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Roman Polanski tried in France for alleged defamation of British actor
Filmmaker held to account for dismissing claim of 1983 sexual assault against Charlotte Lewis as ‘heinous lie’
“Discrediting and defaming [people] is an integral part of the Polanski system, and this is what Charlotte Lewis is very bravely calling out,” her lawyer, Benjamin Chouai, told AFP. She spoke in the Los Angeles offices of Gloria Allred, a high-profile attorney who has also represented women accusing the US producer Harvey Weinstein, the actor Bill Cosby and the former US president Donald Trump. At this year’s César awards, the actor Judith Godrèche denounced “impunity” in the film industry, after accusing two directors of raping and sexually assaulting her as a teenager.
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