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Friday, January 22, 2010

Crime / Celeb California Judge Rules That Polanski Must Return to U.S. for Sentencing

Posted by David Schmader on Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:33 PM

From Bloomberg News:

Film director Roman Polanski will have to return to California to be sentenced, more than 32 years after he pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl, a judge said. California Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza, at a hearing today in Los Angeles, denied Polanski’s request to be sentenced in absentia. The judge, who last year denied Polanski’s request to dismiss the case for alleged judicial and prosecutorial misconduct, said that as a fugitive, Polanski must surrender to the court before he can get a hearing.

Well then.

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Ugh, finally. I'm not looking forward to the media saturation though. We just did this (and I've just been disappointed by too many people saying misinformed, offensive bullshit).

Posted by whisky tango foxtrot on January 22, 2010 at 4:52 PM

What's a little child rape, he's an artist!

Posted by The Frog on January 22, 2010 at 5:01 PM

What makes you think he'll return to the U.S.? He's going to fight extradition tooth and nail. Betcha money he drags it out so long he croaks first.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty

on January 22, 2010 at 5:05 PM

I am delighted that he lost this round. The media will of course go way over the top in their coverage of this little creep. He has got off too easy merely because he is Roman Polanski whch apparently he thinks is a big deal. He does not deserve to be treated differently than any other schmoe in that position,

Posted by Heather on January 22, 2010 at 5:06 PM

Tell him to incorporate.

Then he can't be jailed or executed and has more free speech rights than American citizens.

Posted by Will in Seattle

on January 22, 2010 at 5:20 PM

Maybe he'll be here in time for the screening of Dakota Fanning in "The Runaways":

http://www.chud.com
/articles
/articles
/20036/1
/DAKOTA-FANNING-IS-A-REAL-CHERRY-BOMB
/Page1.html

Posted by Cherry 2010 on January 22, 2010 at 7:06 PM

@4 The media will of course go way over the top in their coverage of this little creep.

Sizist.

Posted by Olo on January 22, 2010 at 7:40 PM

Why should he care about an American judge?

Posted by spokevin on January 22, 2010 at 8:20 PM

By the time this trial happens, Haiti will be as forgotten as the 2004 Southeast Asia tsunami; we shall be able to focus all of our care and contumely on yet another 'bread and circus' act; one guaranteed to help us forget that our country is going down the toilet like a knife in the water.

Posted by Bellerophon on January 22, 2010 at 8:51 PM