Film director Roman Polanski has reached a settlement agreement in a lawsuit related to the alleged sexual assault of a minor

The lawsuit, filed in June 2023, alleged that Polanski raped the Jane Doe in 1973 when she was underage at his Benedict Canyon home. According to the suit, the plaintiff met Polanski at a party months earlier and he had invited her to dinner, gave her shots of tequila and drove her to his house, where she passed out on his bed.

Director Roman Polanski will not face trial in Los Angeles for his alleged rape of a minor in 1973. The news comes from French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) (via The Hollywood Reporter), which quotes Polanski’s lawyer,

The suit accused Mr. Polanski of giving a minor alcohol before sexually assaulting her. A lawyer for the director said on Wednesday that the case was settled over the summer but gave no details.

Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski will no longer go on trial in Los Angeles for an alleged 1973 rape of an underage girl. Polanski’s attorney says the matter was “settled in the summer” and has since been “formally dismissed.

Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has settled a 1973 underage rape case that was set to go to trial next year.

Director Roman Polanski will no longer face a Los Angeles trial over allegedly raping a minor, which was due to start next year.

Roman Polanski has reached a settlement agreement over the alleged sexual assault of a minor in 1973, according to multiple reports.

It had been set to go to trial next August. But now an unspecified settlement agreement has been reached between the two sides, attorneys in the suit confirmed.

Roman Polanski, who was accused of "childhood sexual assault" in 1973 by victim Jane Doe, settled a lawsuit earlier this summer, according to his legal team.