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A file photo taken on August 8, 1977 shows French filmmaker of Polish origin Roman Polanski (R) leaving the Santa Monica Superior Court with his attorney Douglas Dalton after pleading guilty to a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. The 43-year old husband of murderered actress Sharon Tate originally had been indicted of five other counts involving alleged drugging and raping of the girl at the home of actor Jack Nicholson. Swiss police detained Oscar winning film director Roman Polanski on a US warrant over three-decade-old charges of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl, a film festival's organisers said on September 27, 2009. The controversial 76-year-old director was arrested on September 26, 2009 after he arrived to receive a prize at the Zurich film festival, organisers said in a statement. Sharon Tate
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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Lawrence Silver, right, an attorney representing the interests of victim Samantha Geimer as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case.

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Lawrence Silver, right, an attorney representing the interests of victim Samantha Geimer as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case.

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Deputy District Attorney David Walgren speaks to the court at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Deputy District Attorney David Walgren speaks to the court at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Lawrence Silver, an attorney representing the interests of victim Samantha Geimer looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Lawrence Silver, an attorney representing the interests of victim Samantha Geimer looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as to the court at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case.

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Chad Hummel, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as to the court at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case.

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This is a copy of a letter from Roman Polanski, requesting he be tried in absentia, offered during a status conference in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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This is a copy of a letter from Roman Polanski, requesting he be tried in absentia, offered during a status conference in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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Chad Hummel, center, Brad Dalton, right, and Douglas Dalton, attorneys for Roman Polanski, confer during a status conference in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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Chad Hummel, center, Brad Dalton, right, and Douglas Dalton, attorneys for Roman Polanski, confer during a status conference in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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Deputy District Attorney David Walgren speaks during a status conference in the case of film director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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Deputy District Attorney David Walgren speaks during a status conference in the case of film director Roman Polanski, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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Chad Hummel, right, and Brad Dalton, left, attorneys for Roman Polanski, with Lawrence Silver, an attorney representing the interests of victim Samantha Geimer, center rear, appear during a status conference in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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Chad Hummel, right, and Brad Dalton, left, attorneys for Roman Polanski, with Lawrence Silver, an attorney representing the interests of victim Samantha Geimer, center rear, appear during a status conference in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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Chad Hummel, an attorney for Roman Polanski, pleads his client's case during a status conference in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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Chad Hummel, an attorney for Roman Polanski, pleads his client's case during a status conference in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl, at the Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2010.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Lawrence Silver, right, an attorney representing the interests of victim Samantha Geimer as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case.

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Lawrence Silver, right, an attorney representing the interests of victim Samantha Geimer as Deputy District Attorney David Walgren looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case.

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Deputy District Attorney David Walgren speaks to the court at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Deputy District Attorney David Walgren speaks to the court at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Lawrence Silver, an attorney representing the interests of victim Samantha Geimer looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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Chad Hummel, right, attorney for Roman Polanski, speaks as Lawrence Silver, an attorney representing the interests of victim Samantha Geimer looks on at the Criminal Justice Center, Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, in Los Angeles during a hearing in the case of the famous film director, who fled the United States in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. A Los Angeles judge has ruled Roman Polanski must return to the U.S. to be sentenced in a decades-old sex case. Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza's ruling Friday is likely to be appealed.

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