![youtube song for haiti everybody hurts youtube song for haiti everybody hurts](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gRZ_mVbWdaE/hqdefault.jpg)
She is still every much his victim now as she was then. Since when was the persecution of a paedophile unjustified ? And equally I don’t want the current views of the victim herself, who for some reason wants the charges against Polanski dropped, to be taken into account. Calling the persual of Polanski a ‘witch hunt’ implies that he has been unjustly harassed or persecuted. I don’t want to hear about the ridiculously named ‘witch hunt’ of Polanski, something the mastermind created himself by running away from his crime … its irrelevant. At 44 yrs old ( his age at the time ) he fully understood that getting a child drunk and giving her sedatives before raping her was illegal as well as immoral. Imagine for one moment that he was not a world famous producer and just a teacher, or a bus driver! There is no defence for his behaviour and that he has a sad history is of no significance and has no bearing on how he should be dealt with. It’s scandalous that Polanski has thus far played International legal process and has been able to live a successful life which would not have been possible for him had he not had the advantages of his career. Since when did sodomising and ra ping a child become less than it actually is. ‘Statutary rape’ implies something else, it’s a term which somehow diminishes the offence. To call it by any other name is an offence in its self. No matter what spin is placed on it, Polanski is a self-confessed paedophile. how come? What he did is and always will be rape and child abuse and nothing less no matter how it’s been redressed and repackaged by his defence team and excused by his fans. The case of Roman Polanski arrested and charged 33 yrs ago for sexual abuse of a 13 yr old still remains unresolved….