I have been reading about Roman Polanski and his recent (and long overdue) arrest. Let us be clear. We are discussing a real rape of a child here. The victim did not change her mind after the fact. He is not charged simply because the 13 year old girl couldn’t legally consent. The crime is quite clearly that the victim did not consent.
In the summer of 1983, when I was 18 years old, I went on a double date with a 15 year old girl. On this date, nothing happened. If instead we had sex and the 15 year old girl was willing, that would have been a felony in the state of Indiana, because the law presumes the girl was incapable of consent.
Roman Polanski was 25 years older than I was, and the girl was two years younger than the girl I went on the double date with. Polanski gave her alcohol and drugs to make her more compliant. This makes Polanski a dirty old man and a child rapist.
Just because Polanski is an artist, and has suffered in his life does not excuse his behavior. He is still a dirty old man, and should go to prison. He may well die in prison. If he doesn’t like that, he shouldn’t have committed the crime and fled the country when it became obvious the judge wasn’t going to accept his plea deal.
Roman Polanski is guilty of abusing a minor and he really deservers to be in jail.