Roman Polanski Seeks Dismissal Of 30-Year Old Charge Of Unlawful Sex With Minor On Grounds That “She’s 43 By Now”

Attorneys for famed film director Roman Polanski today filed papers in U.S. District Court seeking the dismissal of 30-year-old charges of unlawful sex with a minor on the grounds that the woman in question “is 43 by now.”

Pierre LeSourd told a hastily assembled Paris news conference that Polanski has “suffered enough” and that he had more than made up for his crime by “helping generations of young Parisian girls with their homework” and “hiring dozens of babysitters, even though he has no young children” in an effort to bolster the financial situations of young teenage Parisian girls.

“In any event,” LeSourd told reporters, “the girl is no longer a girl. She is a 43-year-old woman, and there is no law in America or France against having relations with a woman that age. In fact, in France, it is considered doing the woman a favor. We say, it’s time for the United States to drop the case.”

Polanski, who pleaded guilty to the charge in 1978, now claims prosecutorial misconduct in his case, LeSourd told reporters.

“They told him if he didn’t plead guilty, he would have to stand trial,” LeSourd said. “I mean, how stressful is that? America, I can’t exactly say that my client is remorseful. But all I can say is, let him come home.”