He escaped Krakow Ghetto, His wife and unborn child were brutally murdered by the "Manson family" That is some tough shit to take for anyone.
"Earlier this year, Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza in Los Angeles dismissed Polanski's bid to throw out the case because the director failed to appear in court, but said there was "substantial misconduct" in the handling of the original case. "
So what? No matter what happened in his life, it doesnt give him the right to drug and rape a 13 year old. Plenty of people have had fucked up things happen to them but they didn't go out rape anyone.