Polanski doc gets boost from victim
Samantha Geimer says Polanski should not have to serve jail time. It's old news, but as Marina Zenovich's doc, "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" screens on HBO this Monday, Reuters regurgitated it.
Geimer was 13 when Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with her, before he fled to France.
"It was all so overwhelming," said Geimer, who lives in Hawaii and works as a personal assistant and bookkeeper. "I think we just wanted it to be over and sending him to jail was not going to help it be over.
"What happened that night, it's hard to believe, but it paled in comparison to what happened to me in the next year of my life," she said of the media frenzy surrounding the trial, adding that she was relieved when Polanski fled because the media attention died down.
Check out the Reuters story here.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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