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In 1978 he pleaded guilty to "unlawful sexual intercourse" with a thirteen-year-old girl. He fled the country immediately afterwards and prior to sentencing to avoid imprisonment. For almost thirty years he lived comfortably in [[France]], which refused to extradite him to the United States, where he remained free from legal consequences and unrepentant for his crime.
In 1978 he pleaded guilty to "unlawful sexual intercourse" with a thirteen-year-old girl. He fled the country immediately afterwards and prior to sentencing to avoid imprisonment. For almost thirty years he lived comfortably in [[France]], which refused to extradite him to the United States, where he remained free from legal consequences and unrepentant for his crime.
Polanski has escaped from being extradited several times: May 1978 in London, December 1986 in Canada, 1988 in Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Brazil. In June 1994, a request for arrest was made to France. In October 2005, while Polanski were in Thailand, a folder is passed to Interpol; no effect. In 2007, the filmmaker traveled in Israel; the Hebrew State requested more information to the Los Angeles Attorney, when the documents arrived, the filmmaker had gone. <ref> [http://www.lemonde.fr/cinema/article/2009/09/29/pour-les-etats-unis-polanski-c-est-trente-ans-de-cavale_1246741_3476.html#ens_id=1245879 Le Monde (In French)] </ref>
In 2009, while visiting [[Switzerland]], he was seized by Swiss authorities, who, unlike the French, were unwilling to protect a [[pedophile]] just to stick it to the United States. He will soon be returned to the US to pay for his despicable actions.
In 2009, while visiting [[Switzerland]], he was seized by Swiss authorities, who, unlike the French, were unwilling to protect a [[pedophile]] just to stick it to the United States. He will soon be returned to the US to pay for his despicable actions.