Polanski has been Caught for ‘Raping’ a Minor in 1978. But the Sex was Consensual. Should He be Freed?

Roman Polanski was recently arrested in Zurich on a 1978 US arrest warrant for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Film director Roman Polanski was recently arrested in Zurich on a 1978 US arrest warrant for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. He has been living in exile in France for the last 21 years after fleeing the US. It was fairly well-established in the trial that the sex was consensual and Polanski didn’t know the girl was underage. Should he be freed?