Report: Polanski in jail until Friday

GSTAAD, Switzerland, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Roman Polanski is to remain behind bars in Zurich until Friday after which he will begin his house arrest at a chalet in the Swiss Alps, officials said.

Polanski, 76, was arrested Sept. 26 in Zurich for a 1977 child-sex case in Los Angeles.

The famous filmmaker, who lives in France but was in Switzerland to attend a film festival, has not traveled to the United States since he pleaded guilty in a Los Angeles court to having unlawful sex with a minor and then fled the country before he could be sentenced. He was accused of drugging and having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

Polanski's lawyers have alleged misconduct on the part of the Los Angeles criminal justice system at the time of the plea deal, and are fighting extradition from Switzerland to the United States. Swiss officials approved Polanski's $4.5 million bail bid late last month. Under the terms of his confinement, the director must wear an electronic monitoring bracelet that will alert authorities if he tries to flee.

"The documentation process has already been complete and the electronic surveillance will only be activated once Mr. Polanski is in his chalet in Gstaad," Swiss Federal Justice Folco Galli told ABC News Tuesday.

Galli said Polanski's release had been delayed to allow time for the bail money to be paid to secure the terms of his house arrest.