Roman Polanski has managed to escape charges of child sex because he is white, according to a television personality.

Star Jones, an African American guest on The Insider’s Monday night program, said in a statement released by CBS: “I have no sympathy for him. He’s in jail. Three hots and a cot, that’s what you’re supposed to get. Something tells me Spike Lee would not have been allowed to chill in France for the last three decades had he admitted to having sex with a 13-year-old.”

Jones is a former co-host on the women’s daytime show The View with Barbara Walters, and a legal expert.

“Roman Polanski is very much loved by the Hollywood industry and they are out there putting petitions together – because he is white and he is rich, he was privileged,” she said.

“Polanski has received a statement of support from Hollywood heavyweights such as Harvey Weinstein, Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese.”

Polanski is under arrest in Switzerland on a 1978 US warrant for charges of unlawful sex with a minor, with authorities in Los Angeles expected to pursue his extradition.

Source: Splash News