i recall the case and have followed it since it happened, when I had a pretty 16 yr old GF with a really pretty 13yr old little sister.
In Manhattan in those days, it seemed like everyone, including my GF and her little sister was on Polanski's side.
Me and my cranky old dad were the only ones who wanted to put him in jail.
it was my opinion then as now that it is impossible for a 13yr old to consent to anything like that.
At 13 your decision making should be which band or TV star your crush is on .
I read her article, the gal doesn't want to be known forever as the little girl raped by polanski.
She was taking qualudes ( everybody but me was, I hated pills ) i can't recall where she got them.
He gave her booze knowing they would further impair her, as well as the hot tub would facilitate his rape
in the 70's everything was OK, he would have gotten his 90 days and it would have been forgotten
We are a lot more aware as a society now, Hilary blamed a 12 yr old girl for getting raped around the same time and now that defense would
get a lawyer disbarred ( probably )
As recently as a few yrs ago Whoopi Goldberg called it "rape, but not"rape" rape"
the criminally insane dinosaur media truly believes it is ok to rape little girls ( as long as its done by them )
Polanski wouldn't last long in prison now but in the seventies he would have been fine - its a different and a little better now in that regard