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© Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.Polanski asks court to restore his film academy membership
By ANDREW DALTON LOS ANGELES©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Steven C. Schulz
As much as I think Polanski is a vile person, I agree that his rights were violated; not only by the process, but the idea that crimes not directly related to an organization or its mission can be a cause of action for expulsion.
Jandworld
Times are times and they are a changing.
Raw Beer
What Polanski did was more than sex with a minor. He's vile and belongs in jail, not in the academy.
Ah_so
I am sure that they have clauses in their constitilution about not doing things that would cause the organisation to be called into disrepute.
I feel that the anal rape of a 14 year old girl would fall into this category.
starpunk
Why doesn't Roman Polanski come back to America and face justice if he's so concerned about his status in the Academy? And he committed statutory rape - which IS an issue of power and abuse of somebody who is not at the age of consent. Rape is rape, and it's a crime.
Jandworld
In my country only murder has no time limit.
ShavedNuts
By the way, where's the double-standardizing Hollywood Metoo hypocrites on this guy?