Roman Polanski: French court acquits director of defamation

A Paris court has acquitted director Roman Polanski of defaming a British actor who accused him of raping her when she was a teenager. In 2019, he told Paris Match magazine that Charlotte Lewis had lied about being sexually assaulted by him four decades ago.Ms Lewis, 56, brought the case against the 90-year-old filmmaker.She told the court in March that she had become the victim of a "smear campaign" that "nearly…