HOLLYWOOD, March 24, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Academy Awards last night presented glorified director Roman Polanski with the best director award for his recent film The Pianist. The award emphasized Hollywood’s tolerance for sexual abuse of minors since Polanki continues to be a fugitive in France after being caught in the rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977.

U.S. sex researcher Dr. Judith Reisman recalls Polanski as “an infamous Hollywood pedophile” with a “sadistic sexual history”. A much sanitized description of Polanski’s rape of his 13-year-old victim notes that he drugged, raped, sodomized and almost killed a 7th-grade girl he tricked into a hot tub.

Polanski’s win was met with a standing ovation from the Hollywood elite at the award ceremonies. Notably, actor Jack Nicholson did not stand. Polanski raped the 13-year-old in Nicholson’s home while the actor was away.

See Reisman’s article on the Polanski case: https://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31264

See the AP coverage: https://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/03/23/state0024EST0123.DTL