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Why Is Hollywood Shunning Mel Gibson but Embracing Roman Polanski?

(July 14) -- In 2006, there was the boozy anti-Semitic rant. Now comes Mel Gibson's encore, as recorded in tapes of him yelling a racist slur at his ex-girlfriend. As a result, Gibson has been dropped by his agency, WME, and no other agency is lining up to take its place. And yet many in Hollywood have gone out of their...

Roman Polanski's Life in Crime and Film [TIMELINE]

(July 12) -- The Swiss government announced today that film director and fugitive Roman Polanski would not be extradited to the United States for an unlawful sexual conduct charge stemming from an accusation that he raped 13-year-old Samantha Gailey Geimer in 1977. Polanski has been under house arrest at his home in Gstaad...

Polanski Freed: Instant Reactions

(July 12) -- The government of Switzerland today refused to extradite famed director Roman Polanski to the U.S., where authorities were seeking to prosecute him for fleeing the country over three decades ago, after pleading guilty to "unlawful sexual intercourse" with then 13-year-old Samantha Geimer. "The...

Swiss Deny US Request to Extradite Roman Polanski

ZURICH, Switzerland (July 12) -- Film director Roman Polanski will not be extradited to the United States to respond to accusations of unlawful sexual conduct with a teenager, the Swiss government said, making him a free man and ending months of uncertainty over his fate. Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf...

Switzerland Won't Extradite Roman Polanski to US

BERN, Switzerland (July 12) -- The Swiss government declared renowned film director Roman Polanski a free man on Monday after rejecting a U.S. request to extradite him on a charge of having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. The Swiss mostly blamed U.S. authorities for failing to provide confidential testimony about...