Roman Polanski transcript with audio Polygraph Test LAPD
- Michael Channels
- Sep 25, 2021
- 22 min read
Polygraph and Interview Date: Late August or Early September 1969 (is stated August 16, 1969) Interviewer: Lt. Earl Deemer, LAPD Homicide Interviewee: Roman Polanski,, it is as close to accurate as possible. Due to Roman Polanski’s very thick accent and background sounds made by those in the room, there are numerous words and phrases that I marked inaudible.
Earl Deemer
Have a seat please. Have you ever taken one of these before?
Roman Polanski
No, never. What’s your name sir?
Earl Deemer
Deemer. D double E M E R.
Roman Polanski
okay
Earl Deemer
Do you have a cold?
Roman Polanski
On the plane from London something was wrong with the thermostat and they changed the temperature like every ten minutes and its just sinus’ you know, it ain’t no cold.
Earl Deemer
Your first name is Roman.
Roman Polanski
Right.
Earl Deemer
No?
Roman Polanski
Roman
Earl Deemer
Where are you living in LA if you don’t mind?
Roman Polanski
I’m staying at the Beverly Wilshire until I move. The mailing address is at Paramount Studio (rest is inaudible)
Earl Deemer
You’re back and forth is that right?
Roman Polanski
I just want to avoid the press.
Earl Deemer
Are they still bothering you?
Roman Polanski
Yeah. (Inaudible)
Earl Deemer
What’s your phone with Paramount?
Roman Polanski
Hollywood Studio 01 01 01
Earl Deemer
How old are you?
Roman Polanski
Old inaudible 36
Earl Deemer
Where did you go to school Roman? Mind if I call you Roman? My first name is Earl.
Roman Polanski
Sure. Earl I finished film school (inaudible)
Earl Deemer
Have you had any medical problems in the past, anything serious? Have you had any mental problems or psychiatric.
Roman Polanski
Never.
Earl Deemer
Have you taken any medications in the last day or so?
Roman Polanski
I took inaudible (translated he took ½ the recommended dosage) tranquilizers and Valium. Right after it happened I took, I’d say twenty pills. 3 or 4 very strong sleeping pills that really knocked me out.
Earl Deemer
When was the last time you had any medication or any pills?
Roman Polanski
Last time was this morning when I woke up around four or five o’clock, I took half a Valium. If it were a sleeping pill I wouldn’t be able to get up again. I just took half of this blue one, you know I don’t know how much. Yesterday I did the same thing because I woke up also about four Continues on about waking up in the night but its inaudible Are you back working on the movie now?
Earl Deemer Roman Polanski
Well, I’m trying to put myself together, I don’t know. It’s not easy. How long is this going to last?
Earl Deemer
If we get along alright probably about an hour or an hour and a half. Do you have an appointment?
Roman Polanski Earl Deemer
Yes. At one o’clock. That’s fine. I’m asking because I want to (inaudible) one or two times and I will tell you after okay? alright.
Roman Polanski
Is that okay with you?
Earl Deemer
Sure.
Roman Polanski
I just want to know how it works. I want details.
Roman Polanski
Inaudible (asking about how lie detector tests works)
Earl Deemer
No that’s no good.
Roman Polanski
I’ll lie a couple of times and I’ll tell you right after what I did.
Earl Deemer
Okay How about if I don’t tell you first. How about that?
Earl Deemer
Have you seen any of the people who use to visit you up there since you came back?
Roman Polanski
A few. You know I’m trying to sort of slowly contact...I don’t want them to know that I’m trying in anyway to help the police.
Earl Deemer
Hmm mm
Roman Polanski
(Inaubile) more sincerity from that crowd. Nobody knows I’m here today
Earl Deemer
No one knows you’re here?
Roman Polanski
No. Not even Bill Tennent (inaudible) Who knows what they seen but I didn’t tell anyone where I was going today inaudible my film you know what I mean inaudible.
Earl Deemer
Well you have to go on living.
Earl Deemer
Was Voytek actually associated with the army, Polish army do you know?
Roman Polanski
Not it all.
Earl Deemer
Well he told several people this and I was wondering if there was any truth to it as far as your knowledge.
Roman Polanski
As far as my knowledge? Not at all. He went to the university first studying chemistry if I’m not mistaking before we met each other, which is a long way back and in Poland when you study you don’t go into the army, you have one day military preparation and each year or every year or after two years you have a kind of a three months inaudible and you come out as an officer. I assume he did it. I went to film school but it was after I left Poland already. So he must have gone if he already was an officer than he didn’t have to go through this stuff. But I’ll tell you one thing this
guy Vitald...I didn’t know that he is sort of adopted son, or a cousin of a sister of a guy who’s name is Vitali Klitschko who is one of the most important personalities in the Polish government. Earl Deemer
Klitschko?
Roman Polanski
Klitschko. I just learned it when I was in New York on my way back to London. To my surprise I didn’t know about it. You know its like very high up next man to inaudible
Earl Deemer
Ah ha. High up in the government.
Roman Polanski
High up in the government and very much a inaudible one of these Sons of Bitches that started all this inaudible
Earl Deemer
Was Vitald in the service or the army?
Roman Polanski
I never met him before.
Earl Deemer
You never met him?
Roman Polanski
No I’d never met him. I didn’t know of him...only thing that was said, I don’t know if it was from here or from Paris (inaudible for the most part something about his artwork - pictures) I had never heard of the man until-
Earl Deemer
Have you seen any of his paintings?
Roman Polanski
Yes.
Earl Deemer
Does he have any talent?
Roman Polanski
I think he does. I think he does, yes. He does have talent. Nothing to challenge (?) But its not bad. He’s got talent. He’s rather fake you know? But he’s definitely a...I learned more things when I was in Europe. He’s a very heavy drinker.
Earl Deemer
Vitald?
Roman Polanski
Yes. At least he use to be, a real boozer you know? By the way when I asked him to make a painting of the guy, the king. He first got drunk he said first let me get drunk. He’s a liar, apparently he was a, you know a trouble maker. He’s the kind of guy that fights.
Earl Deemer
Yeah I saw he was pretty strong.
Roman Polanski
Yeah but I didn’t know that. You see, in London now, a friend from Paris came, a dear friend of mine. She’s a lady of about 45 of so, and she knew him during his (inaudible) period a little bit, She didn’t like him very much. She knew Voytek quite well, the third character they sort of hung together was (inaudible sounds like Maury Glasgow), a very talented polish writer, but also a drunkard and a fighter and he just died recently in Germany very strangely you know. Apparently an overdose of sleeping pills. He went to Germany from Hollywood to make...the German television was doing a play from his book. The first day he arrived he had dinner with the producer and then returned to the hotel and died. They broke into the room at noon or something like that. The very strange thing, my composer and a dear friend who made all the music in my films. I brought him to make the music for Rosemary’s Baby. His name was Komeda. He got drunk with this man, this fighter and fell on the street, HEAD (inaudible) drunk you know? I said, Jeez what happened and he said, oh my head you know I need a doctor. A month later he made another movie’s music for Paramount. Then two months later he started feeling very bad and we were going to go skiing in Europe and I was leaving with Sharon and with him and he said, “I can’t I have this flu and there was the epitome remember?
Earl Deemer
It was last year
Roman Polanski
Right I sent him to the doctor and I said I need you to come over and join us and a few days later I get a telephone call that he’s got a blood clot and he’s on the operating table and he never regained consciousness. Three months later he died.. That Maury Glasgow was the first for me and that was the beginning of this year. This was a tremendous shock to me because he was, a little of my success is due to his contributions etcetera. Coming back to this guy Klaskow who died mysteriously. I talked about all these things with this lady, this friend of mine and she told me
00:04:56.9 come back to this later Earl Deemer
Well was it common practice for, since you’re successful in your field and probably have more money than most of these people who come in as, oh I can’t call them refugees but at least immigrants or ah; well lets say the Polish come down from Canada, is it common practice for them to seek you out for assistance or something?
Roman Polanski
A lot of people are trying. You know I read and I heard that I was sort of a Polish (saint?) which is not true because I was resenting them for a couple of reasons inaudible president on their shoulders which brings me down. Second, inaudible years in Poland inaudible but Voytek Frykowski was an
old friend of mine. I resented very often he was sort of, ah how can I express it? He was too a loser, you know whatever he started he would fuck it up. Inaudible but when he was in Paris, when he defected he was always writing me letters, he really loved me you know because I got into this film school and things like that you know I was a model of what he’d like to achieve. When I was in Paris I gave him some money, but I tried to stay away from him and this Maury Klaskow you know because I didn’t like inaudible. Then in New York he really change very much, he thought he was going to do something and he was full of good spirit, I tossed him some money etcetera and he met Gibby Folger and I thought that was good for him you know a rich girl and I thought that was exactly what he needed. When he came here I was trying to help him to find a job. Recently since I was preparing this inaudible, I told him because I saw that he was a little uptight doing nothing next to this girl like a kid. I said, “Believe me, you will have job on my staff ”and a few letters I got in London from him were full of enthusiasm about this thing. He’s reading books about dolphins because that was the subject and he has ideas and he can’t wait and he was really loved me that guy, you know? Earl Deemer
You don’t think he resented your success or anything?
Roman Polanski
No. That’s absolutely. The insinuation of you know inaudible ah Canada? I know nobody from Canada except Eva. Eva who came from Canada. I knew her in Paris and I met her in Poland when she was a little girl 14 years old going around and we use to call her Lolita. She came over here from Canada and she had terrible trouble inaudible etcetera and she didn’t know where to stay so I told Sharon, here’s this girl you know. Sharon was such a lovely person you know she wouldn’t resent another girl staying in the house. She stayed maybe, I don’t know two or three weeks inaudible and then she was staying with Voytek. Once, shortly before I left I remember that she called me and she was crying and she said couldn’t stand it anymore that he put her down and he said, “You’re nothing, you’ll never do anything, you’re full of shit, you better do something...” She came to see me in my office and I said, “Listen, don’t worry.” I tried to send her to my lawyer maybe he’ll help her with her inaudible permit or work permit it was expiring. These were the only two Polish persons that I had any contact with. Others would call me like there was this inaudible guy inaudible a friend of mine, this composer her friend who’s name is Alberatosky (sounds like) who was a complete wreck, complete a human wreck. He went through some traumatic stages in Poland inaudible car crashes wife died, he’s around forty with glasses rather fat. “Oh I don’t know how I can help you out, maybe I know some people in pop music.” He’s a very good organ player, I introduced him to John Phillips. John Phillips listened to him once, auditioned him and said he would inaudible for some little things and then the guy was in terrible trouble told
inaudible he was working in packaging inaudible and then I said oh shit and I give him some money, then Comeda this friend of mine the composer inaudible but how long can we give him money and in total I gave him over a thousand dollars. Inaudible I never forget he came to the house and I gave him the money and Sharon came down the stairs and he kissed her on her hands and inaudible and then he left. I didn’t hear from that guy until about three weeks ago I got a letter from him from Las Vegas inaudible he says, “I’m sorry.” inaudible That’s all inaudible. Although many of them called me before I would always try to decline. I would read this script that they send me (sounds like) and oh this piece of shit just inaudible Polish! Sound Polish, not only Polish, American believe me. English and French everyday there’s a letter from somebody, “Mr. Polanski, I admire your films and I’m a young struggling director..” etcetera, etcetera. Shit. I was in the same position once, I went through terrible times before I inaudible. So I feel some how responsible and very often I help these people and maybe I shouldn’t and if I didn’t wouldn’t have all these marvelous fans around I have now to help me. Earl Deemer
When did you first meet Sebring, Roman?
Roman Polanski Earl Deemer
First time, you mean the first time? I was already with Sharon in London Was she working on a film there or was she just an acquaintance at that time?
Roman Polanski
Do you want me to tell you first how I met Sharon?
Earl Deemer
Go ahead.
Roman Polanski
The first time I met Sharon was four years ago at some kind of party inaudible terrible Hollywood producer with her and had a contract and for whom I was doing a film.
Earl Deemer
What was his name?
Roman Polanski
(sounds like) Gransaw (Martin Ransohoff?)...no he has nothing to do with this. Mexican, a creep. The guy made her do Beverly Hillbillies and all kinds of shit. Inaudible attitude etcetera and I inaudible a film that was a spoof on vampires, you know called Fearless Vampire Killers and when I met Sharon at the party, she was doing another film for him in London at the time, staying in London alone she was girls friend, I heard about her a couple of times vaguely, Ransohoff’s second manager said, “Wait until you see our leading lady Sharon Tate” once I met her I thought she was quite pretty but I wasn’t at that time very impressed, then I met her again, I took her out we talked a lot inaudible at that time I was really swinging, the thing I was interested in was to fuck a girl and move on. I went
through a very bad marriage before, not bad it was beautiful but my wife dumped me, you know left me I had a lot of girlfriends so she left me. So I was really feeling gray because I didn’t have success with women and I just liked fucking around I was a swinger ha? Earl Deemer
hmm mm
Roman Polanski
So I met her a couple of more times, I knew that she was with Jay and then inaudible for film and then I make test with her (long pause) so it was before I would have taken her out she sort of wanted to go out and didn’t want to go out, so I said “Listen, Fuck you”, and I hung up. So that’s the beginning of everything you know?
Earl Deemer
hmm mm you sweet talked her.
Roman Polanski
Right. She got intrigued by me and I really tried to long date before and I started thinking that the girl really don’t likes me and then I remember that I spent the night because I lost the key and I spent the night we were in the same bed and I knew there was no even questioning making love, that’s the kind of girl she was and long after we went out (long pause) after it was after the tests, she went out with me and I just said very plainly, “Do you want to stay with me or not?” and she stayed with me and that was the first time we made love after maybe two months or three months and then we went to the location and again on the location it was like two or three months later. She by that time came at me once or twice didn’t come after she made love. She was the type of woman if she did it, this was it After inaudible Jay, no. We were on location to film once again I asked her, “Would you like to make love with me?” Very sweetly she said, “Yes.” another words I didn’t know the first time that I was somehow attracted by her you know? And then we started sleeping regularly together and she was so sweet and so lovely that I didn’t believe it you know, because I had bad experience and people like that never existed and I was waiting for a long time for her to show the color right? Because she was so beautiful and I thought it was phony you know, and she wasn’t. She was just fantastic. She was a fucking angel, I’m telling you. She was a unique person that I’ll never meet again in my life. Inaudible and I was still living in a different house, I didn’t want her to come to my house unless she was serious and I won’t swallow you, I want to be with you etcetera and I said no inaudible she said, “I don’t want to change you.” and she was agreeing with everything just to be with me. One day Jay came to see his friends, they were already broke up, I mean she told him etcetera and we were sitting in a restaurant in London called Evira and Jay was sitting at a different table with common friends of mine and Sharon and they were good friends of his, Vivienne Ventura a young actress and her husband Fran Decker (sounds like) and so Sharon waved to them and he waved
etcetera. Then Fran came and said, “Jay would like to meet you.” and I said, “Of course.” I felt very you know uneasy. Then Jay came and sat at the table and shook my hand and kissed Sharon’s hand and he said, “I just wanted to meet you. Inaudible like you inaudible my fucking girlfriend.” Earl Deemer
Chuckles, and that was the first time you met him? Did she ever go back to him?
Roman Polanski
Let me tell you how it was this is like, “I dig you man.” It was not traumatic it was very relaxed type of thing, “I wonder how you are and I think I like you.” and asked if we were happy. That was the first meal with Jay. Afterwards inaudible and there was several occasions I wanted to avoid him it was sort of, inaudible, I felt guilty sort of. But when I came to Los Angeles and started living here maybe two years I saw him more and more often, he use to come to our parties etcetera and then I started liking the guy very, very much. He was a very sweet person, you know although I know all his hang ups you know he liked to you know whip girls. Sharon told me about it, that he tied her once to the bed and asked her inaudible she was talking about it making fun of him that he was rather disarming in the way that he was doing it. He was more and more often a guest of ours. He was just hanging around, hanging around and sometimes Sharon would resent his staying too long, he was always the last to leave, you know? I’m sure that at the beginning of this relationship there was still love from Sharon etcetera but I think that gradually it disappear, you know I’m quite sure of it. And you know in my mind when I learned of this, the tragedy and inaudible maybe Sharon’s being pregnant brought back in his mind inaudible but I’m quite positive there was nothing from his part, not from Sharon’s but Sharon was in love with me as much as a human being can be you know.
Earl Deemer
So there was no indication on your part that Sharon went back to Sebring at any time, after you were together. No chance?
Roman Polanski
Not a chance. Sometimes I’m thinking you know I’d be suspicious although I’d inaudible I’m the bad one, I always screw around. That was Sharon’s big hang up and to end the discussion I’d say, “You told me that you didn’t want to change me.” (Sounds like a baby crying nearby 00:04:07.1 tape4)Sharon was absolutely not interested in Jay.
Earl Deemer
Was she interested in any other men?
Roman Polanski
No. There is not a chance for any ma getting close to Sharon.
Earl Deemer
hmm mm clears throat. Lots of background sound like shuffling or moving items such as paper
Roman Polanski
What is it?
Earl Deemer
That was taken just before.
Roman Polanski
By Voytek probably.
Earl Deemer
Yeah.
Roman Polanski
This is Sharon’s pregnant here. You can see it in her face.
Earl Deemer
hmm mm yeah they were just before.
Roman Polanski
I wish he or you (?)would cover inaudible (cross talk)
Earl Deemer
Well what I’m getting at is he spent an awful lot of time up there.
Roman Polanski
Hanging around huh?
Earl Deemer
Yeah.
Roman Polanski
long pause and sounds like “2 weeks” more pause. You know she told me about this that she bought these two inaudible she could no longer put it on her stomach. I was on the phone with her like every two days and the only thing was, “When are you coming, when are you coming, when are you coming” you know. Yeah see we had a dog like that.
Earl Deemer
That’s not the dog that Voytek ran over.
Roman Polanski
No that’s the dog that I bought to replace it. No a friend of mine named Vitald said, “Buy another dog. First BUY ANOTHER DOG.” So I said, “Sharon you wanted to mate her so lets buy another Yorkie and mate them.” So we bought another Yorkie in London, and then I told her that Voytek told me that the other dog ran away. Slowly she became accustomed that the other dog is gone, you understand?
Earl Deemer
mmm so this was the replacement dog, how long ago was that when Voytek hit the dog, do you know?
Roman Polanski
Yeah I can tell you, uh this dog let me see , I would say five weeks before Sharon left England. Because we had the other dog for about five weeks which means it happened months ago, THREE months ago.
Earl Deemer
Oh I see, neither one of you were there at the time?
Roman Polanski
No. He wrote me a traumatic letter. It was after Camella (sic) death you
know the composer’s death it was second really inaudible me because I loved the dog and this dog meant two years of our marriage, it was almost like a baby. I get this letter and he says, “A terrible thing happened today, I killed Saperstein today” Earl Deemer
Saperstein?
Roman Polanski
After one a film, United, one of my characters in inaudible..(goes on to recite letter) Uh I heard a squeak under the wheels and he ran into the bushes, I ran after found him and took him to the vet but it was too late. In some way I was dreaming of reversing roles. Only thing I got from you was goodness and health and what I did was....
Earl Deemer
Kill your dog.
Roman Polanski
Kill..and it was really very dramatic letter and I didn’t answer it or telephone back, I didn’t know what to do I was mixed feeling of telling him to get the Hell out of the house or something. I didn’t know what to tell Sharon, it took me days you know, and then I called this friend (Victor or Vitald ?) said, “BUY ANOTHER DOG.”
Earl Deemer
Laughing at Roman’s imitation voice.
Roman Polanski
He said, “When I was a kid this happened to me that’s what my parents did the first time was buy another dog.” I told Sharon - no I can’t remember the sequence now but I bought another dog anyway.”
Third person:
Excuse me.
Earl Deemer
(background sound like someone is stamping papers with an ink stamp) Okay, I know you have to get on your way. Might as well start, I’ll tell you how this works Roman. #1 I put this around your chest and that measures your breathing that the (sounds like) noon graph, this goes on your arm fades off
Earl Deemer
Okay as to these pictures that I show you just answer yes or no if you have seen the individual and granted if you say yes, I’ll ask you about it after the pressure is off your arm.
Roman Polanski
What if I am not certain?
Earl Deemer
Oh that’s okay if your not certain, we’ll kick t around after I get the pressure off your arm. When you look it might be like someone like you may have seen.
Roman Polanski
But what do I say yes or no?
Earl Deemer
Well as far as I’m concerned you can just say yeah or you can say maybe that’s alright. Ok I’m going to put some pressure on your arm. (Pause) Have you ever seen this person before?
Roman Polanski
Closer please. No.
Earl Deemer
Okay I’ll tell you what I’m going to do here Roman. I’m going to release this and I want you to look at these before hand. Maybe that will give you a little chance to look at these close up so that you can
Roman Polanski
We can go as we were
Earl Deemer
Oh that’s okay I’ll readjust it again. This will give you a chance to look a little closer.
Roman Polanski
Yes that’s Billy Doyle.
Earl Deemer
Okay.
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Probably never saw him in that shape, did you ever see him?
Roman Polanski
I don’t think I ever seen him.
Earl Deemer
You do not recall seeing him up there?
Roman Polanski
Let me see. No. I know who it is, I take it back, I know who it is.
Earl Deemer
You know who it is but you ah
Roman Polanski
Yeah. That’s the guy that ah Vitald was trying to paint.
Earl Deemer
He tried to paint him.
Roman Polanski
Well yeah he painted him when he was at inaudible he was looking for him in my picture. I think so. That’s the guy who came himself. Let me see again. Inaudible I don’t understand that. (Long pause)
Earl Deemer
Could that be at your house on Cielo, the background?
Roman Polanski
Inaudible, this table, it looks sort of, you see? I meet so many people and I reject faces that don’t interest me but I don’t think that’s my inaudible, let
me see again. No it isn’t. Earl Deemer
It looks a little inaudible
Roman Polanski
I don’t know the interior either.
Earl Deemer
You don’t spot the interior huh?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Were you ever been in Sebring’s house?
Roman Polanski
Yeah. Many times.
Earl Deemer
Would that be Sebring’s house?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Okay, I’m going to do it again. This time you’ve seen the pictures so you can answer accordingly. There was no mistress there?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Have you ever seen this person?
Roman Polanski
No
Earl Deemer
This person
Roman Polanski
No
Roman Polanski
No
Roman Polanski
No.
Roman Polanski
No.
Roman Polanski
The trouble is all these faces look familiar, you know what I mean? It’s like I seen them at a party or something but or somewhere but its not somebody that I remember. The saw this one before I remember meeting him because I threw him out of the party. He crashed into a party that we gave and he just came in with the trouble and I just said, “Who is that little jerk?” and they said, “Billy Billy” and I said, “Get him out of the house.” They got him out of the house and he came back again apparently he has
car problems and I said I want him out, and they said that he’s crazy that he had been in a car accident and something was wrong with his brains. So I remember. You know. He stand to my shoulder to me. Earl Deemer
Could be somebody.
Roman Polanski
No, no. I didn’t lie so far.
Earl Deemer
That’s what I was going to say, I thought you were going to lie to me. (Woman laughing in background ? 00:07:44.3 tape 5 Okay take a look at these now Roman. See if any of these match anywhere about your house? Or on anybody, with anybody that hangs around or had been around your place?
Roman Polanski
No. Actually inaudible smaller like this, several times.
Earl Deemer
That’s a inaudible
Roman Polanski
No I definitely didn’t see that.
Earl Deemer
Do your acquaintances carry that inaudible
Roman Polanski
I haven’t seen any of them carrying inaudible
Earl Deemer
Alright I’ll show you these one at a time. Don’t hold your breath just breath normally.
Roman Polanski
I love it when you tell someone to breath normal.
Earl Deemer
What is normal? Did you ever see anyone at the Cielo address with a knife such as this?
Roman Polanski Earl Deemer
No. Did you ever see anyone with a knife such as this?
Roman Polanski
No
Earl Deemer
Did you ever see anyone with a knife such as this?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
This knife?
Roman Polanski:
No, repeats no again and again as Deemer shows him more knife photos or actual knives. Can I say something?
Earl Deemer
Wait till inaudible
Roman Polanski
Continues answering no four more times. Lots of background sound, since you spoke to me about inaudible I don’t know only two knives that looked more familiar than the others, this one, I might have seen someone maybe I saw somebody working there and no I never saw that one. There are only two kinds of knives I saw in my life you know? I didn’t see this one Yeah I noticed your breathing was going to hell in there, its really different there then your breathing here.
Roman Polanski
Yeah because I became inaudible cross talk
Earl Deemer
And all of the sudden you became conscious of it.
Roman Polanski
Yeah.
Earl Deemer
Okay, I’m going to ask you some regular questions. Just answer yes or no. And again if there is a particular question that you can’t answer yes or no, wait until the pressure is off and we’ll talk about it. Just don’t answer it. Are you ready? Do you have a valid California Driver License?
Roman Polanski
Yes.
Earl Deemer
Have you eaten lunch today?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Do you know who took the life of Voytek and the others?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Do you smoke cigarettes?
Roman Polanski
Yes. Bursts out laughing.
Earl Deemer
You know what I got to do if you keep screwing around, I’m going to have to start over again.
Roman Polanski
Sorry. I hesitated about the drivers license because I just took, my license expired and I have a temporary driver license Let me show you what happens when you start to, look at the increase in your blood pressure when you start to lie about your cigarettes.
Earl Deemer
Roman Polanski
Inaudible
Earl Deemer
Yeah. Boom, boom, boom. See this is your blood pressure, its going up just like a staircase. I tell you if you ever do something, don’t take this thing You’re a good reactor.
Roman Polanski
I just wanted to know if it really worked.
Earl Deemer
Okay lets start over again
Roman Polanski
I’m sorry, I’ll finish and I won’t lie to you. Okay?
Earl Deemer
Alright.
Roman Polanski
Okay
Earl Deemer
Yeah because I know you have an appointment and I don’t want to keep you too long.
Roman Polanski
This is more important than an appointment.
Earl Deemer
Do you drink milk?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Did you have lunch today?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Do you know who took the life of Voytek and the others?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Are you now in Los Angeles?
Roman Polanski
Yes.
Earl Deemer
Did you have anything to do with taking the life of Voytek and the others?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Is it the month of September?
Roman Polanski
Yes.
Earl Deemer
Do you feel any responsibility for the death of Voytek and the others?
Roman Polanski
Yes.
Earl Deemer
Are you familiar with the drug Fairy Dust? Fairy Dust? You ever heard of it?
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
Have you dated any airline studios since Sharon’s death?
Roman Polanski
Yes. Not dated, I seen a couple of them.
Earl Deemer
Took her out to lunch or something like that?
Roman Polanski . Earl Deemer
I fucked her
Roman Polanski
No.
Earl Deemer
You’ve never heard the term?
Roman Polanski
No. First time. You asked me...
Earl Deemer
Responsibility, yes?
Roman Polanski
Yes. I feel responsible.
Earl Deemer
The fact that uh what?
Roman Polanski
I wasn’t here. That’s all. Inaudible
Earl Deemer
From your running this thing through your mind as I know it must repeatedly, what have you come up with as the target? I don’t think it ever crossed your mind that Sharon might be the target. Inaudible out for her. Is there anyone else, anyone up there that you can think of that would be a target for this type of activity, for this killing? Another words what I’m saying is...
Roman Polanski
I’ve thought about everything, I think the target might be myself.
Earl Deemer
Why would someone want to...
Roman Polanski
I mean just some kind of, it could be either some kind of jealousy or plot
Laughs, okay. I don’t think we’ll put that in there though. I think we’ll still say date how’s that? They might play this back for school children one of these days. You’ve never heard of Fairy Dust huh?
or something. Target could be, it couldn’t be Sharon directly. If Sharon was the target it means that I was the target (just contradicted what he just said here). It could be Jay was the target. It could be Voytek. It could be sheer inaudible somebody who just decides to inaudible. Earl Deemer
What would Sebring be doing for instance that would make him a target? Just from what you have heard.
Roman Polanski
Oh from what I’ve heard. (Very hesitant) Some money thing, I don’t know, I heard a lot about this drug thing and drug delivery (very low tone) its difficult for me to say. He must have been in trouble or some peculiar business. A very peculiar thing yesterday, I went to see my dentist who is a very expensive dentist and he was also Jay’s dentist for years and he told me that Jay owed him $5400.00 dollars ($5,400.00 in 2014 would be $35,004.36 http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm) He showed me the sheet balance, and there was some up to 65, 66 something like that. He received a note, “Thank you for your patience,” something like that and “I informed your secretary I will be paying you regularly.” Then he would received like a $100.00 every month of something like that and it lasted two years. That’s quite amazing to me considering he was known as a rather prosperous man you know.
Earl Deemer
mm hmm
Roman Polanski
Yesterday it happened in the afternoon. I didn’t think to mention it.
Earl Deemer
Well there seems to be some indication Roman that he ah
Roman Polanski
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