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WENN

9 May 2008

Polanski Victim Defends Director

Roman Polanski's underage sex assault victim Samantha Geimer has come to terms with the fugitive filmmaker's crime - insisting she's "so over it." French-born Polanski was convicted of the statutory rape of the then 13-year-old Geimer in 1978, but fled to Paris before he could be sentenced for the crime. And the 45-year-old mother of two - who attended the premiere of a new documentary about the filmmaker on Tuesday - has long recovered from her ordeal. She tells the New York Daily News, "He took advantage of me. But I'm so over it. Worse things are happening to people right now." Geimer has since reached a civil settlement with the French director, but adds she feels "surgically joined to him by this case." She says, "I would like to see it resolved. I thought it'd be better to step into the open instead of having the media sneaking around trying to find me." Polanski, 74, has avoided prison by remaining in the French capital since entering a guilty plea. He has been granted benefits of his French citizenship, and Geimer notes it was a wise choice: "(Polanski) did the right thing under the circumstances. He wasn't getting a fair shake." The film, Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired, is set for a televised broadcast in the U.S. next month.

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