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Paris Court Acquits Roman Polanski of Defaming British Actor Charlotte Lewis

May 14, 2024, 01:07 PM

A French court in Paris has acquitted filmmaker Roman Polanski of defamation charges brought by British actor Charlotte Lewis. Lewis had claimed that Polanski raped her when she was a child. The court ruled that Polanski did not defame Lewis by asserting in a 2019 interview that she was a liar.