Samantha Geimer, raped by Roman Polanski in 1977 at age 13, is finally telling her full story in 'The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski'

A French publishing house brought into prominence on Monday, that the woman who was sexually onslaught by filmmaker Roman Polanski in 1977 when she was 13 is to publish her
reminiscences.

The Girl who lived a life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski by Samantha Geimer, at the moment 49, is due to come out in the United States on Sept 17 along with in France on Oct 3. A spokesman for French publishers Michel Lafon expressed AFP the book was not really an attack on Polanski, yet added that the French version would be entitled Moi, Samantha, 13 ans, violee par Roman Polanski. “Me, Samantha, 13-years-old, raped by Roman Polanski”. Interestingly, according to the publisher the book's cover will use a colour photograph of Ms Geimer taken by Polanski three weeks in precedence of the sexual onslaught.

(AW:Samrat Biswas)