A third woman came forward Tuesday to say she had been sexually abused as a minor by director Roman Polanski, and said she would testify against him if the fugitive is ever brought back to court.
The alleged victim, who gave only name as, Robin M., said Polanski molested her in 1973 when she was only 16, and that she kept it to herself to protect her family.
“The day after it happened I did tell one friend what Mr. Polanski had done to me,” Robin M. said at a California news conference. “The reason, with this exception, I kept it to myself is that I didn’t want my father to do something that might cause him to go to prison for the rest of his life.”
In 1977, Polanski, 83, was charged in Los Angeles with sex felony counts after he was accused of drugging and having sex with a 13-year-old girl during a photo shoot at actor Jack Nicholson’s house.
Robin said she came forward after learning that Geimer had urged the court in June to dismiss Polanski’s case.
“I am not over it and I certainly believe that Roman Polanski should be held accountable for his criminal conduct with Samantha Geimer,” Robin said. “He fled the country. Years have passed and he is famous, but that does not excuse his criminal conduct of sexually victimizing minors.”
Another woman claims Roman Polanski molested her when she was 16