Roman Polanski
The victim in Roman Polanski's 1977 sex case has asked an appellate court to drop the charge against the director, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Samantha Geimer, who was 13 at the time, said the renewed media attention on her since Polanski's arrest last month has disrupted her work and home life, and has caused "health-related issues," according to the Times. Her lawyer, Lawrence Silver, said in a filing that his client has fielded more than ...
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Roman Polanski
The United States has requested the extradition of Roman Polanski to authorities in California, Swiss authorities told The Associated Press.
Swiss tipped off U.S. to Roman Polanski's visit
Officials in Washington filed ...
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Roman Polanski
Swiss officials tipped off U.S. authorities to Roman Polanski's visit, leading to the fugitive director's arrest last month, the Associated Press reports.
According to documents obtained by the AP, the Swiss officials alerted the U.S. Office of International Affairs on ...
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Roman Polanski
A Swiss court has ordered Roman Polanski to remain in jail because the director poses a big flight risk, The Associated Press reports.
"The court considered the risk that Roman Polanski might flee if released from custody ...
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Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski reportedly has been taken from jail for medical attention for a second time since his arrest.
Lawyer: Polanski feels depressed in jail
"His general condition is no longer satisfactory," Polanski's lawyer, Herve Temime, said in a radio interview. "But the situation isn't easy for any prisoners, even less so for a man the age of Polanski. One has to be attentive."
What's known about Polanski's ailment is that ...
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Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski is finishing his new film, The Ghost, from his Swiss jail cell, according to screenwriter Robert Harris.
"He can make his wishes known from his cell. I don't think he can make phone calls, but he can communicate," Harris told The Times. "What people think of the film is another matter. Whether the film can rise above the circumstances in which the director ...
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Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski feels tired and depressed as he enters his third week in a Zurich prison, his lawyer says.
After visiting Polanski, attorney Herve Temime told two Swiss newspapers that the 76-year-old filmmaker appeared to be ...
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Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski's appeal for immediate release from prison was rejected Tuesday by the Swiss Justice Ministry, according to The Associated Press.
News: Roman Polanski arrested in Switzerland
"We continue to be of the opinion that there is a high risk of ...
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Roman Polanski
A former prosecutor said he lied to a film crew about advising a judge to send director Roman Polanski to prison more than 30 years ago.
David F. Wells is depicted conferring with now-deceased trial judge Laurence J. Rittenband about Polanski's case in the HBO documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. In the film, Wells said the judge took his advice to renege on a plea bargain and sentence Polanski to additional jail time.
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"I made that up to make the stuff look better," Wells told The Associated Press, adding that he overstated his role after he was told the film would air in France, not in the United States. "They interviewed me in the Malibu courthouse when I was still a DA, and I embellished a story. I'm a guy who cuts to the chase — I lied. It embarrasses the hell of me."
Wells, now retired for more than two years, didn't handle Polanski's case, but he was ...
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Woody Allen and Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen want Roman Polanski released from a Swiss Jail.
The two directors and more than 100 other filmmakers and actors have signed a petition voicing their objection to Polanski's arrest on 32-year-old charges of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, according to E! News.
News: Roman Polanski arrested in Switzerland
Zurich authorities took the 76-year-old Oscar-winning director of The Pianist into custody Saturday. Polanksi, who also directed Chinatown and Rosemary's Baby, fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to one count of unlawful sexual intercourse with the underage girl. The Swiss Justice Ministry...
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