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...Roman Polanski was arrested in the U.S. on number of charges related to having sex with a 13-year-old girl. Polanski, a citizen of both Poland and France, agreed to a plea deal but then fled to Paris before he could be sentenced. France does not extradite its own citizens, so the famous filmmaker remained safe as long as he didn't leave the country. But on Sept. 26, the 76-year-old traveled to Zurich, where he was intercepted by Swiss authorities. Switzerland, it seems, has no qualms about complying with U.S. extradition requests. (Read "Roman Polanski...
...highest-profile defense lawyer is highly paid Roman superstar Giulia Bongiorno, retained by Sollecito, the only defendant of the three who could possibly afford her fee. A member of the Italian Senate and a Berlusconi political ally, she made her name defending former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti in a Mob-influence trial in the 1990s. With cropped hair, tennis shoes and expensive man suits under her judicial robe, Bongiorno wages attacks on the prosecution case that are sharply focused and often delivered with a withering blizzard of Neapolitan hand gestures and disdain...
...pictures of Roman Polanski's early years on LIFE.com...
...Reportedly speaks Polish, English, French, Italian and Russian.(Read "Redeeming Roman Polanski...
...widely renowned, I know, as an evil, profligate dwarf." - Poking fun at his reputation and his 5-ft., 5-in. height in his autobiography, Roman...