Leftist Hollywood’s favorite child rapist has pretty much come to the end of his appeals process. Having lost most every court ruling including the option of being sentenced in absentia, the 76 year old sex offender is facing almost certain extradition to Los Angeles. Desperate and running out of legal room to run, over the weekend, in a not-so-surprising fit of narcissism and rationalization, Polanski spoke out in an online magazine run by his friend and chief apologist, French philosopher and frequent HuffPo contributor Bernard-Henri Levy. Naturally the man who drugged and sodomized a 13 year old girl, fled the country, and has since enjoyed thirty-plus years of a lavish celebrity lifestyle, plays the victim; even as he luxuriates under house arrest in a $4 million Swiss villa.

The title of Polanski’s statement is, “I can remain silent no longer!” (you gotta love that exclamation point), and the biggest surprise is that the director appears to blame the 2008 documentary, “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired” for stirring up his recent troubles:

This affair was roused from its slumbers of over three decades by a documentary film-maker who gathered evidence from persons involved at the time.  I took no part in that project, either directly or indirectly.

Polanski’s’ probably correct about this. Prior to the film’s release, Polanski’s crimes were largely forgotten; a caveat tossed into any news story covering his latest film project.  The obvious goal of the documentary was to burnish the Oscar-winner’s legacy and paint him as some poor, misunderstood artiste persecuted by the American legal system. That it’s had the complete opposite effect and poked a dormant hornet’s nest that was subsequently thrown right in the middle of Polanski’s comfortable old age is a very rich irony to be forever savored by those of us who believe child sodomizers shouldn’t be allowed to flee justice. (more…)

Out of options?

Considering the shocking ineptitude and counterintuitive moves by the White House lately, I was starting to wonder if they might add to their woes, cave to their Leftist Hollywood friends and quietly let the deadline pass to request Roman Polanski’s extradition — effectively letting him off the hook. Thankfully, word comes today that the U.S. has made a formal request to the Swiss to hand the child-rapist over. Better yet, Polanski’s lawyers are floating the idea that Polanski is considering a voluntary surrender to U.S. authorities:

Polanski’s legal team has sent out mixed messages on its strategy. Temime has insisted the Oscar-winning director will fight extradition. But earlier this week, Georges Kiejman, another of Polanski’s lawyers, told French radio that, instead of spending years in a Swiss jail, Polanski might voluntarily decide to face justice in the U.S.

The 76 year old child-rapist is pretty much out of options. The court battle over extradition could take years, and with no hope of bail that means those years would be spent in prison. If he then loses that fight he’ll still have to face whatever penalty awaits him here in the States. At his age, there aren’t many years to waste. Taking his chances here is probably the wise move. (more…)

Pleading guilty to unlawful sex with an underage girl — the drugging, raping and sodomizing of a 13 year-old — isn’t stopping Hollywood from ginning up an indignation campaign over the possibility of fugitive director Roman Polanski being held accountable for his crimes. Yes, these are the values of those who control the most powerful propaganda device ever created.  Which begs a question: If his unspeakable deed doesn’t meet the standard, what exactly would Roman Polanski have to do in order to become a pariah in this town … I mean, besides vote for Sarah Palin?

My favorite part of the below story is Patrick Goldstein of the LA Times questioning the ethics of the LA district attorney for extraditing Polanski “at a time of severe statewide budget cuts.”

Now the Left worries about government spending!  This reckless, out of control, bringing-child-rapists-to-justice spending must stop!

Maybe I’m just a simplistic right-winger but everything stops for me upon learning a child was raped. That doesn’t mean we don’t eventually examine judicial misconduct or government spending, but only after we throw away the key. (more…)

Nothing mitigates director Roman Polanski’s unspeakable crime. Certainly Polanski has dealt with personal tragedy on a scale few of us can understand, but that’s not a license to drug, rape and sodomize a 13 year-old girl. Nor is perceived misconduct on the part of trial judge, nor is the forgiveness of the victim (who reached an out-of-court settlement with Polanski).

And this may come as a surprise to some in Hollywood, but helming a few cinematic masterpieces doesn’t turn someone who anally raped a child into some kind of tragic hero… In all the revisionist history, the simple fact that Polanski plead guilty to “unlawful sex with an underage girl” is seldom mentioned at the top of the special brand of rationalizations extended to our celebrity class. 

Well, finally, after 32 years, justice may be done. At the request of the U.S., the Swiss nabbed the 76 year-old fugitive and may extradite: (more…)