Polanski Begins House Arrest
By Nick Cumming-Bruce for the New York Times.
The director Roman Polanski was released from custody on $4.5 million bail and transferred to house arrest in the upscale ski resort of Gstaad Friday pending a judicial ruling on an American request for his extradition…
In a statement, the Swiss governmenti said: “Roman Polanski was [...]
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NY Times: Polanski Begins House Arrest
December 5, 2009 – 10:38 am
NY Times: Request Is Made to Bring TV Cameras Into Polanski Hearing
November 18, 2009 – 2:57 pm
Request Is Made to Bring TV Cameras Into Polanski Hearing
By Michael Cieply for the New York Times.
As a rule, oral arguments before a state court of appeals would not make for scintillating television. But a hearing in the Roman Polanski case, set for Dec. 10 in the California Court of Appeal for the Second District [...]
NY Times: Date Set for Oral Arguments in Polanski Case
November 2, 2009 – 2:54 pm
Date Set for Oral Arguments in Polanski Case
by Michael Cieply
“…a California appeals court in Los Angeles has scheduled oral arguments in its review of Roman Polanski’s three-decade-old sex case for Dec. 10.”
NY Times: Former Prosecutor of Ted Stevens Pursued Polanski
September 29, 2009 – 3:01 pm
Former Prosecutor of Ted Stevens Pursued Polanski
by Michael Cieply for the New York Times.
“…Nicholas Marsh, it turns out, was assigned to the office back in June, after serving as a prosecutor in the Justice Department’s failed pursuit of Ted Stevens, then a United States senator from Alaska, on ethics charges. That case fell apart when [...]
NY Times: L.A. Dispatch: A Sequel for ‘Wanted and Desired?’
February 13, 2009 – 12:48 pm
L.A. Dispatch: A Sequel for ‘Wanted and Desired?’
By Michael Cieply for the NY Times
This reporter and a couple of others had come to check out a hastily scheduled hearing at which Mr. Polanski’s new lawyer, Chad Hummel, asked Judge Peter Espinoza to issue some subpoenas and round up some potential witnesses in advance of a [...]
NY Times: Polanski’s Lawyers Seek Change of Venue From Hollywood
January 5, 2009 – 4:54 pm
Polanski’s Lawyers Seek Change of Venue From Hollywood
By Michael Cieply for The New York Times
The recent attempt to have the charges against Mr. Polanski dismissed rests on claims that a superior court judge, Laurence J. Rittenband, who died in 1993, was improperly coached by a now-retired deputy district attorney. The retired deputy, David Wells, openly [...]
Variety On Roman Polanski’s Motion To Dismiss
December 6, 2008 – 11:13 am
Polanski files for sex-case dismissal
By Dianne Garrett for Variety
On Tuesday, attorneys for the director filed a complaint with the Los Angeles Superior Court seeking to have 31-year-old sexual misconduct charges dismissed. Fittingly enough, a docu about the filmmaker’s travails paved the way for latest attempt to clear Polanski’s name.
Polanski’s attorneys cite “extraordinary new evidence” that [...]
NY Times: Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Cited In Request To Dismiss Case
December 5, 2008 – 12:33 am
Roman Polanski’s lawyers have made a motion to dismiss the case.
See the article in the NY Times:
Film Cited in Request to Dismiss Polanski Case.
By Michael Cieply
Lawyers for the film director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States before his sentencing for statutory rape 30 years ago, asked a judge here to dismiss the case against [...]
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired - One of Top Five Documentaries of 2008 by the National Board of Review
December 5, 2008 – 12:21 am
“Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired” is one of the
Top Five Documentaries of 2008 by the National Board of Review.
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired Nominated for Gotham Award
November 19, 2008 – 8:23 am
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, was nominated for a Gotham Award on October 20, 2008.
