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French support softens for Polanski, Hollywood divided

Source: Reuters

Zurich : Switzerland | 2 months ago

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Film director Roman Polanski, arrested earlier this week in Switzerland, saw support weaken on Wednesday for his effort to evade sentencing in the United States in the rape of a 13-year-old girl three decades ago. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told reporters...

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The arrest warrant used to detain filmmaker Roman Polanski in Switzerland was valid, the Swiss Justice Ministry said Tuesday, making clear it will fight the director's appeal against his detention over a 1977 sex case. Director Roman Polanski fled the U.S. more than 30 years ago and was detained in Switzerland in September. ...

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Roman Polanski to be bailed out of jail soon

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Roman Polanksi was able to post bail valued at $4.5 million dollar to stay in house arrest at his house in Switzerland. He will have an electronic brace on him so can be under house arrest until a judge decides whether to send him back to the United States for completion of his sentence of a rape with an underage girl in 1977. Roman ...

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Editorial: The Polanski Case

News Source: International Herald Tribune | 2 months ago

September 30, 2009 Roman Polanski was arrested on Saturday at the Zurich airport on an American-issued warrant. But to hear the protests from the French, the Poles and other Europeans, you might have thought the filmmaker was seized by some...
Letters to the Editor: Roman Polanski

News Source: International Herald Tribune | 2 months ago

Published: October 1, 2009 I was taken aback by the editorial “Debating the arrest of Roman Polanski” (Oct. 1.), which stated: “In Europe, the prevailing mood — at least among those with access to the news media — seemed to be that Mr.
Whoopi defends Roman Polanski

News Source: The Courier-Mail | 2 months ago

Goldberg has defended disgraced film director Roman Polanski who was recently arrested over his statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl 30 years ago. The View host, who claims that Polanski's offence "wasn't rape rape", said on the talkshow: "All I'm...
Roman Polanski Has a Lot of Friends

News Source: The Nation | 2 months ago

If a rapist escapes justice for long enough, should the world hand him a get out of jail free card? If you're Roman Polanski, world-famous director, a lot of famous and gifted people think the answer is yes. Polanski, who drugged and anally raped a...
Washington Post: French minister doubts U.S. fairness to Roman Polanski

News Source: Androscoggin News | 2 months ago

France's Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand questioned on Thursday whether film director Roman Polanski would get a fair hearing from the U.S. justice system, which is seeking his extradition on a 32-year-old sex case. The "Chinatown" director, 76,...
French government more cautious on Polanski

News Source: Gulf News | 2 months ago

Several French Cabinet ministers had rushed to Polanski's defense soon after he was arrested over the weekend in Switzerland on a U.S. warrant for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner initially called Polanski'...