Film director Roman Polanski was arrested entering Switzerland Saturday for a decade's old arrest warrant. By request of the United States, the 76-year old Academy Award winner was questioned by Swiss police upon entering the country regarding the warrant issued in 1978.
In 1977, Polanski plead guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl, and permanently left the United States in 1978 before he was sentenced. Polanski is considered an international fugitive.
This article appears in Sep 2-8, 2009.