Quentin Tarantino apologises to Roman Polanski teen rape victim for saying she ‘wanted to have it’
Public apology to Samantha Geimer, who was 13 at time of the incident, comes after a 2003 interview with Howard Stern resurfaced in which the Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill director claimed Polanski ‘didn’t rape a 13-year-old’
Quentin Tarantino has apologised to Samantha Geimer after suggesting her sex assault by Roman Polanski was “not rape” and that she “wanted to have it”.
Geimer was 13 years old in 1977 when Polanski plied her with champagne and part of a Quaalude depressant pill, and raped and sodomised her.
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Speaking to the New York Daily News this week, Geimer said Tarantino was “wrong” when he made his comments during a 2003 interview with Howard Stern. “He is obviously incorrect. Hopefully by now he knows that it didn’t happen that way,” Geimer told The News.
“I’m not upset, but I would probably feel better if he realises now that he was wrong, after 15 years, after hearing the facts,” she said.
I was ignorant, and insensitive, and above all, incorrect. I am sorry Samantha
In a statement to IndieWire.com on Thursday, Tarantino said he regretted his remarks.
