Trouble is far from over for filmmaker Roman Polanski who has been accused of sexual assault by actress Charlotte Lewis. While he is currently on trial for the same, the director will now face yet another sexual assault charge as another woman has come forward with her own set of sexual assault allegations – raping her when she was a minor in 1973.

Roman Polanski rape trial set for 2025: Another woman accuses director of raping her as a minor in 1970s

Roman Polanski, whose new film on the persecution of the French Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus is premiering at the Venice Film Festival, is still dogged by a rape case that continues to polarise opinion.

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The Oscar-winning director had sought assurances that he won't be jailed for raping a minor in 1977 if he returned to the US

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