60年大庆热闹过了,再回过头来关注波兰斯基。据最新的报道说,他目前仍在瑞士的看守所,一颗76岁的未老红心,随时听候美国司法部的召唤(如果美国这边首先打退堂鼓,瑞士肯定就不了了之)。而在网上,网下,在好莱坞,这桩三十二年前盖棺定论的案子,如今又重起波澜。
1974年以《China Town》名噪一时的法国导演罗曼•波兰斯基,77年被指控诱奸一名13岁的少女Samantha Gailey。虽然在法庭上供认不讳,波兰斯基却金蝉脱壳,一年后偷偷回到法国,从此远离美国司法的魔爪,半隐居在欧洲的文艺小圈子里,2002年再以《钢琴师》摘取奥斯卡最佳导演。此番他本是前往苏黎世一个电影节领取终身成就奖,却不料身陷囫囵,再被三十多年前的案子追魂附身。
好莱坞的一帮大腕们,包括Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh,纷纷联名上书,要求释放波兰斯基。他们口头的理由大致是,it’s a case of morals involving one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers. 或者 Zurich Film Festival is an extraterritorial event held in a neutral country in which filmmakers should be allowed to travel freely and safely. 更有甚者,Weinstein制片公司的老板Harvey Weinstein干脆挑明说: “Mr Polanski should be set free at once, because Hollywood has the best moral compass, because it has compassion. We were the people who did the fundraising telethon for the victims of 9/11, blah blah blah….”
而在道德水平远比好莱坞低下的民间,绳之以法的呼声不绝于耳。各大主要报纸,包括Washington Post, WSJ等,基本从事实出发,不管当年的道德水准如何保守,既然波兰斯基在法庭认罪了,就应该伏法。这些声浪甚至越过大西洋,令一贯为艺术精英保驾护航的法国政府改口:”Mr Polanski is to be neither above nor beneath the law….”
我读到的另一篇网上檄文Great News For (Famous) People Who Rape Children!,干脆发明了一个“精英罪行赦免指数”,具体指标及计算就不一一翻译过来,还是留下原汁原味给各位欣赏:))
FQ = 1/(KCR = (d*g)/s^v ) * (TI = (10m + 25(6-h))/a)
That is, Forgiveness Quotient equals one divided by the Karmic Credit Rating (the number of decades elapsed since the crime was committed, or [d], multiplied by the greatness of artist's creative put since then, or [g], divided by the severity of the crime [s]), raised to the power of the number of victims [v] of the artist's crime), multiplied by the Tragedy Index (the sum of ten times the number of relatives [m] who have been murdered and 25 times the absolute number of degrees of separation the artist is from Hitler [6-h], divided by current age of the criminal/artist.)
The data for Polanski is as follows:
His crime was committed in 1977. Therefore:
D = 3.1
Polanski has made 9 films since he fled the country. We'll award him 10 out of 10 for the Pianist, and 1 point for everything else. Therefore:
G = 18
To calculate the severity of a crime, you take the rating per crime (on a scale of 1-100). Polanski committed rape. We'll give it the same rating out of 100 that society seems to: 75. However, he also drugged his victim: we'll rate that as 10. Therefore, S = 85. He raped 1 person. V = 1. Therefore:
S^V = 85
This means Polanski's Karmic Credit Rating is 1.54.
Polanski lost his wife and unborn child, but also at least 9 relatives during World War Two. We'll say he lost a total of 11 relatives. Therefore:
11m = 110.
Polanski is a Jewish survivor of WWII, but narrowly evaded the holocaust. Thus, his degree of separation from Hitler is 2. 6 minus 2 = 4 Therefore:
25(4) = 100.
Polanski's Age is 76.
This means Polanski's Tragedy Index is 2.76.
By applying the above formula, Polanski's Forgiveness Quotient is determined to be approximately 4.23. Thus, he is entitled to rape 3.23 more people without fear of any consequences.
http://laist.com/2009/09/29/great_news_for_famous_people_who_ra.php
The steady application of this extremely accurate formulation will doubtlessly save many innocent celebrities from the indignity of being punished for their crimes. But what about the rest of us? That's why I'm proud to announce the formation of an exciting new business venture: The Tragedy Hedge Fund. Here is, in a nutshell, how it works:
You tell us the crime you wish to commit. We will then calculate the minimum FQ required for someone of your artistic merit and socio-economic status. Once determined, we will use patented time-travel technology to arrange, ex-post-facto, an appropriate personal tragedy guaranteed to offset your relative lack of fame or wealth, which you can then point to as mitigation for your future crime. For example, should you wish to rob a bank, we will need to go back and expose your mother to plutonium, so that she will tragically die of cancer, thus adding the necessary tinge of tragic undertone to your childhood. However, should you wish to rob the US Mint, we'll probably have to arrange for you to be molested by Gary Glitter5. Yes, it might will have hurt you then, but it may will have benefited you later!
Once we've incorporated in Delaware, we'll issue a press release with more information. In the meantime, we strongly suggest that you become an acclaimed, wealthy artist. Based on the outpouring of support for the child-raping genius known as Roman Polanski, it can only help.
- posted on 10/06/2009
原告已认为事情已过去,往前看了。波氏准备破费五十万老洋,我看也差不多了吧。一般这样的案子,在美国如何处分?
Polanski agreed to $500,000 payment in civil suit
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Film director Roman Polanski agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a lawsuit 15 years after he fled the United States, according to court documents provided to media outlets Friday.
Polanski and the victim, Samantha Geimer, reached the deal in October 1993. The terms of the settlement were confidential, but the amount was disclosed in court documents because of a two-year struggle to get Polanski to pay.
Court records do not indicate if Polanski, now 76, ever paid. The last court filing in August 1996 shows Polanski owed Geimer $604,416.22, including interest.
Polanski's attorney, David Finkle, said he couldn't remember details of the case and declined comment.
"It's ancient," Finkle said.
A phone message left for Geimer's attorney, Lawrence Silver, wasn't immediately returned. Geimer and her family also have not returned calls this week seeking comment.
Polanski was accused of plying Geimer, then a 13-year-old girl, with champagne and part of a Quaalude pill during a modeling shoot in 1977 and raping her. He was initially indicted on six felony counts, including rape by use of drugs, child molesting and sodomy.
Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse and a judge sent him to prison for a 90-day psychiatric evaluation. However, he was released after 42 days by an evaluator who deemed him mentally sound and unlikely to offend again.
The judge responded by saying he was going to send Polanski back to jail for the remainder of the 90 days and that afterward he would ask Polanski to agree to a "voluntary deportation." Polanski then fled the country the night before he was scheduled to be sentenced, Feb. 1, 1978.
Polanski, who won an Academy Award for best director for "The Pianist," was arrested last weekend in Switzerland on a fugitive warrant in the case.
Geimer, who long ago identified herself, sued Polanski in December 1988 when she was 25 years old, alleging sexual assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and seduction. She has since joined in Polanski's bid for dismissal and has forgiven him.
In a December 1995 filing, Silver said "defendant has failed to pay any part of the sum due or the interest due on the attached note." Silver added that he talked to Finkle, who agreed Polanski was in default.
Silver then sought some of Polanski's earnings by canvassing Hollywood for his wages. Among those who were contacted about Polanski were the Directors Guild of America, International Creative Management, Warner Bros. Inc. and Sony Studios.
ICM head and Polanski agent Jeff Berg declined comment.
If Polanski hasn't paid over the past 14 years, it's unclear if he would have to pay interest. The court documents state he'd owe $128.42 per day, for a total of about $650,000.
- Re: 关于“精英罪行赦免指数”的计算及应用:))posted on 10/06/2009
第一,这个case不是rape, 今天中午跟几个律师吃饭,问清楚了这个,那个女人不是起诉人,是另外有人报告警方的,详情不清。起诉的罪名是与未成年人性关系。
第二,原告与Polanski熟识,是他影片中的演员,性行为是自愿发生的。
第三,美国警方在这种案子上小题大做完全是别有用心。
美国的司法之黑暗快要赶超中国先进水平了。 - posted on 10/07/2009
这个案子放到现在来审判,结果很可能不一样。但关键在于他三十年前自己认供了,这就与司法程序的操作无关,除非再来申诉一次,多浪费一点tax money?
maya wrote:
第一,这个case不是rape, 今天中午跟几个律师吃饭,问清楚了这个,那个女人不是起诉人,是另外有人报告警方的,详情不清。起诉的罪名是与未成年人性关系。
第二,原告与Polanski熟识,是他影片中的演员,性行为是自愿发生的。
第三,美国警方在这种案子上小题大做完全是别有用心。
美国的司法之黑暗快要赶超中国先进水平了。 - posted on 04/23/2010
案情最新进展。LAPD发誓要拿老头儿开刀了。
An appeals court has ruled that Roman Polanski cannot be sentenced absentia in connection with a three-decade-old child sex case, marking another defeat in the famed director's efforts to avoid returning to Los Angeles.
The California court affirmed a lower court decision in January that Polanski must return to California to be sentenced for having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl at the home of Jack Nicholson in 1977.
Polanski was arrested in Switzerland last year on a warrant from the Los Angeles district attorney's office and has since been living under house arrest at his posh Alpine chalet. He is fighting extradition, and his attorneys have suggested that he could be sentenced in Switzerland rather than in L.A.
The Swiss Justice Ministry has said it would not make any decision on Polanski's case until courts in California made a definitive ruling on whether the director could be sentenced without returning to the U.S.
It's unclear whether the appeals court decision will prompt Swiss officials to push forward on the extradition request of Los Angeles prosecutors.
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