A new development has been made in the long running Roman Polanski legal case. The Oscar winning director has been awaiting trail for his 1970′s sex offense charge, and finally a court date has been set. According to The Independent it will take place in California, which will be the director’s first time in the States in decades.
Roman Polanski has been sitting in a Swiss jail for the past couple of months thanks to his historical arrest back in September. According to Reuters, the Academy Award winning director has made bail after an initial rejection from the Swiss court, but his freedom will come with a hefty price.
The Swiss don’t trust Roman Polanski… not one bit!
According to the Associate Press, Swiss authorities rejected a new higher offer of bail from director Roman Polanski because they think he’ll flee the country once again. Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said the offer was not made in cash and that it did not discuss plans that the 76-year-old filmmaker would flee Switzerland (sketchy, much?)
Oscar winning director Roman Polanski is still overseas hanging out in prison after his arrest last month in Switzerland. The director visited the country, with plans to attend the Zurich Film Festival where he was being honored with a lifetime achievement award. Little did he know, U.S. officials were tipped off by the local authorities to retain Polanski for charges stemming from a 30 year old crime.
According to the New York Post, Brett Ratner would like to make a sequel to Marina Zenovich’s documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired. The director known for movies like Rush Hour 3, X-Men: The Last Stand and Red Dragon was talking about the project with Movie Geeks United before Polanski was arrested in Switzerland, giving the announcement incredibly awkward timing.
We knew the law would catch up with Roman Polanski sooner or later. The acclaimed director has been on the run from U.S. Law officials for over 30 years, and this weekend they finally caught up with him. Back in the late 1970′s Polanski was charged with drugging and sexually assaulting a minor. The minor in question was Samantha Geimer, who is now a grown woman who’s openly forgiven the director for his past transgressions.
Too bad the Swiss police don’t have the same forgive and forget mentality, they arrested Polanski on Saturday when he arrived at the Zurich Film Festival to accept an award.
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…but there’s no way the US is letting that happen without a fight. He’s one of the most well-known, rich, and famous fugitives of all time. The US should be humiliated. There’s no way they’re letting him back in without a fight. They won’t even agree to have a fight until he returns, so that they can lock him up without a fight.
Recently, Polanski tried to have his three-decade-old rape charge against him dismissed, but according to THR, as of today, prosecutors are challenging his bid. They backed it up with some new, extremely graphic documents of his sexual encounter with a 13-year-old girl.
