Swiss high court orders director Roman Polanski kept in jail

Switzerland’s top criminal court dealt Roman Polanski another setback in his fight against extradition to the United States on Tuesday ruling the 76-year-old director be kept in jail because he poses a high flight risk.
The Federal Criminal Court rejected offers by Polanski’s legal team of bail, house arrest and other measures to ensure that he stays in Switzerland. He has been a fugitive since fleeing the United States in 1978 after being convicted for having sex with a 13-year-old girl the year before.

The director of Rosemary’s Baby, Chinatown and other critically acclaimed films was arrested by Swiss authorities last month in Zurich.

Director Roman Polanski in Swiss custody over 31 year old U.S. charges

After being considered a fugitive by the U.S. government since 1978, Roman Polanski has been detained in Zurich on charges of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, 31 years later. Polanski, a holocaust survivor, has lived for the past three decades in France, where his career has continued to flourish.  The Chinatown and Rosemary’s Baby director won an Oscar  in absentia for The Pianist in 2002 and was in Zurich to receive a lifetime achievement award when he was detained by Swiss police at the request of U.S. authorities. Festival organizers said Polanski’s detention had caused “shock and dismay,” but that they would go ahead with Sunday’s planned retrospective of the director’s work.

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