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Roman Polanski and the woman he pleaded guilty to raping pose together 45 years later

LOS ANGELES — A picture is worth a thousand words, and a recent one featuring Roman Polanski and his 1977 rape victim is certainly worth even more. The disgraced "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby" director and Samantha Geimer, who Polanski was accused of raping in Los Angeles when she was 13, recently smiled and posed for a photo together, reaffirming her long-held stance in the protracted ...
Roman Polanski poses during a photocall at the Cinematheque in Paris on Oct. 30, 2017.

LOS ANGELES — A picture is worth a thousand words, and a recent one featuring Roman Polanski and his 1977 rape victim is certainly worth even more.

The disgraced "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby" director and Samantha Geimer, who Polanski was accused of raping in Los Angeles when she was 13, recently smiled and posed for a photo together, reaffirming her long-held stance in the protracted legal saga that has dogged them both for more than four decades.

Polanski's wife Emmanuelle Seigner on Saturday reposted the photo of the director and Geimer on on the heels

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