Director Roman Polanski Begins (Luxury) House Arrest

By PopEater / Wire Services Posted Dec 4th 2009 09:30AM

Roman Polanski began his house arrest on $4.5 million bail Friday, rolling into the luxury resort of Gstaad in a police convoy to a warm welcome from his wife and children at his Alpine chalet. Polanski persuaded Swiss authorities to end his two months of incarceration in a Swiss jail pending their decision on whether to extradite him to the U.S. in a 32-year-old sex case.

Polanski's family had been waiting eagerly at the chalet, peeking out the windows to look for him as Swiss authorities worked out the last-minute details of his transfer. He has two children - Elvis, 9, and Morgane, 16 - with his wife, French actress Emmanuelle Seigner.

Just before 1 p.m., two police cars went straight into the garage, which has direct access to the house, then left twenty minutes later. Polanski was unseen behind the vehicles' tinted windows, but police told The Associated Press that he was inside.

"Roman Polanski was today released from custody pending extradition and transferred to Gstaad, where he is under house arrest at his chalet," the Swiss Justice Ministry said. "Polanski has undertaken not to leave his house and property at any time."

The 76-year-old director won't be allowed to leave the property while Switzerland decides whether to extradite him to the U.S. for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.

Swiss officials say Polanski transferred the bail and deposited all identification and travel documents with the Zurich cantonal police. His house in Gstaad was fitted with an electronic monitoring system that will trigger an alarm if Polanski leaves the house or removes the tagging bracelet.

Polanski was wearing the monitor around his ankle Friday, said Folco Galli, spokesman for the Justice Ministry.

"As soon as he arrived, the electronic device was activated," he told The Associated Press, adding that Polanski was free to speak to the press if he wished. "But this is for him alone to decide."

An hour later, the Polanskis sent word to reporters that they had no intention of making a statement.

"Mr. Polanski and his wife just asked us to say they are not coming out," said a security guard, who declined to give his name. "There is no point in waiting, so you can all leave."

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Friday 04 December

By Lori

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Lock him up and throw away the key. What if if was your daugther or you sister would it make a difference how long ago it happened?

By WILL

HE WILL RUN BACK TO FRANCE , MARK MY WORDS

By R C Maresco

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This poor bastard has been punished enough!! His parents were killed in a concentration camp and his beautiful wife pregnant with his child was brutally killed by savages....let'em go for Gods sake!!

By kelly

many people who rape and kill had horrible lives, that does not mean that they should not pay for their crimes, that remember people-- HE ADMITTED to raping this 13 year old girl!

Anyone who stands up for this man should also be willing to stand up for all pedophiles, because he is no different than any of them.

He drugged, raped and sodomized a defenseless 13 year old, who told him no, and who had to go to the hospital for the tears he gave her.

Sicko perverts, he should spend a few years in jail and feel what it is like to be raped and sodomized by someone bigger and tougher.

By mike

I agree and since Chuck Manson's life wasn't a picknic either I think it's about time he got out as well. For goodness sake he didn't even kill anyone. OJ should be released too, I mean someone killed his wife too. What are these people thinking? If you have an excuse it's okay...

By lone ranger

Ok, let's see... which part makes him inmune to do that sort of thing to a thirteen year old girl? Parents died in concentration camp and wife killed by savages. Actually, I think he should have known better and not became a savage himself! There are no excuses, he should go to jail like anyone else.

By Janice

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Have You Lost Your Everloving Mind?

Saturday 05 December

By PENELOPE

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING IN LA LA LAND GET A GRIP DO YOU HAVE CHILDEREN
EVEN BEEN RAPED I HAVE 13 TIMES READ MY BOOK THE LIFE OF PENELOPE

By Alan

Mike, I know this isnt nice, but you are a dumbass.

Alan, Could you please qualify that???

By Ken

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It's ironic that the Bible that he will swear in on condones rape of girls as young as age three.

By steve

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Screw prison. Just tie him up in a prison for a year so he can be raped repeatedly and then kill him. He deserves nothing more. Anyone who thinks what he did was alright, should be tied up right next to him.

By Mike

Oops, I did add a letter to picnic...

R C Maresco............and if it were your daughter?
Yeah, I thought so. What a hypocrite.

By rc maresco

I don't condon what he did and despise pediphiles, but the authorities should have taken care of this years ago!

By kenhp1

Must be nice to have money and be "understood".
If this was an average american you would be in an American prison bunking with their new Daddy. Why the hell is he so different. I'm in healthcare and save lives on a daily basis. But that wouldn't matter. JUSTICE IS SICK!!!!!!! This man should have to serve his sentence. He ran and that is unacceptable.

By evrvrv

just another Jewish Pedophile justifying his crimes

By srg

This Guy? like bill clinton the rapist- these types of predators do not FEEL like the rest of us. Not for thier victims. Not for his parents or his wifes murder. save your sympathy for someone capable of sorrow, remorse...normal human emotions. this class of humans have reduced themselves to thier lowest basest form. Animal. Like any predator...there is only FEED, BREED and die.

By gbldivmrk

What he did was wrong and he should be jailed. Peroid, however, take a close look at how the 13-14-15 years old female crowd dresses and acts today and then ask, where are the parents.

By samgoodlaw

"I don't condon what he did and despise pediphiles, but the authorities should have taken care of this years ago!">>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, I feel the same way about Josef Scheungraber and all the other Nazi war criminals, don't you?

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