Roman Polanski weighing legal riposte after new rape claim
1 / 3French-Polish director Roman Polanski has again been accused of sexual assault ahead of the release of his new film "An Officer and a Spy"French-Polish director Roman Polanski has again been accused of sexual assault ahead of the release of his new film"An Officer and a Spy" Paris - Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski faced mounting pressure Sunday after threatening to sue over claims by a former actress that he violently raped her in the 1970s, the latest in a string...
And the French artists' guild ARP could meet soon to discuss his exclusion, its vice president told the Parisien newspaper. Monnier said he tried to make her swallow a pill during the attack, and later made a tearful apology while demanding a promise that she never tell anyone. The rape claim has rocked a French film industry already reeling after a top actress last week said she was sexually harassed by the director of her first film when she was just 12.
Story continuesPolanski and his new film,"An Officer and a Spy", had already courted controversy in September when it was included in the Venice film festival, where it took second place. Schiappa wrote to Monnier in March last year and hailed her courage"in daring to break the silence", though the alleged attack was beyond France's statute of limitations for prosecution.
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