Polanski sues publishers over sexual advances claim

Roman Polanski’s libel action over an allegation that he propositioned a woman in the wake of his film star wife’s horrific murder begins at London’s High Court today.

The 71-year-old Polish film director is suing Conde Naste, publishers of Vanity Fair, over a July 2002 article alleging that 35 years ago he made sexual advances to a “Swedish beauty” in Elaine’s restaurant, in New York, just after actress Sharon Tate had been killed by Charles Manson’s “Family”.