Roman Polanski Arrested -- Finally
by TMZ Staff
Roman Polanski will not be able to attend the Zurich Film Festival -- which was set to honor him with a lifetime achievement award -- because he got arrested for that whole statutory rape thing he's been fleeing from for the past 30 years.
The famed director was taken into custody by Swiss authorities trying to enter Switzerland yesterday.
Polanski pled guilty in 1977 to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor (she was 13) but then fled the United States before he could be sentenced. Polanski has lived in France ever since to avoid being arrested.
There has been no timeline set as to when or if he will be extradited back to the U.S.
Let me preface this point of view by saying statutory rape is not okay, especially with someone as young as 13. But you'd think after 30 years the U.S. government might be willing to give Roman Polanski a pass. Obviously he hasn't been a repeat offender. I know France is a much more liberal country, but you'd think if Mr. Polanski had been statutory raping every teenybopper in a beret, they probably would have locked him up. I know the French like him, but he's not Jerry Lewis for christsakes. They can't enjoy him that much.
At the end of the day this guy's wife and unborn child got butchered by the Manson family. I'm not advocating 'get out of jail free cards' but if anyone deserves one, it's probably him.
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