Episode 24 - The 9th Gate Reopened

 Download Article by Reuters staff (Reporting by John Miller in Zurich, Lidia Kelly in Warsaw, Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva, and Paul Carrel in Berlin, Writing by Michael Shields; Editing by Richard Balmforth). Wednesday, October 4th, 2017. St. Gallen, Switzerland- Renate Langer(61) has filed rape charges against Roman Polanski(84) on Tuesday, September 26th, 2017. This allegation stems back to 1972 when Langer was 15 years old & was allegedly raped by Polanski at his Mountain Chalet. A Lawyer representing Polanski dismisses the claim calling it "absurd" and says "This is an attempt to generate media attention." There was speculation as to Polanski being prosecutoed since the allegation happened nearly half a century ago. But Switzerland says there is no statute of limitation for sex crimes for children under 12 years of age. Langer is the 4th woman th accuse Polanski of sexual assault in their teens. In 2009 Polanski was arrested by Swiss authorities in Zurich while he was receiving a lifetime achievement award for film. The reason for Polanski arrest was for a 1978 U.S. rape conviction of Samantha Geimer of Los Angelas who was 13 years old at the time. He was released 2 months later on bail & placed under house arrest at his Gstaad Chalet. In July of 2010 Swiss authorities released Polanski from house arrest & decided against extradition because of potential technical faults in the U.S. request and because he had for years come to Switzerland in good faith. Ironically Polanski was seen a feww days later attending the Montreux Jazz Festival given by his wife Emmanuelle Seigner who is a French actress & singer. The couple also attended this years Zurich Film Festival. The New York Times quoted Langer as saying she was speaking out only now because she had read an account of another woman who came forward in August and because her parents were no longer alive. https://www.google.com/amp/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1C91GV