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Geimer testified that Polanski provided champagne that they shared as well as part of a [[Methaqualone|quaalude]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskia18.html|title=Grand Jury Testimony as reported by "The Smoking Gun" web site&nbsp;— Page 18|publisher=Thesmokinggun.com|accessdate=7 August 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> and despite her protests, he performed [[oral sex|oral]], [[vaginal intercourse|vaginal]], and [[anal intercourse|anal]] sex acts upon her,<ref name="GJTpp18-32">{{cite web|date=4 April 1977|title=Reporter's Transcript of Grand Jury Proceedings|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskicover1.html|accessdate=16 October 2009| pages=18, 28, 30, 32}}</ref><ref name="31 Years">{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=25 September 2009|title=Polanski nabbed, 31 years late|work=New York Post|location=New York|url=http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/roman_polanski_nabbed_in_sex_case_S8K6pBdkjx5UKtdSctAOmL|accessdate=16 October 2009}}</ref> each time after being told 'no' and being asked to stop.<ref name="Harding Reminder">{{cite news|last=Harding|first=Kate|date=28 September 2009|title=Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child|work=[[Salon.com]]|url=http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/feature/2009/09/28/polanski_arrest|accessdate=16 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskib10.html|title=Grand Jury Testimony as reported by "The Smoking Gun" web site&nbsp;— Page 28|publisher=Thesmokinggun.com|accessdate=7 August 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskib12.html|title=Grand Jury Testimony as reported by "The Smoking Gun" web site&nbsp;— Page 30|publisher=Thesmokinggun.com|accessdate=7 August 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskib14.html|title=Grand Jury Testimony as reported by "The Smoking Gun" web site&nbsp;— Page 32|publisher=Thesmokinggun.com|accessdate=7 August 2009}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
 
Although Geimer has insisted that the sex was non-consensual, Polanski has disputed this.<ref name=autogenerated3>{{cite news|last=Romney|first=Jonathan|date=5 October 2008|title=Roman Polanski: The truth about his notorious sex crime|work=The Independent |location=London |url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/roman-polanski-the-truth-about-his-notorious-sex-crime-949106.html|accessdate=10 October 2009 }}</ref><ref name="Thorpe2008-12-07">{{cite news|last=Thorpe|first=Vanessa|date=7 December 2008|title=Waiting to come in from the cold|work=The Observer |location=London |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/dec/07/roman-polanski-exile-profile-film|accessdate=10 October 2009 }}</ref> [[Ages of consent in North America#California|Under California law]], a person under 18 cannot legally consent to sexual intercourse with anyone who is not their spouse (see [[Ages of consent in North America#California|age of consent in California]]). At the time the law only restricted the ability of females to consent.<ref>{{cite book
|title=Deering's California Penal Code – 1980 Edition
|publisher=Bancroft-Whitney Company