Director Roman Polanski has settled a lawsuit over an alleged rape of a minor in 1973, avoiding a trial in the United States that was scheduled for 2025.

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.

Roman Polanski has settled an underage rape case that was set to go to trial next year. The civil lawsuit was originally filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court in June 2023, but the plaintiff's attorney Gloria Allred confirmed to USA TODAY on Wednesday ...

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 civil lawsuit brought against Roman Polanski that alleged child rape will not go to trial next year. The parties have reached an unspecified settlement deal.

Geimer was 13 years old at the time Polanski, who was in his 40s, was arrested and charged with rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, providing controlled substances to a minor and lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under 14.

Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has reached a settlement in a civil case over a 1973 sexual assault allegation. The case, scheduled for trial in Los Angeles next August, has now been withdrawn.V

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

Roman Polanski won't be going on trial next year after all. The lawsuit, launched last year by a Jane Doe plaintiff who accused the filmmaker of raping her when she was underage, has been settled "to the parties’ mutual satisfaction,

A suit against Roman Polanski over the alleged rape of a minor in 1973 has been settled, both sides say. He fled the U.S. decades ago after admitting to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old.