Prosecutors won’t charge Polanski after molestation report
Posted Jan 8, 2018 09:29:41 PM.
Last Updated Jan 9, 2018 12:00:24 AM.
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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Los Angeles prosecutors will not bring criminal charges against Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski after a woman said he molested her in 1975 — when she was 10 years old — because the allegations are too old.
A district attorney’s office memo obtained by The Associated Press on Monday says prosecutors were declining to bring charges in the case because the statute of limitations had expired.
The 84-year-old Polanski has been a fugitive since fleeing to France in 1978 while awaiting sentencing for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old.
The latest allegations were reported to police in October. The woman said she was molested during a photo shoot in 1975 after Polanski had her pose nude.
Polanski’s attorney, Harland Braun, has said the allegations are untrue.
