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If you've been following any of the Roman Polanski libel trial, in which the fugitive director is suing Vanity Fair for writing that he tried to seduce a Swedish woman soon after his wife's tragic death, you may have read that Polanski's testimony is being beamed to London from France to avoid possible extradition to the United States, which he fled after being convicted of statutory rape in 1977. The transcripts from that trial have finally been released, and The Smoking Gun reminds us exactly why Polanski had to "relocate" to extradition-free France:

The key witness during that proceeding was Samantha Gailey, the 13-year-old California girl who Polanski plied with Champagne and a Quaalude in a Mulholland Canyon home owned by Jack Nicholson. According to her testimony, which you'll find below, Gailey testified that her abuse began after she posed naked in a Jacuzzi for Polanski, who said the images were for French Vogue. The girl left the Jacuzzi after a naked Polanski wrapped his hands around her waist. Gailey testified that when she retreated to a bedroom, Polanski sat down beside her and kissed her, despite demands that he "keep away." Polanski, she said, then performed a sex act on her and eventually "started to have intercourse with me."

Yup, it gets worse. You probably don't want to read the next line if you have delicate sensibilities. But it's got to be comforting for Polanski to know that even after all the nasty stories about champagne and 'lude parties with 13-year-olds in Nicholson's jacuzzi, pals like Mia Farrow are still willing to stick up for him in court.

Also: Indiewire's The Reeler blog tallies the score from the trial.