It sounds like you're a little unclear about the facts of the case. The girl's mother did not allow her to spend the night with Polanksi at some Hollywood party. Polanski offered to shoot some modeling photos of the girl that she could then use in her portfolio. Jack Nicholson's house was the used as the setting. The attacks started in the hot tub and then again in a bedroom after the victim was drugged. The only other persons in the home at the time were a maid and, for a brief time, actress Angelica Houston (Nicholson's girlfriend at the time). Houston popped into the house for sometime and heard the victim's crying from a bedroom. She asked through the door if anything was wrong, and Polanski stepped outside the room to assure her all was well. After being there for a couple of hours Polanski drove the victim back home and gave her the "Don't you dare tell anyone, they won't believe you..." speech.
While you can question the girl's mother for allowing her to be alone with Polanski, it's not too far fetched given that Polanski was a famous figure and knew the family.
Evidently I AM unclear on the facts of the case. But here's the transcripts:
Edited for linking to iffy content: You can find at least half the transcript at the Smoking Gun -
www.thesmokinggun.com
I can certainly understand Samantha's conflicting emotions around the rape. It was what we'd call today a "Date Rape", with the added complication that she was 13 at the time.
She didn't say anything to her mother about the first topless photo session several days before the rape. She also didn't object to the second topless photo shoot on the day of the rape, or to heading off with Polanski in the evening to Jack Nicholson's house. And her response to being offered Champagne was, "I don't care." He drank Champagne as well. She first claims to have drunk only one glass, but later says she doesn't know how much she drank.
That evening, after Polanski told her he wanted to take pictures of her in the Jacuzzi, Samantha called her mother and told her not to come and pick her up. And then Polanski got on the phone and told her mother they're going to be very late. Having got permission from the mother to hang out with her daughter all night, he took a Quaalude, and offered her one. Samantha said, "Okay."
She testifies that she knew what Quaaludes were, having found one and taken it when she was 10 or 11.
Samantha certainly WAS raped - according to her testimony she told him "No," quite clearly, but he ignored her and continued on. When the other woman in the house knocked on the bedroom door the first time, she was not crying. She got up, got dressed, went downstairs and said, "Hello" to the woman. Then she went outside and sat in the car, waiting to be taken home.
The woman almost certainly knew Samantha and Polanski had engaged in intercourse, considering that she came out of the bedroom with Polanski. And I find it hard to imagine she didn't also know that Samantha was very upset. But evidently this woman didn't care enough to take the child to the hospital.
Samantha cried a bit in the car, and unfortunately the transcript cuts off before we can find out what Polanski said to her.
So, the fact is that the man was a pig. And I feel terrible for that poor parentless child, whose mother HAD to have had at least some suspicion what was going on. Goodness, I can't imagine letting a grown man just come by the house and pick up my 14yo - repeatedly!
Even in the Seventies we'd never have fallen for the "I want to take Art Photos" line. It was a joke! We ALL knew what "Art Photos" were. If Roman Polanski had come by the house looking for me, my mother would have been right there chaperoning me, every minute.
I give Samantha complete props for going before a Grand Jury just two weeks after her rape. She was a tough kid - a real survivor! It's a crying shame no one was looking out for her, not her mother, that woman in the house at the time, or anyone else.
The transcripts are definitely worth reading, even though the second half is missing and the content is disturbing.
And, with the facts at hand, I STILL think Samantha should have the right to say, "No, I don't want to go through this again." She's not a child any more. She's a grown woman, and she wants to move on with her life.
PLEASE SHOW ME EXACTLY WHERE I DID THAT. Oh, that's right. You can't, because it's not there. Anywhere. I NEVER attacked your husband or made disparaging comments about him. You can twist what I said all you want and you will still come up empty on that on. 
Come on Carly, you are really reaching here. I asked you what his views as a police officer would be. HOW IS THAT AN ATTACK? 
