Roman Polanski has escaped the threat of extradition from Poland to the U.S. Prosecutors in Krakow, Poland, said Friday that they would not challenge a local court ruling that the director should not be extradited as they had found no grounds for an appeal.
The decision brings to an end efforts by the U.S. government to bring Polanski back to the U.S. to face justice for having had sex with a 13-year-old girl at a photo shoot in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Polanski, who holds both Polish and French citizenship, is now free to live and work in Poland.
“Speaking for Polanski, I can say that we feel a great relief that this case has ended. And this means that it will be possible for Polanski to start making a planned film in Poland,” Jan Olszewski, one of Polanski’s lawyers, said, according to Reuters.
The decision brings to an end efforts by the U.S. government to bring Polanski back to the U.S. to face justice for having had sex with a 13-year-old girl at a photo shoot in Los Angeles in the late 1970s. Polanski, who holds both Polish and French citizenship, is now free to live and work in Poland.
“Speaking for Polanski, I can say that we feel a great relief that this case has ended. And this means that it will be possible for Polanski to start making a planned film in Poland,” Jan Olszewski, one of Polanski’s lawyers, said, according to Reuters.
- 11/27/2015
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety - Film News
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