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MrModerate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 02:55 AM
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5. I'm not a Polanski apologist, but I do think it's interesting that . . .
Edited on Thu Oct-08-09 02:56 AM by MrModerate
The book has been out for four years, and they're just now beating Mitterand up about it -- since he's come out in defense of Polanski.

It goes to show that celebrity cuts both ways in these moral turpitude cases. There's no question in my mind that his high profile has helped Polanski avoid extradition up 'til now, any more than that same high profile is why the LA authorities resurrected this particular cold case when they have 10,000 other similar cold cases they could have decided to warm up instead.
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