Poland rejects US request to arrest film director Polanski

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Poland rejects US request to arrest film director Polanski

Polish prosecutors have interviewed Roman Polanski, but they decided not to detain him after the US sent Poland a request to arrest and extradite the famous filmmaker over a decades-old child sex offense.

Polanski, known for directing films like Rosemary's Baby and the Pianist, fled the US in 1978 after facing a prison term for having sex with a minor. He was visiting Poland, his country of birth, to attend the opening of a Jewish museum in Warsaw.

The request to detain Polanski was received by Polish authorities on Wednesday. The 81-year-old appeared before prosecutors in the southern city of Krakow on Thursday, and they ruled there were no grounds to hold him in custody.

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