Film Director, Roman Polanski, accused of having sex with a girl, 13 years of age, fled to France to avoid extradition. Swiss authorities arrested 76-year-old Polanski at the lifetime achievement award film festival in Zurich. Polanski is an Oscar-winning director of "Rosemary's Baby," "Chinatown" and "The Pianist." Polanski was imprisoned for more than two months before being transferred to his Alpine chalet in the luxury resort of Gstaad where he was put on house arrest after a $4.5 million bail.
Meanwhile the California Spreme Court has ruled that Polanski must appear before a U.S. court to be sentenced.
According to the LA Times, Justice Ministry spokesman Folco Galli confirmed that Switzerland received an official copy of the ruling.
"We've said that we will wait for this decision to ensure that our proceedings are harmonized with those in the Untied States," Galli told The Associated Press. "That doesn't mean an extradition decision will now be immediately sent out."
"We've said that we will wait for this decision to ensure that our proceedings are harmonized with those in the Untied States," Galli told The Associated Press. "That doesn't mean an extradition decision will now be immediately sent out."
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