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Nickname:	Roman Polañski / Romek
Known for:	The Ninth Gate, Chinatown, The Pianist
Birth name:	Roman Liebling
Birthday:	18 August 1933, Paris, France
Height:	5' 5" (1.65 m)

AP - Roman Polanski has re-appealed to the Swiss courts to be released from prison on bail, officials said Tuesday, the latest step in the director's protracted legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States.
AP - A California appeals court will listen to oral arguments from Roman Polanski's attorneys about why it should require a lower court to decide whether to dismiss charges against the fugitive director, whether he is present or not.
AFP - Lawyers for Roman Polanski will argue for the director's 1970s child sex conviction to be dismissed for judicial misconduct at a hearing in Los Angeles next month, legal sources said.
AP - A French lawyer for Roman Polanski says he has submitted a new bail offer to a Swiss court to try to free the filmmaker from jail.
A French lawyer representing director Roman Polanski reveals that a new "very, very significant" cash amount will be offered for the director's bail on Monday, according to a new report. Read on for details. The Associated Press reports that attorney Herve Temime told a French radio station on Sunday that the 76-year-old's latest bail offer would be in cash, after Swiss authorities rejected a previous bail offer last Friday that was not a cash offer. Temime also told the radio station that Polanski would accept any decision on extradition "whatever it is," adding that the filmmaker would not act "like a fugitive," says the AP.  Polanski was arrested in Zurich on September 26 for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. After pleading guilty, he fled the U.S. in 1978.

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PARIS (AP) — A French lawyer for director Roman Polanski, imprisoned in Switzerland, says a new bail offer will be filed Monday and it will be a "very, very significant" cash amount.


PARIS (AP) — A French lawyer for director Roman Polanski, imprisoned in Switzerland, says a new bail offer will be filed Monday and it will be a "very, very significant" cash amount.


AFP - Roman Polanski will file a new request before a Swiss court to be released from jail while the Oscar-winning director awaits a decision on a US extradition request, his French attorney said Saturday.
AP - Swiss authorities rejected a new higher offer of bail from imprisoned director Roman Polanski, saying Friday they still think the risk is too high that he would flee the country.
The woman raped by Roman Polanski wants the case against him to be thrown out for the sake of her mental health.

Samantha Geimer - known as Samantha Gailey when the film director assaulted her when she was just 13 - has pleaded with the Californian justice system to drop the charges as she can't cope with the constant media attention.
AP - Roman Polanski's arrest has caused his victim health problems and job worries, and she just wants to be left alone, her attorney wrote in a court filing.
AFP - The victim in the Roman Polanski child sex case has renewed calls for the case against the director to be dismissed and urged the media to leave her alone, court filings showed.
GENEVA (AP) — The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex in 1977 with a


GENEVA (AP) — The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex in 1977 with a


Reuters - Film director Roman Polanski could face two years in prison if extradited to the United States after fleeing sentencing in California on child sex charges in 1978, the Swiss justice ministry said.
AP - The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, Swiss and U.S. authorities said Friday.
According to the Associated Press, the United States has officially requested that Roman Polanski be extradited back to the U.S. The director is currently being held in prison by the Swiss government in Zurich. Polanski was arrested in Zurich on September 26 for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977. After pleading guilty, he fled the U.S. in 1978. The Justice Ministry says the U.S. put in this request on Thursday. The paperwork has been forwarded to the proper authorities for a hearing on the matter, according to the AP. If the extradition request is granted, Polanski may make an appeal, according to a statement the AP references.

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AP - The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he is wanted for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, Swiss authorities said Friday.
Reuters - The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, who fled sentencing in California on child sex charges in 1977, the Swiss Justice Department said on Friday.
AP - American prosecutors closely monitored Roman Polanski in Austria and considered seeking his arrest there days before the director's apprehension in Switzerland, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.

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