Polanski’s lawyer orders Swiss authorities to release the director
April 26th, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANILondon, April 26 (ANI): Film director Roman Polanski’s lawyer has ordered the Swiss authorities to release the embattled director from house arrest in the country.
Polanski, 76, has been confined to his Swiss estate since December (09) following his September (09) arrest in Zurich stemming from a three-decade old sex crime in America.
And the Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office wants Polanski to return to California to be sentenced for having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl at a party in 1977.
L.A. officials on April 22 ruled that Polanski cannot be sentenced in absentia, but his lawyer Herve Temime is now insisting Swiss officials release the Oscar winner from house arrest immediately.
“It is up to the Swiss authorities to tell the truth and give back Roman Polanski his freedom once and for all, regardless of the roar and unbearable pressure of an ill-informed public,” the Daily Star quoted him as saying.
In February (10), Swiss authorities stated they would not make a decision on the extradition of Polanski to the U.S. until all avenues of appeal are exhausted. (ANI)
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