This just in: A Swiss court granted Roman Polanski bail today (November 25), accepting $4.5 million to allow him to remain under house arrest at his chalet. The director will stay in prison for up to 10 days while the Swiss government decides whether to appeal.
Under the terms of the house arrest, Polanski will [...]
Swiss authorities rejected a new higher offer of bail from imprisoned director Roman Polanski.
Why? His risk of flight is still too high, they say.
Polanski has been in Swiss custody since his arrest September 26 as he arrived in Zurich to receive a lifetime award from a film festival. The United States [...]
Roman Polanski is receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment.
“All I know is that he has been taken from prison for medical attention,” says lawyer Herve Temime. “I don’t know where he is or when he will be returned to prison.”
a spokesperson for Switzerland’s Federal Office of Justice says: “He is still [...]
Celebs continue to weigh in on jailed Roman Polanski.
“I have no sympathy for him,” Star Jones tells sleazebag tabloid show, The Insider. “He’s in jail. Three hots and a cot, that’s what you’re supposed to get. Something tells me Spike Lee would not have been allowed to chill in France for the [...]
Roman Polanski lost a bid for freedom today (October 6) as the Swiss Justice Ministry rejected an appeal by the director to be immediately released from a Zurich prison.
“We continue to be of the opinion that there is a high risk of flight,” said ministry spokesman Folco Galli, explaining the decision.
The 76-year-old filmmaker [...]
Controversial director Roman Polanski has been taken into custody by Swiss police on a 31-year-old U.S. arrest warrant.
According to a statement by the Zurich Film Festical, Polanski was detained by police Saturday in relation to a 1978 U.S. request, without giving details.
As many of you know, Polanski fled the United States in 1978, [...]
