The Polanski Scandal
Daily Beast contributors weigh in on the arrest of director Roman Polanski. From Thaddeus Russell’s provocative questioning of the age of consent to Marcia Clark’s exclusive interview with the former prosecutor at the center of Roman Polanski’s original trial and Robert Goolrick’s personal account of his own childhood rape, view our full coverage below.
Joel Ryan
Why the Polanski Case Won't Be Easy
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Marcia Clark
For all the Hollywood angst, L.A. prosecutors tell The Daily Beast’s Marcia Clark, who tried O.J. Simpson, that the Polanski case should be a slam dunk—which makes it a lose-lose at trial.
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How Polanski Could Help the Right
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Ben Crair
Hollywood's rally around admitted rapist Roman Polanski has resurrected the limousine liberal, reminding much of middle America why they hate the left.
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The Lost Polanski Transcripts
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Marcia Clark
The idea that Roman Polanski was done in by an unscrupulous judge is a myth, reports Marcia Clark. The Daily Beast has obtained the startling—and unambiguous—transcripts from his 1977 courtroom guilty plea.
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ABDELHAK SENNA
The End of Swiss Discretion
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Eric Pape
On the lam? Evading taxes? Looting your national treasury? Switzerland has long been a see-no-evil haven for rich criminals like Roman Polanski—but that’s finally changing.
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How Young Is Too Young?
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Thaddeus Russell
The Polanski case revives debate about the age of consent—and how America stacks up against other countries when it comes to sexual permissiveness.
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Polanski's Lost Alibi
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Marcia Clark
A retired L.A. prosecutor—the man at the center of the Polanski judicial misconduct allegations—now tells Marcia Clark that he lied to documentarians, undercutting the director’s defense.
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MICHAEL BRENNAN
Polanski's Victim And Me
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Robert Goolrick
As a fellow child rape victim, hearing Roman Polanski’s supporters cite his filmmaking to justify his freedom brings the injustice of that incident flooding back.
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The Polanski Endgame
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Mark Geragos and
Pat Harris
A new report claims Roman Polanski was nabbed after he said the D.A. had given up on getting him. But the fugitive director will likely never return to the U.S., and surely avoid jail, write noted trial lawyers Mark Geragos and Pat Harris. Inside Roman Polanski’s unusual legal options.
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Polanski's Next Escape
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Gerald Posner
Roman Polanski’s arrest in Switzerland has blindsided the Los Angeles court. Gerald Posner reports on the director’s 32-year legal odyssey—and whether the district attorney will be forced to drop the case.
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Anonymous
My Battle With Manson
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Vincent Bugliosi
Forty years ago today, Charles Manson’s “family” killed Sharon Tate. Vincent Bugliosi, the prosecutor who put Manson away, on how he nailed the infamous murderer.
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