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Filmmaker Polanski's lawyers seek sex crime case dismissal: U.S. newspapers
Source: Reuters
Filmmaker Polanski's lawyers seek sex crime case dismissal: U.S. newspapers
Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:11am EST
(Reuters) - Lawyers for filmmaker Roman Polanski are seeking to have a case involving a 1977 charge of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl dismissed, U.S. newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Polanski's lawyers are seeking a hearing to decide whether misconduct and a "false" extradition request sent by the U.S. Justice Department to the Polish government on Oct. 28 requires the case to be dismissed, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Polanski was charged in 1977 with raping a 13-year-old girl in Hollywood after plying her with champagne and drugs. He later pleaded guilty to having unlawful sex with a minor.
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Citing court papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday, the Times said Polanski's attorneys were arguing that prosecutors and judges carried out "serious misconduct" in seeking Polanski's return to the United States.
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Tue Dec 16, 2014 6:11am EST
(Reuters) - Lawyers for filmmaker Roman Polanski are seeking to have a case involving a 1977 charge of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl dismissed, U.S. newspapers reported on Tuesday.
Polanski's lawyers are seeking a hearing to decide whether misconduct and a "false" extradition request sent by the U.S. Justice Department to the Polish government on Oct. 28 requires the case to be dismissed, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Polanski was charged in 1977 with raping a 13-year-old girl in Hollywood after plying her with champagne and drugs. He later pleaded guilty to having unlawful sex with a minor.
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Citing court papers filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday, the Times said Polanski's attorneys were arguing that prosecutors and judges carried out "serious misconduct" in seeking Polanski's return to the United States.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/16/us-people-romanpolanski-idUSKBN0JU18020141216
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