<p>Quentin Tarantino</a> recently came under fire for his friendship with disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein</a>, and for putting his lead actress Uma Thurman</a> in harm’s way on the set of Kill Bill</a>.</p><br /><p>But a resurfaced interview with The Howard Stern Show from 2003 is putting an even bigger—and harsher—spotlight on the director.</p><br /><p>During the interview, host Howard Stern</a> asked Quentin why Hollywood was still embracing director Roman Polanski, who won Best Director that year for the film The Pianist. Roman pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor, 13-year-old Samantha Gailey, in 1977, but fled to the U.S. when a judge threatened to put him in prison.</p><br /><p>Quentin immediately jumped to the director’s defense, claiming the victim was into it.</p><br /><p>When Howard’s co-host brought up the face that Roman was charged with giving drugs to the child, Quentin replied, “No, that was not the case at all. She wanted to have it.”</p><br /><p>“Wait a minute. If you have sex with a 13-year-old girl and you’re a grown man, you know that that’s wrong,” Howard interrupted.</p><br /><p>“Look, she was down with it,” Quentin replied.</p><br /><p>To listen to Quentin’s full comments on Roman Polanski, listen to the audio above.</p><br /><p>The post Quentin Tarantino Defends Roman Polanski’s Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl: ‘She Was Down With It’</a> appeared first on OK! Magazine</a>.</p><br />
