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Festival says director Polanski in Swiss custody
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September 27, 2009, Sunday
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ORGANIZERS of the Zurich Film Festival say director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody on a 31-year-old U.S. arrest warrant.
The organizers say Polanski was detained by police yesterday. Zurich police couldn't immediately confirm the information.
The festival said in a statement today that Polanski traveled to Switzerland to receive an award for his lifetime of work as a director. They said he was arrested in relation to a 1978 U.S. request, without specifying.
Polanski fled the United States in 1978, a year after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
The organizers say Polanski was detained by police yesterday. Zurich police couldn't immediately confirm the information.
The festival said in a statement today that Polanski traveled to Switzerland to receive an award for his lifetime of work as a director. They said he was arrested in relation to a 1978 U.S. request, without specifying.
Polanski fled the United States in 1978, a year after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.
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