Director Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police for possible extradition to the United States for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, authorities said Sunday.
Polanski was flying in to receive an honorary award at the Zurich Film Festival when he was apprehended Saturday at the airport, the Swiss Justice Ministry said in a statement. It said U.S. authorities have sought the arrest of the 76-year-old around the world since 2005.
"There was a valid arrest request and we knew when he was coming," ministry spokesman Guido Balmer told The Associated Press. "That's why he was taken into custody."
Balmer said the U.S. would now be given time to make a formal extradition request.
Given the fact there was clear judicial misconduct (Polanski served his 42-day sentence but the judge reneged on the agreement--clearly wrong) and the fact victim Samantha Geimer wants the case dropped, the whole circus should be ended with a dismissal of the ancient charges.
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Former president Bill Clinton mentions President Obama is going through the same crap he went through from the radical right.
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