Blog：. Bid to scrap Polanski sex charge

Lawyers for Oscar-winning film director Roman Polanski have asked a California court to dismiss a 30-year-old charge of unlawful sex with a minor.
They said they had new evidence showing “judicial and prosecutorial misconduct” had distorted the legal process.
Polanski, 75, has lived in France since fleeing the US in 1978 to avoid facing a prison sentence after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
He was initially indicted on six felony counts and faced up to life in prison.
Since then, Polanski has been unable to return to the US for fear of arrest, and has even avoided making films in the UK because of the danger of extradition.

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