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Polanski arrest shocks his Swiss neighbours

Source: SwissInfo
Zurich : Switzerland | about 1 month ago  
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  • File photo of film Director Roman Polansk
    File photo of film Director Roman Polansk
    Source: Reuters
  • File photo of Polish film director Roman Polanski
    File photo of Polish film director Roman Polanski
    Source: Reuters
  • File photo of film Director Roman Polanski
    File photo of film Director Roman Polanski
    Source: Reuters
  • File photo of Polish film director Roman Polanski in Berlin
    File photo of Polish film director Roman Polanski in Berlin
    Source: Reuters
  • Polanski admitted the charge in 1977 but fled before sentencing
    Polanski admitted the charge in 1977 but fled before sentencing
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  • Herve Temime, lawyer of Polish-born film director Roman Polanski, is seen during a break of the trial, dubbed the "Clearstream Affair", at the courthouse in Paris
    Herve Temime, lawyer of Polish-born film director Roman Polanski, is ...
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  • File photo of director Roman Polanski in Oberhausen
    File photo of director Roman Polanski in Oberhausen
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  • TV screens show Roman Polanski in one of his films at the Corso cinema during the 5th Zurich Film Festival in Zurich
    TV screens show Roman Polanski in one of his films at the Corso cinema ...
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  • TV screens show "Roman Polanski receives the Golde Eye" at the corso cinema during the 5th Zurich Film Festival in Zurich
    TV screens show "Roman Polanski receives the Golde Eye" at the corso ...
    Source: Reuters
File photo of film Director Roman Polansk
Roman Polanski's arrest has shocked and disappointed many in Switzerland, particularly Gstaad, where the Oscar-winning director has holidayed for years. Well after he became a fugitive, the French-Polish filmmaker would come to the upmarket resort town to ski and live what locals...
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  • News Source: The Age | about 1 month ago
    How sickening is the chorus of sycophants and enablers defending Roman Polanski, the 76-year-old Polish director arrested at a Zurich film festival over a three decade-old statutory rape case. Polanski has been a fugitive from US justice since he...
  • News Source: CNN | about 1 month ago
    When filmmaker Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday in Switzerland, he was on his way to accept an award for Lifetime Achievement at the Zurich Film Festival. Polanski's friend, Swiss filmmaker Otto Weisser, was among the first to publicly run to...
  • News Source: The Guardian | about 1 month ago
    S The sister of Roman Polanski's murdered first wife says he won't get a fair trial in the "broken" US justice system While Roman Polanski sits in a Swiss jail awaiting extradition to the US, the sister of his late wife Sharon Tate today said the...
  • News Source: Hindustan times | about 1 month ago
    Splits emerged on Wednesday in Poland's establishment over the detention of Franco-Polish film director Roman Polanski in Switzerland, as a wave of outrage subsided over his arrest on a US warrant. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk distanced himself...
  • News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month ago
    Originally published Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 5:18 AM Eat well, spend less. Throughout October, enjoy an appetizer, entrée and dessert at some of the area's most esteemed eateries...Debra Tate, the sister of Roman Polanski's second wife,...
  • News Source: Times Online | about 1 month ago
    The 76-year-old is allowed to spent the money, worth £3, on phone calls from a fixed line. The internet and mobile telephones are banned but he has a cable television in his cell, according to the Polish consul, Marek Wieruszewski. He has been "...
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  • Blog Source: gawker.com
    It may be weeks before Roman Polanski's extradition request is heard in Swiss courts. Meanwhile, the world is gripped with confusion and outrage, a heady combination in what is shaping up as one of the great kerfuffles of our times. ... " Film-
  • Blog Source: despardes.com
    Polanski was arrested by Swiss police for possible extradition to US for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. ... Polanski, a French citizen, was flying in to receive an honorary award at the Zurich Film Festival when he was apprehended
  • Blog Source: www.sosojuicy.com
    It may be weeks before Roman Polanski's extradition request is heard in Swiss courts. Vote0. ... "Film-makers in France, in Europe, in the United States and around the world are dismayed by this decision," says the petition which, according to the
  • Blog Source: www.imnotobsessed.com
    A Celebrity Petition To Support Roman Polanski? Roman Polanski's wife has asked a host of film stars to join her fight to prevent the director being extradited to America. The 76-year-old Oscar-winner - who fled the US to France in ... However, the
  • Blog Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com
    Lawyers for Roman Polanski filed a motion in court Tuesday asking that the director be released from Swiss custody — the first step in his legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States for a 1977 statutory rape case. ... That statement
  • Blog Source: www.makatilocal.com
    Mr Polanski is currently in custody in a Zurich prison. The French-born Polish director was detained on Saturday as he arrived in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award. A petition has been signed by film-makers and actors ... he is protected
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