Confessed sexual abuser ROMAN POLANSKI evades arrest as law enforcement authorities close in.
State department officials have requested the Polish government seize the “Chinatown” director as he visited his native country to attend the opening of a Jewish museum in Warsaw, Variety reported.
As The ENQUIRER previously reported Polanski pleaded guilty to having sex with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer in the U.S. in 1977, but fled the country in 1978 before sentencing.
In Krakow today, prosecutors grilled Polanski.
“Roman Polanski said he would comply with all requests made by prosecutors in this case and provided his address,” Poland’s justice ministry spokesman Mateusz Martyniuk said.
“Prosecutors therefore decided not to arrest him in connection with a possible U.S. extradition request.”
While Polanski holds dual French and Polish citizenship, under the terms of the extradition treaty between Poland and the U.S. the Polish government is not obliged to extradite him. It has the power to do so.
Polanski’s extradition to the U.S. was still possible but U.S. has yet to make a formal extradition request.
Polanski remains“ a free citizen and is free to travel.”
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