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Samantha Geimer is writing a memoir to claim a new identity beyond 'the girl' Roman Polanski was accused of raping.

Samantha Geimer, who as a 13-year-old girl was at the center of the Roman Polanski sex case, called on prosecutors to halt the case against the famed director.

The film director won’t be extradited to face charges of unlawful sex with a minor because of a possible fault in the American extradition application, an official said.

A British actress took center stage in the Roman Polanski case on Friday, holding a press conference to say the famed director forced her to have sex with him when she was 16 years old.

Film director Roman Polanski has lost his bid to be sentenced in a US court without having to return to the country.

Filmmaker Roman Polanski says letters from supporters that he received in a Swiss prison and while under house arrest at his Alpine chalet have been "full of comfort and reason to hope."

Roman Polanski seemed to have little to lose last summer when his lawyers pressed to dismiss the child rape case in California that has haunted him since he fled to France three decades ago.

A Swiss court has approved Roman Polanski's bail offer of $4.5 million to be released from prison and kept under house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Swiss chalet.

A French lawyer for director Roman Polanski, imprisoned in Switzerland, says a new bail offer will be filed Monday and it will ...

Samantha Geimer says the media frenzy is interfering with her life and her family. In the four weeks since director Roman Polanski's arrest, Samantha Geimer has once again found herself in an unwanted spotlight.