Attacks on the renowned actor, who has not been convicted of any crime, take place as the French government seeks to divert attention from its support for Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
polanski is a horror movie rosemary's baby. this time, a representative spoke for polanski. >> sharon and all other three friends were rational people with no interest in mysticism or anything occult. >> the news liked to try to pin on sharon and her friends that drugs, sex, rock and roll, devil worship-ing. >> horrific, yes. all those ugly theories. >> there was this kind of got up subtext that these people brought this on themselves. these people were engaging in drugs, or some sort of orgies. tragically, for the victims, they were played off as a form of morality. >> drugs, orgies, there is no stopping the gossip. but if anyone believed it, and what happened next made no sense at all. >> coming up, >> everybody in los angeles this petrefied. where they're going to strike next? >> and then, someone does. >> i felt that there was then an immediate connection.
place a day after the infamous tate murders. a august 9, 1969, the manson members murdered the wife of polanski. van houten was not involved in the tate murders. van houten was born in the los angeles area. she reportedly grew up going to church camp and singing in the choir. her father said she soon got involved with drugs. she became a himmy and began living at a commune. later was introduced to charles manson. she lived with the manson family as they were called, which was known for group sex and drug use and murders that terrorized the nation. at her trial, van houten claimed that rosemary labianca was already dead by the time she stabbed her, killed by other manson family members. she was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of conspiracy to commit murder. she was sentenced to death along withmanson and three other followers. their sentences were commuted to
Polanski, who fled the U.S. in 1978 after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl, was leading a pleasant life in France for decades until he came back into the global spotlight with the Lido premiere of 'An Officer and a Spy' and scooped the Grand Jury Prize, reports Variety.Shor
>> makes us love him even more. >> harlan seems to think you're an innocent man. >> well, i've been accused of a lot of things before, mrs. mulrae, but never that. >> in "chinatown," he's a private investigator. he thinks he knows how the world works. >> how'd you get past the guard? >> well, tell you the truth, i lied a little. >> to see someone that wised up having to deal with a lack of wisdom is really one of the dynamics that makes "chinatown" so exciting. >> you're a very nosey fellow, huh? you know what happens to nosey fellows? >> "chinatown" is extremely mysterious. >> i think you're hiding something. >> what polanski did with the detail and fantastic acting. >> most people never have to face the fact, at the right time, at the right place they're capable of anything. >> they watched "chinatown",
Lawyers and others with an interest in the Roman Polanski sex case are now in a tug-of-war over access to the video of former prosecutor Roger Gunson's deposition, which took place on three separate dates in 2010, reports 'Deadline'.Guns
got six years for sexual misconduct with a minor, and polanski does face prison time for the absconding charge, all questions that need to be answered. >> john: the latest on that controversy and topic. sandra. >> sandra: starbucks closing up shop in several locations in democrat-led cities. the company citing safety concerns for workers in cities where crime is spiking. chief correspondent jonathan hunt live in los angeles for us. jonathan, we'll see what congress eventually does and how they can help the crime situation to that point. but when you look at what is happening in the cities it is devastating, and companies are having a hard time hiring and retaining workers because of it. so are they closing stores in really dangerous neighborhoods? >> well, it's interesting, sandra. right now we are standing in the heart of the tourist mecca of