Director Roman Polanski arrested in Switzerland

October 21st, 2009 LONDON - Jailed director Roman Polanski will appeal in the highest court in Switzerland after officials rejected his second bail request. Imdb.com reports that the moviemaker, who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in the US but who fled to France in 1978 before he could be sentenced, has been behind bars since he was arrested last month as he travelled to attend a film festival in Zurich.

October 21st, 2009 PARIS - Film director Roman Polanski, jailed in Switzerland, may consent to go to the United States to face a 32-year-old sex charge if the extradition procedure drags on, one of his attorneys said Wednesday. "If this becomes a drawn-out procedure, it is not completely impossible that Roman Polanski could choose to go and explain himself in the United States, where there are arguments in his favour," Georges Kiejman told Europe 1 radio.

October 20th, 2009 Imprisoned director ROMAN POLANSKI is to take his bid for freedom to the highest court in Switzerland after officials in the country rejected his latest bail request. The moviemaker, who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in the U.S.

October 20th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Actor Ewan McGregor has become the latest celeb to join the tirade against the imprisonment of famed filmmaker, Roman Polanski, thirty two years after he sexually assaulted a teenaged girl. The Rosemary's Baby director, who had fled the US on the heels of a sentence award, was sent to a Zurich jail last month after he was arrested on an American warrant while in the city to attend a film festival.

October 19th, 2009 EWAN MCGREGOR has become the latest celebrity to come out in support of filmmaker ROMAN POLANSKI, who is in detention in Switzerland for a 32-year-old sexual assault. The director was arrested while attending a film festival in Zurich last month (Sep09) and is now fighting extradition to the U.S.

October 15th, 2009 Hollywood actor JAMIE FOXX has called for convicted sex offender ROMAN POLANSKI to finally face justice - insisting he would want revenge if his own teenage daughter had fallen prey to the director. The movie-maker pleaded guilty to a charge of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor in 1978, but fled to France before he could be sentenced.

October 12th, 2009 Incarcerated director ROMAN POLANSKI is "tired and depressed" as he battles extradition to the U.S. to face sentencing for a child sex conviction, according to his lawyer.

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - Arrested Roman Polanski has been awarded a star on a Walk of Fame in Poland. The Rosemary's Baby director is currently under arrest in Zurich, Switzerland, on a US warrant for having unlawful sex with a teenaged girl in the late 1970s.

October 7th, 2009 LONDON - Acclaimed director Roman Polanski has been denied bail by a court in Switzerland and will have to remain in a Swiss prison pending possible extradition to the US for having sex with a 13 year-old-girl. The 76-year-old has been denied bail in Switzerland because it was feared he would flee abroad, the Swiss justice ministry revealed, thesun.co.uk reported.

October 2nd, 2009 Jailed moviemaker ROMAN POLANSKI agreed to pay the girl he had unlawful sex with $500,000 (GBP333,300) 16 years ago, according to newly-released court documents. Papers obtained by the Los Angeles Times newspaper suggest the director agreed to pay Samantha Geimer as part of a civil settlement after she filed suit against him in 1988, accusing the director of sexual assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress and seduction.

September 30th, 2009 WHOOPI GOLDBERG has hit out at accusations she condoned rape on her U.S. TV talk show, insisting she was attempting to clarify the charges levelled against director ROMAN POLANSKI.

September 30th, 2009 Swiss justice official: Bail for Polanski possibleZURICH — The Swiss Justice Ministry says Roman Polanski could be released on bail under very strict conditions that he doesn't flee Switzerland. Spokesman Guido Balmer says such an arrangement is "not entirely excluded" under Swiss law and that Polanski can file a motion seeking his release on bail.

September 30th, 2009 Lawyer: Polanski will fight extradition to the USZURICH — The French lawyer for Roman Polanski says the director will fight a request for his extradition from Switzerland to the United States to face justice in a 32-year-old sex case. Herve Temime says Polanski has "refused the extradition request" and that a Swiss lawyer for the 76-year-old director will file a motion for his release from Swiss custody.

September 29th, 2009 LONDON - Director Roman Polanski, who has been detained in Switzerland for a case of unlawful sex, seems to be prepared to fight his extradition to the US. According to the helmer's lawyer Herve Temime, he is "in fighting mood" and is planning with legal team to seek release "without delay".

September 27th, 2009 Controversial filmmaker ROMAN POLANSKI has been arrested in Switzerland. He was taken into custody on Saturday (26Sep09) on a 1978 U.S.