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On this holiday week, Lauren and Amanda cover famed Hollywood director Roman Polanski, who has been a fugitive from American justice for almost 50 years.

Sources:

• The Los Angeles Times: “Roman Polanski and the woman he pleaded guilty to raping pose together 45 years later” by Nardine Saad
• AP News: “Director Roman Polanski is sued over more allegations of sexual assault of a minor” by Andrew Dalton
• AP News: “Timeline of Roman Polanski’s 45-year-old teen sex abuse case” by The Associated Press
• Variety: “Roman Polanski to Face LA Trial on Rape Lawsuit in 2025” by Gene Maddaus
• The New York Times: “Roman Polanski Did Not Defame British Actress, French Court Rules” by Aurelien Breeden
• Deadline: “Polanski’s Rape Victim Defends Director, Telling His Wife: ‘What Happened Was Never a Problem’” by Caroline Frost
• Deadline: “Roman Polanski Rape Trial Set for Next Year; Director Accused Again of Assaulting a Minor in 1970s, Oscar Winner Served at His Paris Home” by Dominic Patten
• Far Out: “The Dark Side of Hollywood: Tracing Roman Polanski’s abhorrent criminal acts” by Tom Leatham
• Who What Why: “If Roman Polanski’s Rape Victim Can Forgive Him, Why Can’t You” by JB Miller
• Wikipedia