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steven_stuart 10:36 pm UTC 11/25/09 |
| In reply to: | Polanski gets bail, house arrest likely - bellminer 08:20 pm UTC 11/25/09 |
| I don't think he will try to run because it would cost his family their home. $4.5 million is a lot of money. Although, if he could get over the unprotected border into France, I doubt that the French authorities will send him to America. If he does go back to America, then surely the jail time served in the Swiss jail will count. I don't like what he did but he now has proof that the original trial judge was a completely corrupt publicity seeker. It will be interesting to see what he makes of that in any future American court hearings. > GENEVA — Roman Polanski was granted $4.5 million bail > Wednesday, clearing the way for the fugitive director to > move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and > electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet. > > The Swiss Justice Minister said she saw no reason to > appeal the surprise decision by the Swiss Criminal Court. > Polanski would have to remain in Switzerland as > authorities assess whether to extradite him to the United > States for having sex in Los Angeles in 1977 with a > 13-year-old girl. > > Ministry Spokesman Folco Galli said the final decision on > transferring Polanski to his chalet in the Swiss resort of > Gstaad would be made "quickly." > > "The 76-year-old appellant is married and the father of > two minors," the court said as it considered Polanski's > offer of a cash bail secured by his apartment in Paris. > "It can be assumed that as a responsible father he will, > especially in view of his advanced age, attach greater > importance to the financial security of his family than a > younger person." > > The court said Polanski would be subjected to "constant > electronic surveillance" at his chalet and an alarm would > be activated if he leaves the premises or takes off the > bracelet, adding that the filmmaker was still viewed as a > high flight risk. > > Full story at the link. | |
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