Roman Polanski fled the country and it looks like he ain’t never coming back.
Attorneys for the film director stated in a court filing yesterday that Polanski will not return to the United States from Europe this week to contest in person his 1978 conviction for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
Legal experts say that if Polanski were to return from France to the U.S., he would promptly be arrested on the spot, but by not coming back, he has no chance of getting the conviction dismissed.
Polanski tried to have his guilty plea thrown out on claims that the judge in the case was improperly coached by a prosecutor, but when that didn’t work, he left the country and is now considered a fugitive.
Hard to make movies when you’re behind bars, we guess.
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