Poland received a request for the extradition of Roman Polanski to the USA
Polish prosecutors received the official request of the US authorities for the extradition of film director Roman Polanski and is going to interrogate the director. It is reported on Wednesday, January 7, Reuters, with reference to the official representative of the Polish prosecutor's office Mateusz Martyniuk.
A request for extradition Polanski sent the Los Angeles Prosecutor's Office. The request will be transmitted to the prosecutors in Krakow.
Roman Polanski's lawyer, in turn, recalled that Polish prosecutors had already interrogated the director in 2014, after which they left him at liberty. Since then, the prosecutor stressed, nothing has changed.
Polanski is now in Krakow, where he is going to make a film The Dreyfus Affair.
US authorities accuse Roman Polanski of an intimate relationship with Xantum-year-old Samantha Gamer. According to the investigation, it happened in Los Angeles in 13 year.
In September, 2009, the Polanski, who has French and Polish citizenship, was arrested during a visit to a film festival in Zurich at the request of the American authorities.
A few months later, Polanski was released on bail, and then the Swiss Ministry of Justice decided to deny extradition to Washington and finally release the arrested, writes portal of the Dozhd TV channel.
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