Famed director Roman Polanski has finally been arrested in Switzerland. The filmmaker was taken into custody yesterday on a old 1978 U.S. warrant, which was issued after Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. Polanski escaped to France before sentencing in 1978 and has been unable to travel to the United States since the warrant was issued. The aging 76 year old was held upon his arrival in Switzerland, where he was due to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival today. Polanski, a French citizen, had been battling to have the case thrown out in recent months, but a U.S. judge formally rejected his requests last May.
Famed director Roman Polanski has finally been arrested in Switzerland. The filmmaker was taken into custody yesterday on a old 1978 U.S. warrant, which was issued after Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. Polanski escaped to France before sentencing in 1978 and has been unable to travel to the United States since the warrant was issued. The aging 76 year old was held upon his arrival in Switzerland, where he was due to receive a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival today. Polanski, a French citizen, had been battling to have the case thrown out in recent months, but a U.S. judge formally rejected his requests last May.
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What I can't understand is, how did Polanski manage to evade the law all these years with the so called technology of cameras and GPS, etc. There is just NO way that one can hide from the law with all of technology that is out there.
Something is just screwy here. I think the authorities DID know where he was hiding all these years. And one has to question as to why did they decide to arrest him NOW and not arrest him from years ago? Not to mention that this is going to cost taxpayers money for a trial that will drag on for years.
This is another example of how there is no such thing as "justice" in the justice system in the USA. Criminals go free while the innocent and victims get sent to prison.