Polanski feels ‘relief’ with judge’s ruling on extradition
Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland
Poland cannot extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski to the U.S. on a charge that he had sex with a minor nearly four decades ago, a judge ruled Friday, a decision that finally could close the case in the country where the Oscar-winning director grew up and still makes movies.
“I can breathe now with relief,” Polanski told reporters in Krakow, where the case was heard. “I pleaded guilty. I went to prison. I have done my penalty. The case is closed.”
The Polish prosecutor who argued for extradition on behalf of the United States did not immediately say whether there would be an appeal. The victim in the case repeatedly has called for the prosecution to be dropped.