Roman Polanski Detained in Switzerland, Facing Extradition to U.S. to Face Charges

Famed film director Roman Polanski has been detained in Switzerland and is now facing the possibility of being extradited to the United States where he could face charges for having sex with a 13-year-old girl more than 30 years ago.

Polanski had travelled from his home in France to Switzerland to pick up a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival but was quickly detained by Swiss authorities who had been acting on a 2005 international alert issued by the U.S.

The U.S. will now have to make a formal extradition request to bring the 78-year-old director back to America. Polanski fled the States in 1978 after pleading guilty to the charges against him. He had been facing life in prison but moved to France before he was ever sentenced.

Polanski’s lawyer, Georges Kiejman, has said they would challenge the arrest telling France Info radio, “We are going to try to lift the arrest warrant in Zurich.” Kiejman went on to say the extradition convention between the U.S. and Switzerland was not very clear and there remained many questions.

Over the past few years Polanski has attempted to have the charges dropped, saying the original judge in the case, who has since died, arranged for a plea deal but later reneged.

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