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Court to rule if Polanski can fight case from afar

Court to rule if Polanski can fight case from afar

Roman Polanski seemed to have little to lose last summer when his lawyers pressed to dismiss the child rape case in California that has haunted him since he fled to France three decades ago.

 

Director Roman Polanski arrested in '70s sex case

Director Roman Polanski arrested in '70s sex case

Filmmaker Roman Polanski has been arrested on an arrest warrant stemming from a decades-old sex charge, Swiss police said today. The Academy Award-winning director pleaded guilty in 1977 to a single count of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, acknowledging he had sex with a 13-year-old girl, but fled the United States before he could be sentenced.

 

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