Film director Roman Polanski has broken his silence to decry the US for seeking his extradition from Switzerland on a 33-year-old child sex case.
The Oscar-winner said prosecutors wanted him to return so they could serve him "on a platter to the media".
Polanski, who is under house arrest in his Swiss chalet, spoke out against extradition in an online magazine.
"I ask only to be treated fairly like anyone else," said the 76-year-old, who left the US in 1978, before sentencing.
Polanski made his 900-word statement in an online publication run by a prominent supporter, the French philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy.
He suggested the case being prepared against him by California prosecutors was unjust.
"I can no longer remain silent because the United States continues to demand my extradition, more to serve me on a platter to the media of the world than to pronounce a judgment concerning which an agreement was reached 33 years ago," he wrote.
Polanski has been under house arrest in Switzerland since September facing a US arrest warrant over his conviction for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.
I agree, let's treat Polanski just like any other man who fled the nation after being convicted of raping a 13 year old girl and stayed out of the reach of justice mocking it the entire time. Yeah, let's do exactly that.
Lord this man just fucking galls me. I am vexed, horribly vexed.
"it takes two sides to end a war but only one to start one. And those who do not have swords may still die upon them." Tolken
frigidmagi wrote:Lord this man just fucking galls me. I am vexed, horribly vexed.
"I only ask to be treated fairly like anyone else with millions of dollars, political influence, cultural influence, and high-profile celebrity recognition."
Only when our society grows out of its pathetic obsession with celebrities will we have some manner of justice.
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frigidmagi wrote:Derek? We are getting justice. This man isn't being let off easy, he's going to fucking jail.
I'm speaking more generally to the second tier of the legal system reserved for celebrities. To be honest though, I'm not sure Switzerland will even extradite Polanski.
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Man, he still hasn't been extradited? How long has he been stuck in Switzerland awaiting extradition?
And just on what grounds can they possibly be using to oppose it? He's guilty, he fled the jurisdiction prior to being remanded for sentencing, and he's been at large for over three decades.
The irony is if he'd taken his sentence like a man this would have all been behind him decades ago. What a piece of shit. I hope he never sees the outside of a prison cell ever again.
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