Friday, 4 December 2009

Polanski under house arrest at Swiss chalet

Roman Polanski placed under house arrest at Swiss chalet after making $4.5 million bail
Roman Polanski has been placed under house arrest in Switzerland after being granted $4.5 million bail.

The Oscar-winning director was released from jail yesterday for 'security reasons' ahead of being placed in his chalet in Gstaad, south-west Switzerland.

'Polanski has undertaken not to leave his house and property at any time,' a statement from the Swiss authorities said.

Polanski has been held since September when he was arrested as he arrived in Zurich to pick up a lifetime achievement award.

Switzerland is still deciding whether to extradite the 76-year-old so he can be sentenced for pleading to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl.

Polanski has lived in France, which does not have an extradition treaty with the US, since 1978 when he fled before he could be sentenced.ADNFCR-708-ID-19496103-ADNFCR

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