US court rules Roman Polanski case transcripts must be unsealed
director was arrested in 1977 after 13-year-old Samantha Gailey accused him of plying her with drugs and champagne and forcibly sodomising her.
In its ruling Wednesday, California's Second Appellate District Court found that Gunson's testimony had been intended to uncover any"alleged abuses" in the criminal justice system, and"there is no factual or legal basis for the conditional deposition transcript to remain sealed". George Gascon, who took over as district attorney after his election in 2020, said the court's decision"helped us move toward upholding our responsibility to tell the public the truth, and to listen to survivors".
Gailey publicly forgave Polanski in 1997, saying her treatment by the press and judicial system were worse than the original crime.
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