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Roman Polanski again accused of rape. The director, whose next film J'accuse , taken from the Dreyfus affair, is due out on Wednesday, November 13th. He allegedly sexually assaulted an 18-year-old photographer in 1975. She reveals the story in the pages of the newspaper Le Parisien this Saturday, November 9.
The assault would have occurred 44 years ago, but it is today that Valentine Monnier speaks. The release of J'accuse , the latest film by Roman Polanski, was too much for this woman, who says she can not stand to see the director draw parallels between his story and that of Alfred Dreyfus, in the center of his movie.
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" I will have marked my limit, " writes the photographer in the columns of the newspaper Le Parisien ; the limit of silence that she has preserved all her years, between denial and repression. Because the accusations that Valentine Monnier is serious.
Refugee at a friend's house
In 1975, when she was 18, she was invited to ski in Switzerland, housed in the cottage of Roman Polanski. It was there that one evening he would have her come up to her room to beat her and rape her. The young woman then takes refuge with another friend.
Contacted by Le Parisien , he confirms this story today. Roman Polanski, for his part, " strongly denies any accusation of rape " by the voice of his lawyer. In any case, he is not risking much, the facts are prescribed.