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U.S. Formally Demands Roman Polanski Extradition
Originally posted 10/23/2009 09:00AM
U.S. Embassy officials in Bern, Switzerland, formally submitted an extradition request for Roman Polanski to the Swiss government on Thursday night, but a lawyer for the film director said his client will continue to resist deportation.
"Mr. Polanski has not changed his course. He will not accept the U.S. demand for extradition," Polanski attorney Herve Temime told the Agence France-Presse.
That comment comes just days after another Polanski lawyer hinted that the Hollywood director, 76, might stop fighting extradition and allow himself to be brought to California to "explain himself."
Polanski is wanted in the U.S. after skipping bail in 1978 for the 1977 rape of a then 13-year-old girl.
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Lawyer Hints Roman Polanski May Return to U.S. to Face Justice
Originally posted 10/21/2009 02:10PM
After weeks of trying to fight possible extradition to the U.S. to face decades-old rape charges, Swiss-held director Roman Polanski may allow himself to be brought to California to "explain himself," one of his senior lawyer said Wednesday.
"An extradition procedure could take months," attorney Georges Kiejman told Europe 1 in a radio interview. "It could lead towards extradition if the Swiss judiciary doesn't hold with the arguments put before it. If that procedure drags on forever, it's possible Roman Polanski will finally choose to go to explain himself in the United States ... where arguments in his favor exist."
If it comes to pass, it would be a significant change in tactics for Polanski, 76.
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Roman Polanski Hospitalized for Second Time
Originally posted 10/19/2009 08:30AM
Director Roman Polanski was transferred from prison to a Zurich hospital for medical examinations Friday. The hospitalization, which is expected to last several days, involves an undisclosed medical condition.
The famed filmmaker was arrested in September on decades-old rape charges from the U.S., and is awaiting a possible extradition to California.
It's the second hospitalization for Polanski, 76, who has actually been admitted on at least one previous occasion since his arrest in Zurich on Sept 26.
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Schwarzenneger: No Pardon for Polanski
Originally posted 10/02/2009 08:05AM
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger waded into the Roman Polanski case Thursday, saying that while he admires the Oscar-winning director's work, he would not treat his "situation any differently than everyone else."
During an interview on CNN's Situation Room, the actor-turned-politician excluded the possibility of an advance pardon should the film director, 76, return to the U.S. Polanski, who made Rosmeary's Baby, Chinatown and The Pianist, was arrested Sept. 26 at Zurich airport on a warrant related to a l977 child rape case and his subsequent flight from justice.
"It doesn't matter if you are a big-time movie actor or a big-time movie director or producer," Schwarzenegger said. "I think that he is a very respected person, and I am a big admirer of his work.
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INSIDE STORY: Roman Polanski Had No Idea He'd Be Caught
Originally posted 09/28/2009 10:15AM
For more than 30 years he has lived as a fugitive from American justice, but director Roman Polanski has finally fallen into a trap he has been careful to elude before.
On Saturday, the Oscar-winning filmmaker – who pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor in California in 1978, but fled the country before sentencing – was arrested on arrival in Switzerland, where he was to receive an award at the Zurich International Film Festival, and where he also has a vacation home.
Since leaving the U.S., Polanski, 76, a citizen of France, has successfully dodged attempts by U.S. authorities to have him arrested by foreign police and returned to California. France, where he lives with his family, is not bound by law to honor U.S. requests for his arrest and Switzerland, which does have an extradition treaty with the U.S., only acts upon specific request.
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Oscar-Winning Director Roman Polanski Arrested
Originally posted 09/27/2009 10:15AM
Director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in California, has been arrested in Switzerland.
In a statement, the Zurich Film Festival, where Polanski, 76, was due to receive a lifetime achievement award, said the Oscar-winning director was held on his arrival in Switzerland Saturday.
A U.S. warrant for his arrest was issued when Polanski left the country more than 30 years ago before his sentencing. Polanski, a French citizen, has never returned to the U.S. since then and has sought to have the case against him dismissed.
The Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police, which confirmed Polanski's arrest on an outstanding American warrant, added that a decision to extradite him to the U.S. is subject to judicial procedure.
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Roman Polanski Wins Magazine Libel Suit
Originally posted 07/22/2005 09:00AM
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has won his libel suit against Vanity Fair magazine over an article that accused him of propositioning a woman while on the way to the funeral of his murdered wife, Sharon Tate.
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Kidman, Polanski Rack Up BAFTA Wins
Originally posted 02/24/2003 01:00PM
Continuing on a roll that began last month with her Golden Globe win, Nicole Kidman was named best actress at Sunday's British Academy of Film and Television Awards in London for her portrayal of author Virginia Woolf in "The Hours."
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