News Source: Chicago Tribune
| 2 months ago
Polanski is wanted in the United States after pleading guilty in 1977 to having sex with the 13-year-old Samantha Geimer, in the home of actor Jack Nicholson. Under his plea agreement, Polanski would have been sentenced to the 42 days he had already...
News Source: Miami Herald
| 2 months ago
Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard said it successfully test-fired short-range missiles Sunday in drills meant to show Tehran is prepared to crush any military threat from another country. The display of force comes days after the U.S. and its...
News Source: CNSNews.com
| 2 months ago
The international tug-of-war over Roman Polanski escalated Monday as France and Poland urged Switzerland to free the 76-year-old director on bail and pressed U.S. officials all the way up to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on the case. Polanski...
News Source: Sify News
| 2 months ago
The Swiss Justice Ministry says Roman Polanski could be released on bail under very strict conditions that he doesn't flee Switzerland. Spokesman Guido Balmer says such an arrangement is "not entirely excluded" under Swiss law and that Polanski can...
News Source: Canada.com
| 2 months ago
Film director Roman Polanski, arrested in Switzerland over a U.S. charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, will fight extradition to the United States, his lawyer was quoted as saying on Monday. Polanski, who fled the United States in...
News Source: Chicago-Sun Times
| 2 months ago
Chicago is not the only place where political clout, influential friends and high-priced lawyers can pay big dividends. According to several well-placed Hollywood insiders, that likely will be the case in Switzerland and France as both countries deal...