polanski transcript
– Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland on a decades-old arrest warrant stemming from a sex charge in California, Swiss police said Sunday. [1]
Authorities in Los Angeles consider Polanski a convicted felon and a fugitive, and Switzerland says there has been an international arrest warrant out on him since 2005. [2]
While Roman Polanski remains in custody in Switzerland, where he was arrested over the weekend, questions are swirling in Los Angeles about his victim’s desire to see the case dropped. [3]
Judith Surkis, a historian, analyzes views of the Polanski case in France. [4]
ROMAN Polanski is arrested in Switzerland and faces extradition to the US for having sex with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer in 1977. [5]
But he fled the United States before he could be sentenced, and U.S. authorities have had a warrant for his arrest since 1978. [1]
ZURICH, Switzerland - Roman Polanski’s legal team fired the first shot Tuesday in a lengthy battle over his possible extradition to the United States, asking a Swiss court to release the famous filmmaker from prison immediately. [2]
The recent arrest of Roman Polanski, the film director who fled to France from the United States in 1978 on the eve of sentencing for having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl, has caused an international ruckus. [4]
“It is possible to appeal at the federal penal court of justice against an arrest warrant in view to extradition as well as against an extradition decision,” the spokesman wrote. [...] A provisional arrest warrant was issued last week out of Los Angeles, California, after authorities learned Polanski was going to be in Switzerland, Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office, told CNN on Sunday. [1]
Polanski is still a fugitive from justice and the Swiss are famously a correct and punctilious nation. [5]
The French culture minister, Fr?d?ric Mitterrand, and the French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, both issued statements of support for Mr. Polanski. [4]
KAREN GRIGSBY BATES: Samantha Geimer feels that what followed after Roman Polanski had sex with her was almost as bad as the act itself. [3]
But whether he can be extradited to the United States “can be established only after the extradition process judicially has been finalised,” a ministry spokesman said in an e-mail. [1]
But as NPR’s Karen Grigsby Bates reports, prosecutors say it’s not that simple. [3]
Sources:
[1] Polanski arrested in connection with 1970s sex charge - CNN.com
[2] canadaeast.com - Polanski files motion with Swiss court …
[3] Polanski Case Goes Past Victim’s Wish To Move On : NPR
[4] The Polanski Uproar - Room for Debate Blog - NYTimes.com
[5] Anorak News ” Blog Archive ” Let’s Blame The Swiss For Roman …