Polanski is 'overwhelmed' by messages of support? Really? WTF?

Submitted by Kas Report on Sun, 12/27/2009 - 15:02

This morning I work up to this headline and story:

PARIS (AFP) – French-Polish director Roman Polanski said Sunday he was overwhelmed by messages of support as he battles extradition to the United States to face a decades-old sex case involving a 13-year-old girl.

“In the darkest moments, each of their notes has been a source of comfort and hope, and they continue to be so in my current situation,” wrote Polanski in a letter released online.

The 76-year-old Oscar winner made his first public statement since his arrest in September in a letter to French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy, who has been been one of his strongest supporters

The director of “Rosemary's Baby” and “The Pianist” is living under house arrest at his chalet in the Swiss Alpine resort of Gstaad after being released on bail on December 4.Swiss authorities have said a decision on his extradition to the United States is expected in January.

“I have been overwhelmed by the number of messages of support and sympathy I have received in Winterthur prison, and that I continue to receive here, in my chalet in Gstaad, where I am spending the holidays with my wife and my children,” Polanski wrote.

Who are these people? I'd like to say to them WTF? Polanski maybe a good or even great director but he did rape and drug and sodomize a 13yr old girl and then took off instead of manning up and paying the price for his actions. I don't care how long ago it was, or even that he paid off the girl… he committed a heinous crime, got away with it and now is getting “overwhelming” support. Sigh.

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Submitted by j crew (not verified) on Tue, 12/29/2009 - 14:02. #

wtf indeed.

Submitted by j crew (not verified) on Tue, 12/29/2009 - 14:03. #

wtf indeed.

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