Roman Polanski

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Swiss court grants Polanski bail: official

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Switzerland's top criminal court on Wednesday granted bail to film-maker Roman Polanski, saying his offer of 4.5 million dollars and to go under house arrest was enough to prevent his escape. "With decision dated November 24, 2009 the Swiss Federal Criminal Court ...

'No reason' to appeal Polanski release: Swiss justice minister

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said Wednesday she sees "no reason" to challenge a federal criminal court decision earlier in the day to grant bail to film-maker Roman Polanski. Her remarks opened the way for Polanski -- detained in September on US ...

Swiss court accepts Polanski bail bid: official

AFP Global Edition yesterday

Switzerland's top criminal court has accepted film-maker Roman Polanski's plea to be freed on bail from a Swiss jail where he is held for a 1977 US child sex case, an official told AFP Wednesday. "The Federal Penal Tribunal has asked us ...

Nude photo of Sharon Tate, Roman Polanski set for auction

Reuters Life! Online Report yesterday

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A nude photo of film director Roman Polanski, who is now being held in a Swiss prison, and his wife Sharon Tate taken shortly before she was brutally murdered, will be sold at an upcoming auction where it ...

LA attorneys distance Polanski from French lawyer

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News 5 days ago

PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday. ...

Polanski will not agree to extradition: lawyer

Reuters US Online Report Entertainment News 6 days ago

PARIS (Reuters) - Roman Polanski will not agree voluntarily to being extradited to the United States over a 1970s child sex case, the film director's lawyer said in an interview with French daily Le Figaro published on Friday. Polanski, 76, is being ...

Polanski's lawyer says director's family suffering

AP News 6 days ago

Roman Polanski's lawyer says jailed director's family bearing brunt of his Swiss imprisonment The wife and two children of Roman Polanski are bearing the brunt of the director's imprisonment in Switzerland as he awaits a decision on his extradition, his lawyer said ...

Swiss ruling on Polanski bail likely in 2-3 wks

AP News 9 days ago

Official says Swiss court likely to rule in 2-3 weeks on Roman Polanski's request for bail Switzerland's highest criminal court is expected to decide in two or three weeks whether to release film director Roman Polanski on bail pending a decision on ...

Polanski bail ruling likely in two to three weeks: court

AFP Global Edition 9 days ago

Switzerland's top criminal court said Tuesday that it was likely to rule in two to three weeks' time on film-maker Roman Polanski's appeal for bail. Polanski's lawyers lodged the appeal at the Federal Criminal Tribunal on November 3 after an earlier bail ...

Polanski appeals against Swiss decision to reject bail

AFP Global Edition 22 days ago

Switzerland's top criminal court said Tuesday that film-maker Roman Polanski, being held here on three decades-old child sex charges, has appealed against a decision to turn down his bail request. "We received the confirmation today. It is an appeal against the Swiss ...

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