Attorney: Polanski’s victim affected by arrest

Attorney: Polanski’s victim affected by arrest

LOS ANGELES — Roman Polanski’s arrest has caused his victim health problems and job worries, and she just wants to be left alone, her attorney wrote in a court filing. Attorney Lawrence Silver urged a California appeals court to dismiss the criminal case against the “Chinatown” director.

The filing with the Second District Court of Appeal on Friday said Geimer and Silver have received nearly 500 media calls seeking comment since Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on Sept. 26. Geimer, who long ago identified herself publicly, and her family have to contend with such pressure whenever Polanski is in the news, the six-page filing said.

Geimer, who lives in Hawaii, is being stalked by journalists from international news outlets, the filing said. Geimer has frequently lobbied for an end to the case.

Madonna plants a tree at site of $15M school

LILONGWE, Malawi — Madonna marked the start of construction of her school for girls in Malawi on Monday by planting a tree at the planned site of the $15 million school. The 51-year-old celebrity arrived in the impoverished southern African country Sunday accompanied by her four children — daughters Lourdes and Mercy, and sons Rocco and David. Madonna adopted Mercy from Malawi earlier this year and adopted David from the country in 2008.

Ivanka Trump, fianc wed in ceremony in NJ

BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Ivanka Trump has wed the son of another major New York area real- estate family. The daughter of Donald and Ivana Trump married Jared Kushner at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., on Sunday. The Orthodox Rabbi Haskel Lookstein performed the ceremony. Trump, 27, is the co-host of “Celebrity Apprentice,” a vice president at her father’s real- estate company, and has a jewelry company. The 28-year-old Kushner is publisher of The New York Observer and an executive at the Kushner Companies, which owns and manages commercial real estate and apartments.

Jon Gosselin: I returned $180K to joint account

NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Reality TV dad Jon Gosselin says he’s returned $180,000 to a joint account he shares with his estranged wife, Kate, as the couple continues their bitter divorce battle. Gosselin criticized his wife for not showing up Monday for a court hearing in the Philadelphia suburb of Norristown. He also says she still has not explained how she spent $33,000 in joint funds.

Kate Gosselin’s lawyer says she supplied the information an arbitrator wanted and did not need to appear in court.

Today’s birthdays

Actress Nanette Fabray is 89. Actor-comedian John Cleese is 70. Country singer Lee Greenwood is 67. Bassist Garry Tallent of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is 60. Author Fran Lebowitz is 59. Singer Simon LeBon of Duran Duran is 51. Singer Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots, Velvet Revolver) is 42. Singer Kelly Osbourne is 25.