The board of the ARP, France’s society of directors, writers and producers, has voted in favour of new rules that will see any of its members who are investigated by police for crimes relating to s…
, who was recently accused of rape by a French photographer. He denies the allegation.
While that initial correspondence from ARP did not reference Polanski by name, the latest statement, published on its website, does directly name-check the director and notes his long-standing charge in the U.S. of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. The policy will now be put to ARP members, which number some 200 filmmakers in the country, before potentially being ratified at the organization’s next general assembly.
If the suspended member is cleared of the crime they have been accused of, their membership would be reinstated, the statement adds.
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