Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A French court has dismissed charges against French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski that he defamed UK actor Charlotte Lewis after ...

Charlotte Lewis, who says the director raped her in the 1980s, brought the lawsuit against him over an interview in which he called the accusations an “odious lie.” By Aurelien Breeden Reporting from ...

Roman Polanski will be tried in Paris today over allegations that he defamed British actor Charlotte Lewis. Lewis brought the claim against the 90-year-old filmmaker, claiming he defamed her by ...

Roman Polanksi didn’t defame a British actress he said was lying when she accused him of sexually abusing her as a teenager, a French court ruled Tuesday. Charlotte Lewis, 56, has alleged the ...

The case stems from a 2019 interview with Paris Match magazine, where Polanski allegedly called Charlotte Lewis a liar following her accusations. By The Associated Press A French court acquitted ...

Roman Polanski was cleared of defamation charges in France in a case tied to a rape allegation brought by the British actress Charlotte Lewis. It was these comments that prompted Lewis to file her ...

PARIS — A French court acquitted filmmaker Roman Polanski on Tuesday of defaming a British actor whom he accused of lying after she alleged that he sexually assaulted her as a teenager. The case stems ...

A French court has dismissed charges against French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski that he defamed UK actor Charlotte Lewis after she accused him of sexually assaulting her as a teenager. Lewis told ...