International Film Festival in Marrakech
Director Roman Polanski arrives on the red carpet before a tribute to Sigourney Weaver during the Marrakech International Film Festival in Marrakech on November 16, 2008. (UPI Photo/David Silpa)
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ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The U.S. Embassy in Bern has formally requested jailed filmmaker Roman Polanski's extradition so he can be sentenced in a 1977 sex case, officials said.
Swiss officials received a formal request to extradite film director Roman Polanski to the United States to face charges he had sex with an underage girl.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A spokesman for the Swiss Justice Ministry says his government tipped off U.S. officials about Roman Polanski's arrival in the country for a film festival.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Imprisoned French-born film director Roman Polanski is not to be released on bail pending extradition, the Swiss Criminal Court said Tuesday.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- French-born film director Roman Polanski, who was jailed last month on an outstanding U.S. arrest warrant, is undergoing medical tests in a Swiss hospital.
PARIS, Oct. 9 (UPI) -- French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand says he is not resigning over accounts in his 2005 book about paying to have sex with "boys" in Thailand.
PARIS, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- France's new culture minister, Frederic Mitterrand, struggled Thursday to save his job amid revelations he paid "boys" for sex, officials said.
BERN, Switzerland, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- A judge in Bern has denied French-born filmmaker Roman Polanski's bid to be released from the Swiss jail where he has been held for more than two weeks.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Movie director Roman Polanski may not have paid a cash settlement reached in a lawsuit brought by a woman he raped when she was 13, court documents indicate.
