Posts with tag "bail"

Roman Polanski Bail Approved

Posted Nov 25th 2009 at 12:32 PM by Chris Jancelewicz

A Swiss court just approved Roman Polanski's bail offer of $4.5 million to be released from prison and kept under house arrest and electronic monitoring. He will have to remain within the confines of his Swiss chalet (no, not the restaurant, fellow Canucks). The court said the offer was significant enough to offset concerns about the film director being a high flight risk while he fights an ...

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Roman Polanski Release Request Denied

Posted Oct 6th 2009 at 03:15 PM by Chris Jancelewicz

Swiss authorities have rejected an appeal to release Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski from jail. The film director was arrested last month after fleeing the United States in 1978 to avoid sentencing in an underage sex case. Reuters is reporting that authorities are also urging the Swiss court dealing with his extradition warrant to reject another appeal by Polanski's lawyers to have him ...