In recent years, Roman Polanski has often made the A tabloids. To date, twelve women accuse him of rape. The actress Charlotte Lewis who burst the screen in the film “Pirates” (1986) is one of the alleged victims. As a reminder, the actress came out of her silence in 2010 and assured that the famous director would have abused her in the 80s. The facts would have taken place in Paris in his apartment on avenue Montaigne. Following these revelations, Charlotte Lewis was the target of fierce criticism. His detractors or those close to Roman Polanski have done everything to discredit his story.
But other women – like Karen Smith – also supported him and testified against the filmmaker. The ex-top model claimed to have been by her side on the night of the alleged incidents. In the past, Karen Smith has supported Charlotte Lewis’ candidacy to star in “Pirates”. According to The Parisian, the latter would have found her “tousled, very groggy, dizzy and struggling to stand on her feet.”
Faced with his accusations, Romain Polanski would have assured that women would always have had trouble “To self-control” in his presence. “I am Roman Polanski. I make women famous”, he would still have analyzed according to our colleagues. “After that night Roman tried to get me away from Charlotte”, regretted Karen Smith who would have asked a relative to watch over the young woman during the shooting. For his part, the father of Morgane and Elvis Polanski has always claimed his innocence. In the columns of Paris Match, Mathilde Seigner’s brother-in-law had described Charlotte Lewis’ accusations as “Heinous lie”. “[il] we would have to interview shrinks, scientists, historians, whatever ”, analyzed Roman Polanski in 2019. Following this interview, the actress lodged a complaint for “defamation”…