Not desired, just wanted

With all the insanity of French Ministers and Hollywood residents rising to defend Roman Polanski - it is refreshing to hear from people who remember what the Polanski did - as well as what the law says about that kind of thing.

Here's Bill Wyman beating the stuffing out of the documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

Polanski has had a wrenching life, of course, but it is overplayed in "Wanted and Desired." I think it's true to say that there are many people who survived the Holocaust who don't drug and rape children, for example.

Wyman links to the Smoking Gun's transcripts of Polanski's victim - where she graphically describes what happened.

Even a PG version of her account is repellent. Polanski has clearly planned the entire encounter. He isolates the girl, gets her drunk and gives her drugs. Then he suggests photographs in the hot tub, so she will remove clothing without his having to ask. When she doesn't remove everything - he presses her to do so.

While he's forcing himself on her - he's asking questions to learn how likely it is that she will get pregnant. Based on the girl's answer, he switches to sodomy.

That's Polanski, right there. Violating a 13 old girl with practiced ease and taking steps to minimize the risk to him.

Wyman's question is especially apt:

Polanski was photographing the girl for a photo spread for a European edition of Vogue. Someone could have asked him, or his lawyer -- just for the record -- if he had drugged and raped any other of his photo subjects.

The documentary doesn't of course - but it's a damn good question.

Wyman's review also provides a ready rebuttal to all this crap about "Why now?" (as if that were even relevant).

Polanski has been fighting to overturn his conviction/guilty plea - and lost his case a few months ago. Perhaps the authorities were lax in pursuing up until now - but Polanski's recent legal manuvers may very well have reminded them that he was still out there.

It is not hard to picture the LA district attorneys standing over a dusty Polanski case file watching coverage of Polanski's appeal. One of them had to read Judge Espinoza's ruling telling Polanski he could have an appeal when he showed up to ask for one.

I figure one of them looked across the workroom and said "Hey. Do we have any recent information about Polanski?"

And suddenly, against the odds - here we are.

I look forward to the perp walk.

Late update: Kate Harmon does a far better job of pummeling the pro-Polanski movement.