Charlotte Lewis Makes New Allegations Against Roman Polanski

Charlotte Lewis, a British citizen, hired ambulance chaser Gloria Allred to represent her in making a new allegation against Roman Polanski, where she alleges Polanski forced himself upon her in his apartment in Paris, France when she was 16 years-old.

A reporter asked why come forward so many months after police have been trying to get Polanski. Another reporter asked Allred if she has researched the age of consent in Paris, France at the time Lewis alleges a crime occurred, which could mean no crime occurred. Gloria said no, she doesn’t want to speculate. A reporter asked if Lewis will be shopping around for a book deal.

Allred filed a criminal complaint with the district attorney, but has not filed any further legal action, which Gloria says could affect Polanski’s sentencing.

Reporters asked if Gloria believes her client is credible, which appeared to be a statement by the reporter she believes Lewis is not credible.

Lewis made her film debut as a teenager in the 1986 Roman Polanski film Pirates. Lewis also appeared in a cover-featured pictorial in the July 1993 issue of Playboy magazine.

Lewis does not appear to be credible in any way. She offered generalized allegations that occurred in France, which have no real impact on anything that has happened here in the United States, made the allegations 26 years after she claims Polanski forced himself on her, and long after police having been trying to get Polanski back into the United States. I also don’t think posing for Playboy is something a victim of abuse would even consider.

Polanski confessed to a crime against a minor, and there are a lot of people who want to see him, as Lewis put it "Get what he deserves."

I don’t believe Lewis, and I don’t believe lying is going to help bring Polanski to justice.

Despite the fact that Polanski is a fugitive criminal, I believe people who make serious false allegations like this should get a harsh jail sentence, equal to what the accused would get if falsely convicted.

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