« on: September 27, 2009, 11:30:56 AM »
Just before accepting an award in Switzerland...maybe he'll get to spend some time in Gitmo:
Swiss arrest Polanski on US request in sex case
By ERNST E. ABEGG and BRADLEY S. KLAPPER, AP
ZURICH — Director Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police as he flew in for the Zurich Film Festival and faces possible extradition to the United States for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, authorities said Sunday.
Polanski was scheduled to receive an honorary award at the festival when he was apprehended Saturday at the airport, the Swiss Justice Ministry said in a statement. It said U.S. authorities have sought the arrest of the 76-year-old director around the world since 2005.
"There was a valid arrest request and we knew when he was coming," ministry spokesman Guido Balmer told The Associated Press. "That's why he was taken into custody."
Balmer said the U.S. would now have to make a formal extradition request.
Polanski fled the U.S. in 1978, a year after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with the underage girl.
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Full article:
http://www.comcast.net/articles/entertainment/20090927/EU.Switzerland.Polanski/
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