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Roman Polanski Seeks to Have 30-Year-Old Charges Dropped
2-Dec-2008
Written by: Daniel A. Russ
Director Roman Polanski’s lawyers attempted to have charges filed in 1978 for unlawful sex with a minor dropped today.
Today, Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski asked a Los Angeles court to dismiss a charge of unlawful sex with a minor that was brought against him more than 30 years ago, his lawyers said.
Polanski, now 75, fled the United States 30 years ago in 1978 to avoid serving a prison sentence after entering a guilty plea to a charge of having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. Polanski has French citizenship, and has both lived outside of and avoided entering the United States since then.
Polanski's attorneys said that the charges should be dismissed on the grounds of judicial and prosecutorial misconduct. The Los Angeles District Attorney's Office had no immediate comment.
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