Prosecutors won’t charge Polanski after molestation report

By Abbey Westbury
April 24 2025 09:06 AM

CP1144029234 — FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2015, file photo, filmmaker Roman Polanski tells reporters he can "breath with relief" after a Polish judge ruled that the law forbids his extradition to the U.S., where in 1977 he pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor, in Krakow, Poland. Los Angeles prosecutors will not bring criminal charges against Oscar-winning director Polanski after a woman said he molested her in 1975, when she was 10 years old, because the allegations are too old. (AP Photo/Jarek Praszkiewicz, File)

Los Angeles prosecutors will not bring criminal charges against Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski after a woman said he molested her in 1975 — when she was 10 years old — because the allegations are too old.

A district attorney’s office memo obtained by The Associated Press on Monday says prosecutors were declining to bring charges in the case because the statute of limitations had expired.

The 84-year-old Polanski has been a fugitive since fleeing to France in 1978 while awaiting sentencing for sexually assaulting a 13-year-old.

The latest allegations were reported to police in October. The woman said she was molested during a photo shoot in 1975 after Polanski had her pose nude.

Polanski’s attorney, Harland Braun, has said the allegations are untrue.

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