61st Annual Cannes Film Festival
Director Roman Polanski arrives on the red carpet before a screening of the film "What Just Happened?" during the 61st Annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 25, 2008. The screening marked the close of this year's festival. (UPI Photo/David Silpa)
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Filmmaker Roman Polanski, under house arrest in Switzerland, has asked a California appeals court to dismiss his 1977 child sex case.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. filmmaker Roman Polanski has been released from a Swiss jail and begun his house arrest in a luxurious chalet in Gstaad, officials said.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- A Swiss court has granted filmmaker Roman Polanski's request for bail, but he will remain in jail pending a possible appeal against the ruling, officials said.
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- Fifteen California legislators have signed a letter to Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley in support of Roman Polanski's extradition.
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.
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.