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| Director Roman Polanski arrested |
| By nytimes.com |
| Published: 09/28/2009 |
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Director Roman Polanski's three decades as a fugitive from U.S. rape charges finally ended Sunday when he was arrested upon landing in Switzerland to accept a lifetime achievement award. The 76-year-old director of "Chinatown," "Rosemary's Baby" and "The Pianist," whose pregnant wife Sharon Tate was butchered in their home by Charles Manson's cult followers in 1969, was one of the world's most famous fugitives. He was arrested without incident at the Zurich airport and was being held for extradition to California, police said. The Los Angeles County district attorney's office said prosecutors drew up a warrant learning last week that Polanski planned to show up at the Zurich Film Festival, where he would not be protected from arrest. Polanski fled to Europe in 1978 after he was convicted in California of raping a 13-year-old girl he had lured to the Hollywood Hills home of actor Jack Nicholson for a photo shoot. Read More. |
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