Film director Polanski wins libel trial over liar jibe
French-Polish filmmaker Roman Polanski has won a defamation trial having accused a British actress of lying after she alleged he had raped her. On Tuesday, a Paris court acquitted the 90-year-old of the libel charges brought against him by Charlotte Lewis, who had accused Polanski of sexually abusing her in the 1980s when she was 16. The Oscar winner was not present when the judgement was handed down. Polanski had dismissed her allegations in an interview with the weekly magazine Paris Match. "The basic quality of a good liar is an excellent memory," he was quoted as saying in the interview pu...