Roman Polanski's wife posted a picture of her husband and the girl he sexually assaulted in 1977 when she was just 13 years old on Instagram.
The Oscar-winning director was pictured with Samantha Geimer, 60, in what is thought to be their first meeting since the incident that occurred when the filmmaker was 43 years old.
French actress and wife to the star Emmanuelle Seigner shared the photo of the pair on Friday and captioned it: 'Thank you Samantha.'
The photocall came after Samantha agreed to speak with The Ghost Writer director's wife for an interview with Le Point magazine which became their cover story for the April 13 publication.
After accusations that he drugged and raped the then-minor, the filmmaker disappeared off the grid and retired from showbiz.
At the time, he pled guilty to unlawful sex with a minor and fled California for France before he was due to serve his prison time in California.
He attacked Samantha when she was 13 (Picture: instagram.com/samgeimer)
He was supposed to serve prison time in California (Picture: Bettmann Archive)
He has remained in Europe ever since and has been married to Emmanuelle for 34 years.
In the chat for the French magazine, Samantha revealed that she had forgiven him for his crime.
She said: 'Let's be very clear, what happened with Polanski was never a big problem for me.
'I didn't even know it was illegal, that someone could get arrested for it.
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