Roman Polanski

So film director Roman Polanski, who was convicted of statuatory rape with a thirteen year old girl he was photographing, has been an international fugitive in France for years. (Apparently, the French don’t see plying a young girl with champagne and pills, and sleeping with her, as a “real” crime.)

Apparently not a big fan of films he doesn’t make, Polanski never realized that international fugitives often get arrested when they fly to other countries. He was apprehended after landing in Zurich, Switzerland (because apparently protecting 13-year-olds is important there).

Is it just me, or does the press coverage seem to imply that because this statuatory rapist happens to be a celebrity and made a great film about the Holocaust, the US is being a little over zealous in letting convicted criminals who jump bail and flee to France know that we don’t just forget because they get standing ovations in abstentia in Hollywood and Cannes?

He ought to serve his sentence and then move back to France.