Samantha Jane Geimer
Samantha Geimer is the author of “The Girl – A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski” and was the teenage girl at the center of the notorious Hollywood sex scandal involving Roman Polanski in 1977. Only weeks before her 14th birthday, a photo shoot with the famous director of “Chinatown” and “Rosemary’s Baby” would embroil her in the world wide media sensation that was the sex scandal of the decade. This was an experience that would forever alter the course of her life. Samantha speaks with uncommon frankness and even humor to empower victims, to end the cycle of victim blaming and to share with others who have been sexually assaulted her story so that we may all come together and have pride in being survivors. Her mission is to see survivors of sexual assault stand proudly and together, not just to support each other but in the hope that our experiences can educate and reduce the number of assaults that occur. https://www.facebook..com/SamanthaJaneGeimer
