Roman Polanski's bid to end his three-decade-long child sex case without returning to Los Angeles suffered a major setback this week when a state appellate court denied his latest request to be sentenced while he remains under house arrest in Switzerland.
The 2nd District Court of Appeal at one time appeared sympathetic to the filmmaker’s arguments
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But the same court on Thursday rejected arguments by Polanski’s lawyers that a judge should sentence the acclaimed director to time served for having sex with a 13-year-old girl before his extradition proceeding is resolved. The court did not hold a hearing or issue a written opinion on the request.
“The appellate court shut him down pretty strongly
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Unless Polanski’s attorneys can persuade the California Supreme Court to intervene
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