Polanski to fight extradition after Zurich arrest (Reuters)

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Reuters - Film director Roman Polanski, arrested in Zurich over a U.S. charge of having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, will fight extradition to the United States, his lawyer was quoted as saying Monday.

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"We are going to demand his release and we are going to defend ourselves against the reasons for the extradition procedure," Herve Temime, Polanski's lawyer, told French daily Le Figaro.

"It seems indefensible that 30 years after the fact a 76-year-old man who has shown no evidence of any danger to society and whose reputation ... is well established, can spend a single day in prison," Temime said.

Temime said he was traveling to Zurich with Polanski's wife, French actress Emmanuelle Seigner, who he said was very shocked by the arrest.

Los Angeles County District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons said Sunday her office sent a provisional arrest warrant to the Swiss on learning Polanski would be in Zurich.



Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman said on Sunday that arrested Oscar winning film director Roman Polanski was in custody to await extradition under a US warrant, over three-decade-old charges of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl. (AFPTV)