Today 82-year-old Roman Polanski should have been present in the Krakow court on the morning of Friday, when the decision on the extradition request has been read presented by the United States, but according to “Associated Press”, did not attend. The decision was in its favor, but it is subject to appeal, says the “Guardian”.
Polanski was born in France and lived most of his life in Poland. It has even dual nationality. In the 70s, in a photo shoot fueled by champagne and drugs, was involved sexually with a 13 year old – one crime of rape. Logo at the time, occurred as the culprit among US courts and, under an agreement reached meet 42 of 90 days in jail. The day before the final confirmation of the sentence, however, fled to Europe. Since 1978, it is perhaps the freest and most famous fugitive to justice in the world.
Attempts extradition from France were not successful, since it is the country’s policy does not extradite its citizens. Six years ago, he traveled to Switzerland to receive a career award and was arrested under authority of the US arrest warrant. He served a short prison sentence and was released on bail, subject to house arrest in the Alps. A year later, it was released in the end, when the Swiss authorities decided against extradition. Now, however, Polanski has been in Poland, shooting a new movie.
Throughout this saga, never left the cinema. In 2002, he won an Oscar in 2002 for the film The Pianist and was nominated for two others, the films Chinatown (1974) and Tess (1979). His personal life also give a film. It is a Holocaust survivor and his wife, Sharon Tate, was murdered by followers of Charles Manson psychopath in 1969.
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