a pedophile, a rapist and a fugitive, makes him subject to even harsher sentencing than he would have encountered when these charges had first been filed.
Sure, we can continue to use the absolutely tragic and grotesque buffer that Roman Polanski has had a rough life, but then we would also have to give the same leniency to other people who have been forced to overcome tragedy in their lives. Would we be willing to release any and all criminals currently serving time in prison for crimes they have committed if their childhood or young adult lives were tough? No, because no one cares about criminals currently serving time in prison because they don’t have bottomless pockets and they are not directing movies that people happen to like. While it’s true that Polanski is a survivor of the Holocaust and lost family members and it’s true that his first wife and unborn child were murdered by the Manson Family, but Mr. Polanski also has quite the collection of achievements, including being able to work as a director, owning multiple homes in Europe, getting married and being the father of two children (which I’ll also be the first to say he should not have been able to father children, being a convicted child rapist and all,) and Polanski even won an Oscar. The only privilege Polanski did not have access to is being able to enter the United States. Yeah, poor him.
There are several filmmakers who are demanding, yes demanding Polanski’s release. A petition has even been making the rounds to Hollywood heavy hitters. The petition is backed by France’s Societe des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers) and currently has about 138 signatures, including Woody Allen (surprise, surprise,) Pedro Almodovar, Martin Scorsese, Monica Bellucci, Tilda Swinton, David Lynch, Jonathan Demme, John Landis, and many, many others. Harvey Weinstein is also currently trying to recruit more supporters for Polanski. To all of these people attempting to use their power to convince others that a man with a tremendous amount of power on his own should be exempt from the law I have to ask, ‘What are you on?’ This is complete and utter bullshit and it’s interesting to know what proud, petition-signing, rape apologists we have in Hollywood who are so willing to attempt to protect a child rapist.
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It is odd how time and fame seem to allow some people to get a free pass on nearly anything. As you clearly make the case, this was indefensible. His fleeing would seem to prove that he, too, knew he was in the wrong. Case closed.
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FemiSex.com says:
great post!!!!!!
and it is important that folks know that women have a petition of their own!!: The New Agenda has a petition to jail Polanksi up on their site.
We have a post that asks readers to call ToysRUs to have Whoopi step down as spokesperson for the company. It is severe cognitive dissonance to see Whoopi holding a young female child and smiling on a company promo!
We need our kids to grow up remembering that no means no! We need to send a message that Whoopi doesn't not speak for women on this matter!
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He is shameless guy!!!!
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I guess they don't care about that 13 year old.
Wow… those celebs really do know how to use their pretty faces to defend such a bad man. This reminds me of the OJ trial too…
Seriously, only the girl and Polanski know the truth. Those celebrities need to shut it and let the law take care of Polanski's fate, because even their pretty faces aren't above the law. Nobody is.
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Its really very hardto listen that a 43 year old man can do so bad thing
Dead god. I've always known celebrities are above the law… but this is just ridiculous. There's just so much wrong about this I don't even know how to handle it. Goddamn famous people.
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This is just disgusting what this 44 year old man did to this little girl. Sure that caused lots of mental problems for the girl at her age.
This is incredible. I didn't even know about this until coming across your post. I'm disgusted and shocked to read about this. What a monster…. I mean, he could go out and buy a prostitue (which I do not condone) if he really thought he needed to do something like this. Why pick on a 13 – year old? Sick. I'm saddened by all of the things that go on in this world. I'm already over 40 and I still am shocked every time I hear of something like this.
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It's a vile offense. These people should not be allowed out of jails. He wrecked that 13 year old child's life
ohh man 43 years old man did this with the little Girl REally Sad and bad … i think he is mentally ill.. beacuse when you are on the top of world .. you really dont think what is right and what is wrong ..but i have seen this thing that in every country celebrities are above the law… but this is just ridiculous thing really …
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It's a shame that a system that's supposed to be fair to all is slanted in favor of those with money.
It’s a shame that a system that’s supposed to be fair to all is slanted in favor of those with money.
I'm just wondering: Why so much focus on the age of consent? It's not like her age was the problem, it's the fact that he raped her. Had she been 18 or 60 the real crime was rape.
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Oh my God. Where have you been all my life and why is this article not plastered all over the internet?!
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omg i know this girl. She told me this whole story and asked me to googlr ie. Damn 43 yr old bastard
I don't think he was convicted of rape. What does the victim have to say about the situation now that she is an adult?
Proof that celebrity worship in western nations is out of control…
I don't think he was convicted of rape. What does the victim have to say about the situation now that she is an adult?
Proof that celebrity worship in western nations is out of control…
well, he IS roman polanski, and i don’t really care if he raped some girl a bunch of years ago. people get raped every day, it sucks, but it’s not like he committed some sort of atrocity, people get murdered every day too, and no one really makes such a big deal about it, i really don’t care whether or not he raped some girl. his movies provide lots of entertainment to millions and i heard the girl got over it anyway, so fuck it, he’s an old man, lets spend our time dealing with CURRENT issues, not some crazy sex parties that happened in the 60′s.
Good article. I was beginning to fear the world was going crazy, with sympathizers coming out of the woodwork for Polanski. The law only works if it applies to everyone, and I don't care how many award-winning movies a person makes.
Statutory rape aside, what he did was still despicable, and that he did it to a child makes it even more loathsome. “Exile” where he continues to make millions in Europe is not enough. He deserves the maximum sentence possible for rape, seeing as he did the crime and THEN fled justice.
I'm about as liberal as they come, but rape is always rape, no matter who you are.
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Lets not only analyze this case from a point of view of class bias, but also race. Imagine this man to be concidered anything other than “white” in the United States. If he had been Latino, African American, Asian, Native American, Middle eastern. Would he be viewed as an innocent man who was victimized by a 13 year old? No.
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His child was ripped from his wife's stomach while she was still alive. No criminal can compare his father's beatings or mother dressing them in women's clothes or any of that other bullshit. this isn't OJ living the high life while waiting for trial. This man saw the abyss and is somehow still able to walk and try to be normal. Try to fathom the horror that sits in his mind everyday. He walked into that bloodbath. Now try to write this off as “celebrity thinks above the law”. Fucking sadists.
By the way. More information was out when everything was really going down in the 70's, and I'm not sure what your sources are, the mother did know about her daughter going over there. She lied in court and was given a separate trial for doing so after it came out that she had confided in a close acquaintance that she was hoping something like this would happen. P.s. last time I checked rape-rape is a nonsensical phrase that I may have overheard a 5 year old say once.
So experiencing hell gives one the right to bring hell upon a child by drugging and raping her? Good to know.
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The person should be hanged as it is a very bad crime.
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