Polanski bail plea refused
12 April 2012
Roman Polanski's request to be released from prison after being detained on sex abuse charges was denied by the Swiss authorities today.
The Oscar-winning director, 76, arrested by police in Zurich on a 1978 warrant for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, sought bail pending his possible extradition to America. Polanski has lived in France since fleeing the US in 1978, a year after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with teenager Samantha Geimer.
He now faces weeks in a prison cell while France and Poland fight his extradition.
