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Polanski originally faced six felony charges related to the drugging and rape of then 13-year-old Samantha Geimer in 1977. He eventually pleaded guilty to one count of having unlawful sex with a minor, but left the country in 1978 after being convinced that the judge in the case, the now deceased Laurence J. Rittenband, meant to backtrack on a plea agreement and send him back to prison. Polanski's most recent attempts to have the case dismissed faltered because of a chicken-and-egg legal loop. Polanski refused to appear in court in person for fear of arrest...
...attempt to arrest Polanski, now 76, while he was in Israel in 2007. But the recent legal motions on Polanski's part seemed to have rolled into his apprehension in Switzerland, after years of apparent inactivity in a case that is far more complicated than just an unpunished sex crime, which is how it has been debated through the week. (See a list of 25 crimes of the century, including the murder of Polanski's wife Sharon Tate...
When asked what charges Polanski might face, Gibbons of the Los Angeles County district attorney's office said in a terse e-mail, "Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a minor. He fled the jurisdiction of the Los Angeles Superior Court before the court could sentence him. When he is returned to Los Angeles, he will appear before the court for sentencing. There is really nothing else to discuss because this is a matter that is between the fugitive and the court...
...extremely difficult. Halderman, 51, who goes by the nickname "Joe," lives in Norwalk, Conn., and has two ex-wives and two children. At some point he shared his Norwalk address with Stephanie Birkitt, 34, an assistant to Letterman who has appeared on her boss's show. (Read "Letterman Brings Sex and Extortion to Late Night...
During the taping of Letterman's show on Thursday, the comedian revealed to the audience the extortion plot and confessed to having sex with women on his staff. Birkitt, who is widely believed to be one of those women, has not made any public statements since the show aired or since Halderman was arrested yesterday outside the CBS building in Manhattan...