It was a dramatic moment in Roman Polanski’s four-decade-long legal battle: Samantha Geimer, the victim in the filmmaker’s 1977 statutory rape case, appeared in a Los Angeles County courtroom in June and asked the judge to drop the case. On Friday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon denied that request. Harland Braun, Polanski’s U.S. attorney, said Friday that the director was forced to flee because Rittenband was dishonest. (Ken Kwok / Los Angeles Times) CAPTION Behind the scenes of the landmark musical's arrival at the Hollywood Pantages on move-in day. Read full "Hamilton" coverage>> Behind the scenes of the landmark musical's arrival at the Hollywood Pantages on move-in day.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 19, 2017 00:13 UTC