Webb wrote:Apex wrote:"Following Tate's death, Polanski returned to Europe and spent much of his time in Paris and Gstaad, but did not direct another film until Macbeth (1971) in England."
Roman Polanski will never return to America or to any country that has an extradition treaty with America.
I must be missing something here because Polanski did return to the U.S. in 1974 to direct "Chinatown". In 1977, after a photo shoot in Los Angeles, Polanski was arrested for the rape of a 13-year-old girl and pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawful sex with a minor.[18] To avoid sentencing, Polanski fled to his home in London, eventually settling in France.
Here's the weird part ---> More than 32 years later, in September 2009, he was temporarily arrested by Swiss police at the request of United States authorities, who unsuccessfully asked for his extradition. During an interview for a later film documentary, he offered his apology to the woman, and later said that he had regretted that episode for the last 33 years.
Why did the U.S. wait so long to ask for extradition?
As far as extradition treaties go...
France has had an extradition treaty in force with the U.S. since 1911
England has had an extradition agreement in one form or another with the U.S. since 1794
Switzerland ( Gstaad is a village in Southwestern Switzerland ) has had an extradition treaty in force with the U.S. since 1900
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