Audio: Quentin Tarantino Defends Roman Polanski Raping A 13-Year-Old Girl

Quentin Tarantino is gross. Fact. I have no idea why the #MeToo movement isn’t coming after him full force. He knew about Harvey Weinstein’s behavior but had the gall to release this bogus statement after the news broke.

“For the last week I’ve been stunned and heartbroken about the revelations that have come to light about my friend for 25 years Harvey Weinstein. I need a few more days to process my pain, emotions, anger and memory and then I will speak publicly about it,” Tarantino said in a statement.

No. He wasn’t stunned. He KNEW. That’s a complete lie. He later told the New York Times that he “knew enough to do more than I did.”

“There was more to it than just the normal rumors, the normal gossip,” he said. “It wasn’t secondhand. I knew he did a couple of these things.”

He essentially admitted that his first statement was bull.  He wasn’t really shocked or angry. He couldn’t have been, because he knew all along. You can read about that in greater detail here.

Believe it or not, it gets worse. Audio has resurfaced of Quentin Tarantino defending Roman Polanski raping a 13-year-old girl.

“He didn’t rape a 13-year-old,” Tarantino said in a 2003 interview with Howard Stern. “It was statutory rape…he had sex with a minor. That’s not rape. To me, when you use the word rape, you’re talking about violent, throwing them down—it’s like one of the most violent crimes in the world. You can’t throw the word rape around. It’s like throwing the word ‘racist’ around. It doesn’t apply to everything people use it for.”

Oh. And Tarantino said it’s also not rape because the 13-year-old girl was “down with this.”

Tarantino: No, that was not the case AT ALL. She wanted to have it and dated the guy and—

Quivers: She was 13!

Tarantino: And by the way, we’re talking about America’s morals, not talking about the morals in Europe and everything.

Stern: 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.

Quivers: …giving her booze and pills…

Tarantino: Look, she was down with this.

If it sounds like he’s defending a grown man having sex with a 13-year-old girl, it’s because he’s defending a grown man having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Age was a “technicality,” in Tarantino’s mind.

Here's audio of Quentin Tarantino defending Roman Polanski: 13-year-old girl "wanted to have it" https://t.co/4qkNpbnAVM

— Jezebel (@Jezebel) February 6, 2018

This is absolutely disgusting. It made me ill. I don't even have words to describe how awful this is. https://t.co/J7aAjJ6H2d

— Lisa Bee (@leebee4life) February 6, 2018

I had missed this Howard Stern interview with QT in which he defended Roman Polanski and said that Samantha Geimer "wanted it" when she was 13 and drugged. I MAY NEVER STOP SIGHING. https://t.co/NnP9xDxq2x (h/t @warrenleightTV)

— Kate Aurthur (@KateAurthur) February 6, 2018

Tarantino crossed the line. His defense of Polanski's sex with a 13 year old girl was indefensible. Zero tolerance for Polanski's actions & for Tarantino's words.

— Robert Gangi (@GangiFromProp) February 6, 2018

It's amazing how info keeps surfacing on men I've always had creeper vibes about. Makes you wonder, is #QuentinTarantino defending and rationalizing away the actions of his friend or his own predilections and actions?

— Britt (@BrittSkittles77) February 6, 2018

I had never heard this before, and it's really great what a hard time Howard and Robin gave Tarantino, and absolutely bonkers what he says about "13-year-old party girls" and that he believes Polanski's account and not the COURT TRANSCRIPTS.

— Kate Aurthur (@KateAurthur) February 6, 2018

When Howard Stern is the voice and reason and dignity… Tarantino insists what happened to Samantha Geimer happened because she wanted it. His evidence? “I know something about this…. I read Roman Polanski’s book.” https://t.co/WUy8dGFv2g

— Kelly Jane Torrance (@KJTorrance) February 6, 2018

In audio from 2003, Quentin Tarantino defends Roman Polanski: "I don't believe that's rape…Not at 13. Not for these 13-year-old party girls" https://t.co/WVic6g24DA

— Claire Phipps (@Claire_Phipps) February 6, 2018

Tarantino crossed the line. His defense of Polanski's sex with a 13 year old girl was indefensible. Zero tolerance for Polanski's actions & for Tarantino's words.

— Robert Gangi (@GangiFromProp) February 6, 2018

Bye, Quentin https://t.co/EhsX5LMEzw pic.twitter.com/rPGFABaV3d

— Lindsey Adler (@lindseyadler) February 6, 2018

Stick a fork in Tarantino. He’s done.