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Film director Roman Polanski 'cannot be extradited to US'

2016-12-06 1 Dailymotion

Filmmaker Roman Polanski cannot be extradited to the US over a 1977 child sex conviction, Poland’s supreme court has ruled.<br /><br /> The United States had requested the Oscar-winning director’s extradition from Poland after he made a high-profile appearance in Warsaw in 2014.<br /><br /> A Polish district court rejected the request, which has now been upheld by the country’s supreme court.<br /><br /> Polanski, 83, fled the US ahead of sentencing in 1978, after having admitted unlawful sex with a minor.<br /><br /> Polanski has French and Polish citizenship. He lives in France, which does not extradite its citizens. He had been working on a film project in Poland.<br />

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