{"id":307732,"date":"2017-04-04T05:28:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-04T05:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=307732"},"modified":"2017-04-04T05:28:26","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T05:28:26","slug":"roman-polanski-jail-plea-rejected-by-us-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/roman-polanski-jail-plea-rejected-by-us-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Polanski jail plea rejected by US judge"},"content":{"rendered":"
Film-maker Roman Polanski has failed to win assurances from a US court that he will not face prison over a decades-old case involving sex with a minor.<\/p>\n
A judge rejected a motion by Polanski’s lawyers who said he was willing to return to the US if he was assured he would not serve more time in jail.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors said he should not receive special treatment as a celebrity.<\/p>\n
Polanski, now 83, fled the US ahead of sentencing in 1978 after admitting having sex with a girl aged 13.<\/p>\n
“Judge (Scott) Gordon has ruled that (the) defendant’s motions and corresponding requests are denied,” a document released on Monday from Los Angeles Superior Court said. The hearing itself took place last month.<\/p>\n
Authorities in the US have tried for years to extradite the Oscar-winning director.<\/p>\n
Polanski, best known for the films Chinatown, Rosemary’s Baby and The Pianist, lives in France and has French and Polish citizenship.<\/p>\n
In December, Poland’s Supreme Court rejected a request to have him extradited.<\/p>\n
Swiss authorities turned down a US extradition warrant in 2010 after placing Polanski under house arrest for nine months.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Film-maker Roman Polanski has failed to win assurances from a US court that he will not face prison over a decades-old case involving sex with a minor. A judge rejected a motion by Polanski’s lawyers who said he was willing to return to the US if he was assured he would not serve more time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[137],"tags":[1892,3262],"yoast_head":"\n