Looks as though fugitive director Roman Polanski has been receiving all kinds of support from those who believe being a “genius director” means never having to say you’re sorry. Not even for drugging and anally raping a thirteen year-old girl and then fleeing from justice:
My dear Bernard-Henri Lévy, what you have said in the Swiss press is true — I have been overwhelmed by the number of messages of support and sympathy I have received in Winterthur prison, and that I continue to receive here, in my chalet in Gstaad, where I am spending the holidays with my wife and my children.
These messages have come from my neighbors, from people all over Switzerland, and from beyond Switzerland — from across the world. I would like every one of them to know how heartening it is, when one is locked up in a cell, to hear this murmur of human voices and of solidarity in the morning mail. In the darkest moments, each of their notes has been a source of comfort and hope, and they continue to be so in my current situation.
Read the full letter here.
Bless the vast majority of HuffPo commenters who are having none of it:
- disagree. He isn’t even that great of an artist. It’s because he’s famous. That trumps all. It’s disgraceful. And typical.
- How brave, how kind, how generous of you Monsieur Levy to pass along to the Huffington Post readers this note from your good friend Monsieur Polanski. Our hearts bleed for Monsieur Polanski.
- Rape is rape. (Rape-rape is also rape.)
- I don’t read one bit of contrition, no public apology to the girl he raped. The pack is not going to be quiet until the felon has paid his debt to society.
How unsophisticated of them.
The Wrap believes Polanski is thisclose to getting off scot-free with time served.