A California appeals court has ordered that sealed testimony from Roman Polanski’s 1970s child rape case be opened, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón announced Wednesday.
The court order will unseal the transcripts of secret testimony given by Roger Gunson, a former Deputy District Attorney who led the prosecution of Polanski after he admitted to drugging and raping a 13 year old girl in 1977.
Despite the vile nature of his crime, Polanski worked out a plea deal that would have seen him plead guilty to unlawful sex with a minor and received a mandatory psychiatric evaluation, followed by probation.