Samantha Geimer, the woman who Roman Polanski raped when she was only 13-years-old, wants all charges against him to be dropped.

Geimer basically wants the entire thing to go away. She is now a mother of three children, a wife and a daughter and she says the attention that the media has brought her has done nothing but put a major strain on her family.

But does he deserve to be freed because she says so? Remember what he did really was disgusting..

In 1977, Polanski lured the 13-year-old aspiring model Geimer into Nicholson’s home for a photo shoot, where he gave her champagne and prescription drugs. Despite her requests to be taken home, Polanski then took nude photos of her in a hot tub and had sex with her. He later pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor.

Geimer says since Polanski’s arrest she has been bombarded by the media, having received more than 500 calls. She’s been offered spots on Larry King Live and even Oprah. But she isn’t interested. She wants to move on with her life, and understandably so. As a victim, how long can you act like one? She’s moved on long ago and the media should respect her wishes and leave her be.

In 1997 Geimer told People magazine: “[He] did something really gross to me, but it was the media that ruined my life.” It seems that is still the case, all these years later.

Geimer has asked a Los Angeles judge to dismiss the charges against Polanski, not only citing the disruption of her personal life, but her career as well. Her filing reads: “The pursuit has caused her to have health-related issues . . . caused her performance at her job to be interfered with and has caused the understandable displeasure of her employer and the real possibility that Samantha could lose her job.”

Although I truly feel for this woman, I am just not sure that he deserves to get off so easy. This guy preyed on young woman all the time back then. After this particular incident where he was busted, he fled like a little coward and continued to live like one the next 30+ years. If that doesn’t scream “guilty” I’m not sure what does.

Do you think Roman should get off and it should be swept under the rug for the sake of the victim, or do you think Roman still needs to face up to the crime he committed all those years ago?

[Top: Samantha Geimer, then and now]

Three decades after fleeing the United States for having sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl, Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland.

Although he had been to Switzerland before and not been arrested, this time Swiss authorities weren’t so accommodating. Polanski was in the country to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival. Once he arrived at the airport he was taken into custody. “There was a valid arrest request and we knew when he was coming. That’s why he was taken into custody,” says ministry representative Guido Balmer.

He has lived in France since the incident and has sought to have the case against him dropped. He faces possible extradition to the United States, although the U.S. has not yet made a formal extradition request.

Polanski is married with two children.

It seems to me that Roman thinks it should just be swept under the rug and that enough time has passed to where it should just be forgotten. But this guy was slimy. Extremely so. In Janice Dickinson’s book, “Check Please!” she describes herself as being a young, undiscovered model looking for her lucky break when Roman Polanski invites her out to dinner.

She accepts and is excited. But throughout their meal Roman ignores her, saying nothing until finally uttering “So, are we going to f** or what?” Janice did not sleep with him.

Roman pretty much admitted guilt by fleeing the country, but yet he is still adored and honored? People just look the other way when it comes to celebrities with clout. It’s scary really. This should have happened a long time ago..