October 08, 2010...
Samantha Geimer, the victim in the rape case against Roman Polanski, is speaking out for the first time since Polanski was captured by the Swiss authorities and almost extradited back to Los Angeles earlier this year to face the sentence...
July 18, 2010...
Roman Polanski, wife Emmanuelle Seigner and their two children attended the Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland yesterday; this marks the director's first public appearance since being freed earlier this week after Switzerland refused a US extradition request.
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July 13, 2010...
Yesterday we spotted Roman Polanski's wife Emmanuelle Seigner lunching in Paris, and now that the famed director is reportedly on his way home to France, it looks like she's perked up a bit!
As we reported earlier this week, officials...
July 12, 2010...
Officials in Switzerland have thrown out a request by the US to extradite director Roman Polanski to face charges stemming from a 1977 incident in which he had sex with a 13-year-old girl.
A spokesperson for the Swiss Justice Ministry said:...
May 14, 2010...
Roman Polanski is being accused of sexual assault yet again.
Just moments ago British actress Charlotte Lewis, who appeared in Polanski's 1986 film Pirates came forward to claim she was victimized by Polanski in Paris in 1982 when she...
April 18, 2010...
Samantha Geimer, Roman Polanski's victim of sexual assault in 1977, has repeatedly sought to have this much-discussed fugitive case dismissed, but prosecutors continue to argue against her wishes.
In a court filing to the California Second District Court of Appeal on...
February 21, 2010...
Too bad he wasn't able to accept it in person!
The 76-year-old director - currently under house arrest in Switzerland - won the Silver Bear as best director at the Berlin International Film Festival for The Ghost Writer, his latest film....
January 24, 2010...
This has been a long time coming!
A judge ruled this Friday that director Roman Polanski, accused of engaging in unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl in 1978, must return to the U.S. so as to not "manipulate the justice...
December 29, 2009...
Roman Polanski has written a letter thanking his supporters from the Alpine chalet where he's currently under house arrest.
"I have been overwhelmed by the number of messages of support and sympathy I have received in Winterthur prison, and that I...
December 07, 2009...
Spotted: Roman Polanski's wife and son, Emmanuelle Seigner and Elvis, shopping in Gstaad, Switzerland on Sunday together...
Hmm, she looks a LOT calmer than the last time we saw her!
December 04, 2009...
Roman Polanski was released from custody on $4.5 million bail, and the director has been transferred to house arrest at Gstaad, a lux ski resort in Switzerland.
A crowd of 200 journalists and photographers surrounded Polanski’s “Milky Way†chalet...
November 26, 2009...
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A Swiss judge announced Roman Polanski would be released on bail and put on house arrest at his Alpine chalet.
The ministry said it was still deciding whether to extradite the Polish-born director to the United States to face...
October 21, 2009...
New docs reveal that Swiss officials alerted the US to Polanski's plans to visit Zurich, which is what ultimately led to his arrest.
The AP reports that the Swiss asked the US Office of International Affairs if they wanted Polanski arrested,...
October 20, 2009...
Uh-oh... another setback for director Roman Polanski!
The AP reports that the 76-year-old - previously convicted of engaging in sexual relations with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 - has been ordered by the Swiss court to stay in jail. Apparently, his...
October 18, 2009...
Aren't you supposed to stay in jail no matter what?
Roman's attorney, Herve Temime, reveals that the infamous film director - arrested for having sex with an underage girl some 30 years ago - has been moved out of jail...
"All I...
