In front of the cameras seven to eight on TF1 this October 16, 2022, Emmanuelle Seigner spoke without taboo on the accusations against her husband Roman Polanski, the multi-caesarized and controversial filmmaker. For her, he is “soiled“while the presumption of innocence is”flouted“. The actress gave an exclusive interview to Audrey Crespo-Mara to defend the father of her two children, accused by several women of rape and sexual assault in recent years. He is currently under arrest warrant. for more than thirty years, prosecuted by the American justice who accuses him of having raped and drugged a 13-year-old girl. tired of this victim status that has stuck with him for more than three decades.
Without any jargon, Emmanuelle Seigner has decided to speak, as her autobiographical book comes out A burnt life (Observatory editions). During this interview for TF1, she returns to the accusations that the French actress describes as a matter of “illicit relationship with a minor”. The victim was 13 years old and “didn’t know how to say no“, recalls the journalist. “It’s young, but it was a very permissive time. The relationship to age has changed a lot, we rented the Lolita. So me, having started modeling at 14, it was not a story that shocked me. I’m not saying it was good. We don’t have to applaud this era, but that’s how it was.”
After this contextualization of the facts, the sister of Mathilde Seigner remembers the man who was Roman Polanski and whom she married in 1989: “Me when I met my husband, all the young women wanted to sleep with him. It was crazy. He was 52, but he looked thirty. He was a great director so he attracted a lot. And I don’t think he needed to rape anyone” Statements that are sure to be controversial, but the actress is ready to take up the challenge, she who has suffered virulent attacks with her family for years. All she wants is “leave him alone”.
Roman Polanski remains presumed innocent of the charges against him until the final judgment of these cases.