Polanski sues papers over invasive shots
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January 13, 2010, Wednesday
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THE news snapshot shows Roman Polanski standing at a window, a thin slice of his face visible amid an opening in the curtains. The French paper that printed the photo saw it as a newsworthy depiction of the director's life under house arrest in his Swiss Alpine chalet.
Lawyers for the "Chinatown" director say that the December 2009 photo and many others invaded his privacy as well as his family's, and he and his wife are suing four French publications, two newspapers and two magazines for a total of about 150,000 euros (US$217,000).
In a hearing yesterday, Polanski lawyer Marion Gregoire said the suits were an attempt "to put an urgent stop to the media spotlight" on the filmmaker and his family that has intensified in the months since a 32-year-old sex case against him was revived.
Several of the photos at issue depict Polanski's children, Elvis and Morgane - who, as minors, are especially protected by French media law.
"The legal case against Polanski in no way justifies the paparazzi's stalking of his wife and children," Gregoire said.
Polanski is under house arrest in Switzerland after the United States issued a warrant after Polanski fled the US before sentencing for having unlawful sex with a minor in 1977.
Lawyers for the "Chinatown" director say that the December 2009 photo and many others invaded his privacy as well as his family's, and he and his wife are suing four French publications, two newspapers and two magazines for a total of about 150,000 euros (US$217,000).
In a hearing yesterday, Polanski lawyer Marion Gregoire said the suits were an attempt "to put an urgent stop to the media spotlight" on the filmmaker and his family that has intensified in the months since a 32-year-old sex case against him was revived.
Several of the photos at issue depict Polanski's children, Elvis and Morgane - who, as minors, are especially protected by French media law.
"The legal case against Polanski in no way justifies the paparazzi's stalking of his wife and children," Gregoire said.
Polanski is under house arrest in Switzerland after the United States issued a warrant after Polanski fled the US before sentencing for having unlawful sex with a minor in 1977.
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