Wanted Polanski free to stay in Poland
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A Polish court’s decision to deny the extradition of filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States over a 1977 child sex conviction became legally binding yesterday after an appellate prosecutor’s office said it found no justification to appeal it.
The case of the Oscar-winning director, now 82, who holds Polish and French citizenship, has been an international cause celebre nearly four decades after the crime, with some demanding harsh punishment and others urging the case be let go.
“Speaking for Polanski, I can say that we feel a great relief that this case has ended,” said Jan Olszewski, one of Polanski’s lawyers. “And this means that it will be possible for Polanski to start making a planned film in Poland.”
The appellate prosecutor’s office in Krakow said in a statement yesterday that its analysis of the evidence collected in the case showed the earlier court decision on denying extradition had been correct.
This means Poland’s decision not to extradite Polanski has become legally binding and cannot be appealed again.
The US had requested Polanski’s extradition from Poland after he made a high-profile appearance in Warsaw in 2014. The filmmaker lives in Paris but he also has an apartment in Krakow, southern Poland.
Polanski pleaded guilty in 1977 to having sex with a 13-year-old girl during a photo shoot in Los Angeles.
The film director served 42 days in jail after a plea bargain. He fled the US the following year to Britain and then to France, believing the judge hearing his case could overrule the deal and put him in jail for years.
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