I am certainly not defending his actions, and I don't think the writers of this blog are either, though I can't speak for them.
He comitted a crime, he pled guilty and fled. Those are facts. There are also issues of judicial misconduct in the case that DO NOT MAKE HIM INNOCENT but would certainly be grounds for his lawyers to try getting the case dismissed.

Which is rape, clear cut no need for debate rape. Or as Whoopi Goldberg would say "rape rape". I suppose people supporting him don't understand this. How else to explain it? I'm thinking their position is that it was consensual sex, but just not consensual in the eyes of the law – simply because of her age. And if that is truly their perspective, it's worrying to know that people don't understand that a 13 year old cannot consent to sex. Too young. Way too young.

Regardless, the main point is that she was raped, not that she was underage. In that, she said NO and he forced his way.

If this is what happened (this is what was in the affidavit from the victim), then the consideration for such a lenient sentence is insanely unfair to the victim.

The fact that she was 13 years only makes it worse. But even if she were 35 years old, serving a month and a half in a psychiatric center is a gross violation of the law.

The minimum sentence for rape should have been observed and I hope will be.

His movies are completely irrelevant – unless of course "Rosemary's Baby" opens up a time portal in which Roman Polanksi can jump through in order to stop his former self from raping her when she said no. Unless his films can do this, they are completely irrelevant.

A transcript from a Larry King interview with the victim and her attorney at the time, which is from six or seven years ago where he does also state that the judge behaved innapropriately all through the case.
While this is an important development, I still think Polanski's attorneys have a fairly good case for getting this dismissed or getting the court to go by the originally planned plea bargain. I sincerely hope they don't try to re-try him.
If this goes anywhere, of course.

If they ever got Polanski back to America, which I still say they won't, surely they'd have to re-try him.