US files Polanski extradition request in sex case (AP)

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FILE -- This is a Jan. 15, 2009 file photo, of film director Roman Polanski in Montrouge, France. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show the arrest of fugitive director Roman Polanski was set in motion by Swiss authorities, who sent an urgent fax to the U.S. Office of International Affairs on Sept. 22, 2009 stating Polanski was expected in Zurich for a film festival. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)AP - The United States has asked Switzerland to hand over Roman Polanski to authorities in California, where he could serve up to two years in prison for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl, Swiss and U.S. authorities said Friday.


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