Editing Roman Polanski (section)

=== Charlotte Lewis ===
In 2010, lawyer [[Gloria Allred]] appeared in a press conference with British actress [[Charlotte Lewis]], where she stated that Polanski had forced himself on her while she was auditioning for ''[[Pirates (1986 film)|Pirates]]'' in Paris in 1983, which she was later cast in.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=plxAHzkUxOicRC6R&v=lzgL376L9jc&feature=youtu.be |title=Gloria Allred holds news conference with new alleged victim of Roman Polanski |date=2015-07-30 |last=AP Archive |access-date=2024-11-17 |via=YouTube}}</ref> "He sexually abused me in the worst possible way when I was just 16 years old, four years after he fled the United States to avoid sentencing for his crime."<ref name="auto">{{cite web |last=Mumford |first=Gwilym |date=23 October 2017 |title=Roman Polanski accused of sexually assaulting 10-year-old girl in 1975 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/may/15/charlotte-lewis-accuses-roman-polanski |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025015408/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/may/15/charlotte-lewis-accuses-roman-polanski |archive-date=25 October 2017 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London}}</ref> 

In 1999, Lewis had an interview with the UK's ''[[News of the World]]'' where she asserted that she had a six-month tryst with Polanski when she was 17.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-05-27 |title=Wild Child: Charlotte Lewis full-text interview |url=https://laregledujeu.org/2010/05/27/1703/wild-child-charlotte-lewis-full-text-interview-2/ |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=La Règle du Jeu}}</ref> Lewis also talked about how Polanski treated her in the relationship: "Roman would say, ‘You’re gaining weight’. It was ridiculous—I was a thin teenage girl, but I took it seriously and stopped eating. Then I'd overeat, and for years I suffered from [[Bulimia nervosa|bulimia]]. I know that was the start." 

During an interview with [[Paris Match|''Paris Match'']] in 2019, Polanski was asked about Charlotte Lewis' accusations, to which he responded "It's an odious lie!" He also pulled out a press clipping of her 1999 interview, quoting her talk about having sex with many men by the age of 14.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-12-11 |title=Exclusif - Roman Polanski : "On essaie de faire de moi un monstre" |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Exclusif-Roman-Polanski-On-essaie-de-faire-de-moi-un-monstre-1664159 |access-date=2024-11-17 |website=parismatch.com |language=fr}}</ref> In the interview Lewis discloses that she was drugged and prostituted at 14, which led to her sexual promiscuity and her relationship with numerous film stars, including Polanski.

Lewis alleged Polanski led a [[smear campaign]] against her, primarily founded on the ''Paris Match'' interview, and in September 2022 Polanski was ordered to stand trial in France for a defamation case from Lewis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thelocal.fr/20220914/polanski-to-face-trial-in-france-for-alleged-defamation/|title=Polanski to face trial in France for alleged defamation|publisher=The Local|date=September 14, 2022|accessdate=February 23, 2023}}</ref> Polanski was acquitted on 14 May 2024. He was not present in court for the verdict.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Presse |first=Agence France |date=2024-05-14 |title=Roman Polanski acquitted of defamation by French court |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/14/roman-polanski-acquitted-of-defamation-by-french-court-charlotte-lewis |access-date=2024-05-14 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>