Samantha Geimer walks to the podium to address the court in Los Angeles, California on June 9, 2017. Geimer, raped by filmmaker Roman Polanski as a teenager four decades ago, pleaded with Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon Friday to end the case so she could move on with her life. "I would implore you to do this for me, out of mercy for myself," Geimer, who was 13 at the time of the assault in 1977. said. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Paul BUCK