Film-maker Polanski arrested in Switzerland

News Type: Event — Seeded on Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:00 PM EDT

Article Source: abc.net.au

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Director Roman Polanski, whose turbulent life has on occasion come close to resembling the violent, perverse world of his movies, has been arrested in Zurich on a 1978 US warrant for having sex with a 13-year-old.

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The controversial 76-year-old director was arrested on Saturday (local time) after he arrived to receive a prize at the Zurich film festival.

The organisers said they were "shocked and saddened" by the arrest and would indefinitely postpone awarding the prize, which he was to receive Sunday in honour of his film career.

Polanski, famed for films such as Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown, fled the United States in 1978 before being sentenced for his guilty plea to a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.

In May a Los Angeles judge refused the fugitive director's bid to dismiss the case after Polanski, who lives in France, failed to appear in court.

Polanski's legal team argued that the film-maker's conviction should be annulled on the grounds of misconduct, claiming the late judge who heard his case in the 1970s had improperly colluded with prosecutors.

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#1 - Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:01 PM EDT

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gmc360

I have 12 year old twin daughters. The idea of someone doing that to them in one year makes me see red. Let him die in prison, I say. I don't care how famous, arty, or farty he is.

I have always advocated casting a wide net for child predators and not letting them back out ever. Recidivism rates are really high for child predators. Children are a special case for which no risk is acceptable. Let 'em know if they get caught, they die in prison. That is all.

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#2 - Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:35 PM EDT

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Red Wolf

Before going off on a rant, please check the background on this case. It's a complete mess and not exactly what you think it is. This is a political stunt.

Even the now nearly 50 year old woman has been trying to get the case dropped for years.

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#2.1 - Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:40 PM EDT

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gmc360

I know. I read it all from several places today. Champagne, Quaaludes and sodomy...enough said. I am glad she has moved on and I am sure there is chicanery going on. But before all that is the act itself. So I will stand by what I said: wide net and no exceptions....especially for famous people. My guess is it happened again afterwords with someone else, but that is just a hunch.

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#3 - Sun Sep 27, 2009 7:58 PM EDT

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See? I am so enraged I can't even operate the little reply ckicky guy correctly :)

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#3.1 - Sun Sep 27, 2009 8:12 PM EDT

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