It was rape, rape.
Via The Daily Mail:
Child rapist Roman Polanski will return to the US to end his four-decade legal case, but only if a judge says beforehand that he has already paid for the sex crime, legal documents have shown.
The director’s attorney wants an LA judge to unseal details of a 1977 plea deal, which he says only required Polanski to serve 48 days for raping Samantha Geimer when she was 13 years old.
Putting an end to the case would require Polanski to travel back to the US after years of self-imposed exile, which his lawyer says he is prepared to do – under the condition that the judge preemptively agrees that Polanski has served enough time, TMZ reported Friday citing legal filings.
Attorney Harland Braun says a judge reneged on the original plea deal and insisted Polanski might instead be sentenced to 50 years behind bars, prompting Polanski to leave the country for Europe.
Polanski, 83, has spent the past 40 years on the run following allegations he raped Geimer. He pleaded guilty to having sex with the 13-year-old but fled before the sentencing.
Braun requested last month that a judge at the LA County Superior Court unseal the transcript of the testimony of the prosecutor, which he says contains details of the 48-day deal with Judge Laurence Rittenband.
If granted, the request to unseal the testimony could allow Polanski to return to the US without serving additional time behind bars.