The retrospective is being organised by the Cinémathèque Française, a major Paris-based film archive that is partly funded by the state. Roman Polanski accused of sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl in 1975 Read morePolanski, who is wanted in the United States for having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, is scheduled to attend the opening on Monday. “It’s an insult to all the women who mobilised around the #MeToo and #BalanceTonPorc (Expose the pig) hashtags,” she wrote. He pleaded guilty in 1977 to having unlawful sex with Samantha Geimer – who was aged 13 at the time – but fled the US before he could be sentenced. The new claims bring to at least four the number of women who have publicly accused him of sexual assault.

Source: The Guardian October 28, 2017 00:33 UTC