Talk:Charlotte Lewis

Some statements don't compute
According to the Yahoo news source, that incident happened four years after the US one, "which would put the alleged assault date at 1982". But Yahoo News also put that other rape into 1977, and four year later is 1981! Lewis allegedly was born in 1967, so did this happen in 1981 at age 14, 1982 at age 15, 1983 at age 16, or are all these combinations wrong? And then, three or four years after that rape, she filmed "Pirates" with Polanski? So far, the story doesn't make much sense. Looks like the Media still has to get the dates, and the context, right.89.183.82.219 (talk) 22:26, 14 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Please see the note below regarding the interval between the later incident and filming on Pirates. As she was born in August 1967, Ms Lewis remained 14 years old until the beginning of August 1982. My guess is that Yahoo read her allegation that she was only 14, added that age to 1967 and got 1981 -- which would be "four years after" 1977. Sloppy journalism. Ghostwords (talk) 01:03, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

So much for the abuse.
He "abused" her? And she made movie with him 4 years later? How about Playboy centrefold. I mean she really "suffered" her whole life. 71.99.87.208 (talk) 18:24, 15 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Regarding the timing, Ms Lewis alleges the incident took place in 1982. Filming took two years, followed by post-production and its release in mid-1986; the event could have happened as little as six months prior to pre-production. Ghostwords (talk) 00:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)
 * The Playboy pictorial would have been her choice, and one made as an adult in 1993; this is somewhat different to a young teenager being sexually assaulted by someone in a position of trust. It is also the case that many victims of sexual abuse use such photographs as a way of reclaiming control over their sexuality in a safe environment. Ghostwords (talk) 00:48, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

I removed the following from the article because age-of-consent has no baring on the illegality of sexual assault: "(the age of consent in France is 15)" Please refrain from using dubious language that implies that rape isn't rape unless it's statutory rape. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.26.216.65 (talk) 13:09, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Lazy Journalists
I have seen the Wikipedia entry repeated virtually word for word in so many UK news sources today - even the BBC and The Times !! You lazy, lazy, LAZY (plagiarist) assholes !

What does this mean?
"She said that the had paid sexual services since the age of 14, and that she wanted to be the mistress of Roman Polanski at the time." (17:27, 14 July 2010) Maybe "the" should have been "she", but I still do not understand the sentence enough to fix it (and I do not understand the French sources). 92.224.14.49 (talk) 12:42, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Changed to "she had sold sexual services", I translated the original page Gavinturner (talk) 15:03, 15 July 2010 (UTC)


 * What is the source of these accusations? Ghostwords (talk) 00:51, 7 August 2010 (UTC)

A long interview in a French journal
Charlotte Lewis gave a long interview in Le Nouvel Observateur, stating that most of the "informations" in News of the World were wrong. I plan to complete these part like it was done on the French page. Danilodambre (talk) 00:06, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Outcome?
The lemma says that Lewis 'accused' Polanski in May 2010, which is over 10 years ago. I think the lemma should mention the outcome of that 'accusation'. I hope to find it somewhere, but chances are that it died down out of the media's lights. Besides, I will change the title of a section to 'Accusation' (singular) since only one accusation is mentioned.Mcouzijn (talk) 09:13, 2 July 2020 (UTC)