In a new documentary, famed director Roman Polanski offers an apology to Samantha Geimer, the woman he unlawfully had sex with when she was 13.
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A former Playboy Playmate of the Year remained in custody in Los Angeles, California, Thursday after being arraigned in the alleged shooting of her husband.
Samantha Geimer, who was 13 when director Roman Polanski had unlawful sex with her in 1977, said she is "very relieved" that the filmmaker was not extradited from Switzerland.
Samantha Geimer talks to CNN's Larry King about the incident between her and filmmaker Roman Polanski.
CNN's Atika Shubert delves into the decision not to send director Roman Polanski back to the U.S. to face sex charges.
A Justice Department official said Monday the United States was "deeply disappointed" with the decision by Switzerland's Justice Ministry to free filmmaker Roman Polanski instead of extraditing him to America to face sentencing for unlawful sex with a child.
Switzerland will not send Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States to face sentencing for child sex charges, the Ministry of Justice announced Monday.
A British woman claims Roman Polanski "forced himself" on her when she was 16 years old
Charlotte Lewis claims she was assaulted by Roman Polanski at age 16 when she appeared in his 1986 film 'Pirates'.
A British actress says she was sexually abused by Roman Polanski when she was 16, after she was cast in a Polanski film in Paris, France.
Roman Polanski broke his months-long silence on Sunday, claiming he's being treated unfairly by being kept in Switzerland while facing the possibility of extradition to the United States for a decades old crime.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski faces extradition to the United States to face a decades-old sex offense charge.
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Polanski remains under house arrest in Switzerland as he awaits extradition
Director Roman Polanski must return to the United States before the court will decide if he must go to prison for a 1977 sex conviction, a Los Angeles judge ruled Friday.
Attorneys for director Roman Polanski fired back against Los Angeles prosecutors, saying the law clearly allows for Polanski to be sentenced in absentia while under house arrest in Switzerland.
Los Angeles prosecutors argued Friday against allowing director Roman Polanski, under house arrest at his Swiss chalet, to be sentenced in absentia after making "a mockery of our criminal justice system" for more than three decades.
Even the judge wasn't sure why most of the players in the Roman Polanski drama were in court Wednesday.
A California appeals court ruled Monday film director Roman Polanski must be present before a lower court can consider a motion to dismiss a decades-old sex offense charge against him.
Swiss authorities will make a decision early next year on whether to agree to a U.S. extradition request for award-winning director Roman Polanski, a spokesman for the Federal Department of Justice and Police said Wednesday.
A California appeals court Thursday heard arguments on whether a lower court can consider a motion to dismiss a decades-old sex offense charge against film director Roman Polanski -- without Polanski being present.
Film director Roman Polanski has been released from custody in Switzerland and placed under house arrest, Swiss justice authorities said Friday.
Filmmaker Roman Polanski is now under house arrest at his chalet in Switzerland. CNN's Morgan Neill reports.
Filmmaker Roman Polanski is expected to be released on bail Friday as he fights extradition to the United States on a sex charge from the 1970s, Swiss prosecutors announced Thursday.
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski could leave jail for house arrest at any time, starting this week, while he battles extradition to the United States on a sex charge, a Swiss federal police spokesman said Monday.
Swiss authorities will not fight to keep Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski in jail while he battles extradition to the United States on a sex charge, they said Thursday.
After putting up $4.5 million, the director remains jailed while the Swiss government ponders an appeal
Filmmaker Roman Polanski, who is being held in Switzerland on a U.S. extradition request related to a sex charge, has been granted bail, a Swiss federal police spokesman told CNN Wednesday.
A hearing has been scheduled for next month in director Roman Polanski's effort to win dismissal of the 1977 sexual assault case that led to his arrest in September.
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, Swiss authorities said Friday.
A Swiss court has refused a request from director Roman Polanski to be released on bail pending an extradition battle, saying he poses a high flight risk, according to court documents.
U.S. Embassy officials in Bern, Switzerland, formally submitted an extradition request for Roman Polanski to the Swiss government on Thursday night, but a lawyer for the film director said his client will continue to resist deportation.
U.S. Embassy officials in Bern, Switzerland, formally submitted an extradition request for Roman Polanski to the Swiss government on Thursday night, but a lawyer for the film director said his client will continue to resist deportation.
Despite recent reports, a lawyer for the director says his client will continue to resist deportation
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, Swiss authorities said Friday.
The imprisoned director may give up his fight against extradition, says attorney
A Swiss court has refused a request from director Roman Polanski to be released on bail pending an extradition battle, saying he poses a high flight risk, according to court documents.
The director, jailed in Switzerland, is suffering from an undisclosed ailment
The arrest warrant used to detain filmmaker Roman Polanski in Switzerland was valid, the Swiss Justice Ministry said Tuesday, making clear it will fight the director's appeal against his detention over a 1977 sex case.
Roman Polanski in 1993 agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a damage claim she filed against the fugitive film director, according to court papers released Friday.
California's Governor will not use his power to clear the fugitive filmmaker of rape conviction
A Los Angeles County prosecutor says he lied in a HBO documentary about director Roman Polanski's rape case.
A retired prosecutor whose comments in a 2008 HBO documentary threatened to derail a 31-year-old sex case against film director Roman Polanski now says he lied.
Rick Sanchez names the Hollywood types who are standing in support of convicted child molester Roman Polanski.
While several high-profile actors and directors have rallied around Roman Polanski, not everyone in Hollywood believes he should be freed and forgiven.
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When filmmaker Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday in Switzerland, he was on his way to accept an award for Lifetime Achievement at the Zurich Film Festival.
Showbiz Tonight's A.J. Hammer reports on Roman Polanski and lawsuits surrounding the Jackson estate.
If you think you were confused and challenged by the famously labyrinthine plot of "Chinatown," imagine how the screenwriter felt.
'Chinatown' screenwriter chats about the valley location of his film.
Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar and Martin Scorsese have "demanded the immediate release" of fellow filmmaker Roman Polanski, who was arrested in Switzerland on a U.S. arrest warrant related to a 1977 child sex charge.
In a 2008 HBO documentary, Samantha Geimer talked about what she thought was a chance to work with Roman Polanski.
The events of a single afternoon when she was 13 years old have haunted Samantha Geimer her entire life. A famous movie director allegedly gave her champagne and had sex with her.
Filmmaker Roman Polanski, arrested in Switzerland over the weekend, will fight extradition to the United States where he faces sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, his California lawyers said Monday.
Steve Corn, criminal defense attorney, talks about what Roman Polanski
Polanski Arrest
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Filmmakers in Switzerland rally to defense of arrested director Roman Polanski. CNN's Morgan Neill reports.
Roman Polanski is regarded as one of the finest directors of his generation, winning an Oscar for "The Pianist" and nominations for "Tess" and "Rosemary's Baby," but he is probably as equally well known for his own tumultuous life.
Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland on a decades-old arrest warrant stemming from a sex charge in California, Swiss police said Sunday.
The director expected to be awarded, not arrested, at Zurich's film fest
Police have confirmed the Polish-born actor was taken into custody in Switzerland
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The original judge has been dead for 15 years, and no one has been able to find the criminal case file since 2004. Yet a 1977 sex scandal involving famed director Roman Polanski and a 13-year-old girl continues to stalk the courts of Los Angeles.
A California appellate court Monday rejected Roman Polanski's motion to disqualify all Los Angeles Superior Court judges in the Oscar-winning director's efforts to have a 32-year-old sex offense case dropped, according to a court spokeswoman.
Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski's efforts to have his 31-year-old sex case dismissed have been delayed by a last-minute appeal.
The alleged victim in a 1977 sexual assault case against director Roman Polanski has filed court papers seeking dismissal of the charges against him.
Attorneys for exiled film director Roman Polanski are asking that a judge outside Los Angeles be assigned to decide a motion to dismiss a 30-year-old sex offense case against him, claiming prosecutorial and judicial misconduct.
Attorneys for Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski are asking a California court to dismiss a 30-year-old sex offense case against him, claiming prosecutorial and judicial misconduct.
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On the face of it, Roman Polanski's "Oliver Twist," with a screenplay by Ronald Harwood, is in the tradition of every faithful "Oliver Twist" ever filmed -- a photogenic, straightforward, CliffsNotes staging of Charles Dickens' harrowing story about a penniless orphan negotiating among cruel and occasionally good adults in a world that has no time for children, and even less for penniless orphans.
Roman Polanski's libel action against the publishers of Vanity Fair magazine began at London's High Court on Monday -- with the Oscar-winning film director giving evidence from Paris.
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