But when Samantha Geimer spoke sympathetically this year about Polanski before a scrum of reporters outside a Los Angeles courthouse, a woman who also claims be one of his victims was paying close attention. On Tuesday, she went public with her claim that Polanski sexually victimized her in 1973 when she was 16. She spoke at a news conference at the Los Angeles office of her attorney, Gloria Allred. She was a 13-year-old junior high student when Polanski, then 43, took her to Jack Nicholson’s house for a photo shoot. Braun said that until Tuesday’s news conference, he did not know about Robin or any sexual allegations against Polanski from 1973.

Source: Los Angeles Times August 15, 2017 20:30 UTC