Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski (born 18 August 1933) is a Polish actor and director best known for the films "The Pianist" and "Chinatown," among others. He was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl named Samantha Geimer in... [more]
Roman Polanski (born 18 August 1933) is a Polish actor and director best known for the films "The Pianist" and "Chinatown," among others. He was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl named Samantha Geimer in 1977, but he fled to France before he was sentenced for the crime. In 2009 he was arrested again in Switzerland for the same crime.
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London, Nov 21 (ANI): Roman Polanski will fight his extradition to the US from Switzerland, according to his French lawyer. The 76-year-old Rosemary's Baby director was arrested by Swiss officials in Zurich on September 26 for having illegal sex with ...
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- Roman Polanski “will not accept extradition to the United States” (feedburner.com)
- Polanski will not agree to extradition: lawyer (reuters.com)
- Polanski offers 'significant' bail money (rss.canoe.ca)
LOS ANGELES -
Roman Polanski has learned of many press reports relating the pending
case in California and to the extradition proceedings in Switzerland
which contain statements by lawyers in France. These statements were not
authorized by Mr. Polanski. The French lawyers do not represe
From earthtimes.org
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- Polanski - Statement of Roman Polanski's California Counsel (ad-hoc-news.de)
- Lawyer: Roman Polanski's Family 'Very Upset Psychologically' (music.aol.com)
- Polanski's lawyer says jailed director's family bearing brunt of imprisonment (static.canadaeast.com)
This was originally posted at minervana . In the ensuing month nothing has really changed; Polanski is still in jail, and Geimer (the victim) is still in hiding. There are two competing narratives about Roman Polanski and his subsequent arrest....
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From feedburner.com
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PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday.
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From tiscali.co.uk
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Filmmaker Roman Polanski, as of this writing, remains in a Zurich jail cell, while his lawyers fight the efforts by US authorities to extradite him. Polanski pled guilty more than 30 years ago in Los Angeles to unlawful sex with a young teenage girl ...
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