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Roman Polanski: French court acquits director of defamation
Source: BBC
A Paris court has acquitted director Roman Polanski of defaming a British actor who accused him of raping her when she was a teenager.
In 2019, he told Paris Match magazine that Charlotte Lewis had lied about being sexually assaulted by him four decades ago.
Ms Lewis, 56, brought the case against the 90-year-old filmmaker.
She told the court in March that she had become the victim of a "smear campaign" that "nearly destroyed" her.
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-69007473
