The Oscar-winning director is threatening legal action against a French newspaper after a former actor claimed he violently raped her in the 1970s
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has threatened legal action over claims by a former actor that he raped her in the 1970s.
The 86-year-old film-maker denied the allegation, but pressure is mounting on Polanski, who fled to
France in 1978 after admitting to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles.