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A topless photo of filmmaker Roman Polanski and his wife, Sharon Tate, taken just months before her murder has sold at a New York City auction for just over $11,000. Complete Story...
Film director Roman Polanski will be confined to his chalet in the Alpine village of Gstaad until the Swiss decide if he will be extradited to the United States for a 32-year-old sex case. Here are some details about the exclusive winter resort:
Roman Polanski's life took a dramatic turn for the better Friday as he traded a Swiss jail for house arrest surrounded by family in his luxury Alpine chalet.
After more than two months in a Swiss jail, Roman Polanski will be placed under house arrest at his Alpine chalet on Friday, authorities said.
A nude photo of filmmaker Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate taken just months before her death will be sold at auction next month.
Roman Polanski will be held in jail at least three more days because he needs more time to pay his $4.5 million bail, Swiss authorities said Tuesday.
The wife and two children of Roman Polanski are bearing the brunt of the director's imprisonment in Switzerland as he awaits a decision on his extradition, his lawyer said in an interview to be published Friday.
Switzerland's highest criminal court is expected to decide in two or three weeks whether to release film director Roman Polanski on bail pending a decision on his extradition to the United States, a court official said Tuesday.
The fact that actor-director Mel Gibson romanced and even fathered a child with Oksana Grigorieva while still officially married to the mother of his seven other children fails to raise any red flags for his gal pal. It seems Grigorieva is so secure in her relationship with Gibson, she believes female admirers couldn’t even catch his eye.
A California appeals court will listen to oral arguments from Roman Polanski's attorneys about why it should require a lower court to decide whether to dismiss charges against the fugitive director, whether he is present or not.
Roman Polanski has re-appealed to the Swiss courts to be released from prison on bail, officials said Tuesday, the latest step in the director's protracted legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States.
Fifteen California legislators have signed a letter supporting the extradition of Roman Polanski to Los Angeles to face his decades-old child sex conviction.
The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, Swiss and U.S. authorities said Friday.
Lawyers for Roman Polanski are clashing over his legal strategy, with one saying the director won't surrender to U.S. authorities after 31 years on the run and another suggesting that Polanski was ready to consider the move.
Roman Polanski's arrest has caused his victim health problems and job worries, and she just wants to be left alone, her attorney wrote in a court filing.
Swiss officials tipped off the United States and set in motion the arrest of director Roman Polanski last month in his decades-old child sex case, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. On Wednesday, a top Swiss official defended the move.
One of Roman Polanski's lawyers says the jailed filmmaker is undergoing medical tests, though his current condition "is not of exceptional gravity."
Men behaving badly. It wasn't a topic that Terry O'Neill expected to find high on her agenda as new president of the National Organization for Women, but she's tackling it with zest and determination.
Roman Polanski's three decades as a fugitive are coming back to haunt him.
Detained Academy Award-winning director and convicted sex offender Roman Polanski may have the support of some famous faces in , but don’t count Jamie Foxx among them. According to the actor, he only needs to imagine the 1977 is a personal one to find his feelings.
Los Angeles prosecutors have asked a judge to dismiss an appeal filed by Roman Polanski before his recent arrest in Switzerland, saying the issues he presented no longer apply.
Roman Polanski lost the first round Tuesday in his battle to avoid extradition to the U.S. for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. Already locked in a Zurich cell for the last dozen days, Polanski learned he will remain incarcerated for an extended period as the Swiss Justice Ministry rejected his plea to be released from custody.
In 1977, eight years after Charles Manson and several members of his cult killed his pregnant wife Sharon Tate and two of the couple's friends, Roman Polanski was charged with raping a thirteen your old girl.
As Swiss prepare Polanski's chalet for house arrest, INTERPOL issues alert to member countries re: his history of fleeingTwo articles: "Red Notice" for Roman Polanski issued by INTERPOL
Nicolas Sarkozy 'helped' Roman Polanski get bailThe Glitter Dome by Joseph Wambaugh
Glenn Beck Compares Government Run Health Care To Roman Polanski RapeJust when you think Glenn Beck can't come up with any more offensive analogies, homeboy goes and compares government run health care to being raped by Roman Polanski. I'm not sure if the poor guy even knows what he's talking about anymore
A university student’s effort to “Drop the petition for Roman Polanksi's release” is gaining public attention, and has resulted in at least one celebrity withdrawing their name from French philosopher’s Bernard-Henri Lévy’s petition calling fo …
19 year old student talked Emma Thompson out of support for child rapist Roman PolanskiUK Exeter Uni student: "We talked for 15 minutes and by the end she said she would get her name removed. She said regardless of the fact she knows him and the terrible things he has been through, a crime is a crime."
Gore Vidal: Thirteen-year-old Roman Polanski rape victim was a 'hooker'Author Gore Vidal says he refuses to feel any sympathy for Roman Polanski's rape victim, whom he dubs a "hooker."
Polanski to be kept in jail after losing appealDirector Roman Polanski has lost an appeal to be freed from a Swiss prison ahead of his possible extradition to the United States for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.
Star Jones: Roman Polanski Allowed To Rape Because He Is WhiteStar Jones says Polanski can rape because he is white and rich. Do you agree or disagree? Lets have a conversation about this. I guess Star thinks OJ got away with murdering a white woman and a Jewish white man because he is black and rich?
Roman Polanski a well know foreign director/producer violated America Laws in the 1970's even though the Laws that pertain now days is much more crucial and productive he failed to serve a 90 day jail sentence only serving 42 days and fled the country before he could serve the la …
Chris Rock On Roman Polanski: "It's Rape! Rape!"Last night on Jay Leno's new show, Chris Rock put on blast some of the attitudes surrounding director Roman Polanski, ripping into the rhetorical dances being done around what Polanski actually did - which was rape a thirteen year old.
How Young Is Too Young? - The Daily BeastThe Polanski case revives debate about the age of consent—and how America stacks up against other countries when it comes to sexual permissiveness.
Polanski's Victim And Me - The Daily BeastAs a fellow child rape victim, hearing Roman Polanski's supporters cite his filmmaking to justify his freedom brings the injustice of that incident flooding back.
How Young Is Too Young? [ to consent to have sex ] The Polanski case revives debate about the age of consent—and how America stacks up against other countries when it comes to sexual permissiveness.
Ex-prosecutor admits he lied about Polanski caseA retired prosecutor whose comments in a 2008 HBO documentary threatened to derail a 31-year-old sex case against film director Roman Polanski now says he lied.
The New York Times throws Roman Polanski to the wolvesThe arrest of film director Roman Polanski in Switzerland and his threatened extradition to the US have stirred the baying hounds of 'law and order' into action.
Whoever it was who doggedly pursued Roman Polanski for his heinous crime against a terrified thirteen-year-old girl, deserves kudos from each and every one of us who have raised children; especially those who have raised daughters.
Note to Roman Polanski: Fame doesn't trump decencyRoman Polanski's fame does not exempt him from common decency-or the law
Kirstie Alley on Roman Polanski: Don't Celebrate or Defend Him, Hollywood!For several days now the news of the arrest of acclaimed director Roman Polanski in Switzerland has saturated the news. So, too has the clamor from his release from many prominent of the Hollywood set, like Woody Allen.
What Polanski DeservesI'm a huge fan of Polanski's work. "Chinatown" is one of my favorite movies of all time, "Rosemary's Baby" is a masterpiece, and he richly deserved the Oscar he won as best director for "The Pianist." He's a great artist. Maybe his next film will be a prison movie.
The Defenses to the Polanski Arrest Are Irrelevant"Roman Polanski committed a serious crime and then escaped punishment. Everything that has he has done since that day is relevant in enhancing or reducing his punishment, but none of it warrants dismissal.
Roman Polanski faces months behind bars as extradition battle unfolds -- latimes.comThe acclaimed director may have to cool his heels in prison for months.
Polanski the Predator - Smoking Gun: grand jury docs MARCH 11--It's been 26 years since Roman Polanski's arrest for sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl, but the director's Oscar nomination and the success of his film "The Pianist" has again focused attention on the March 1977 crime that prompted his French exile.
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