Judge Denies Roman Polanski's Bid To End 40-Year-Old Rape Case Filmmaker, 83, Fails To Secure No

Judge Denies Roman Polanski's Bid To End 40-Year-Old Rape Case Filmmaker, 83, Fails To Secure No-Jail Guarantee If He Returns To America After Having Sex With A 13-Year-Old Girl In 1977 At Jack Nicholson's House Roman Polanski cannot return to the States without fear of being put in prison. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon ruled Monday against the fugitive director's petition to be able to finally return to the US with time served for having sex with a minor, according to TMZ. His lawyer, Harland Braun, had asked a judge to unseal a secret transcript that he said proved that L.A. County Superior Court Judge Laurence Rittenband in 1978 had accepted a plea deal, with Polanski set to serve a 48-day sentence. Fearful that the judge was going to reneg and sentence him to 50 years, Polanski fled for France, where he's lived ever since. Braun wanted the new judge to sentence the director to time served, as he spent an initial 42 days in prison before getting out on bail and an additional 10 months in prison and under house arrest in Switzerland. The judge ruled that since he was in contempt of court for fleeing, he is a fugitive and therefore can't make deals with the court, echoing similar court decisions in the past, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Oscar-winning director of 'The Pianist' and 'Chinatown' was accused of drugging the 13-year-old before raping her at film star Jack Nicholson's house in Los Angeles in 1977. He admitted statutory rape after a number of more serious charges were dropped, and spent an initial 42 days in prison before getting out on bail. He was also arrested in Switzerland in 2009 on a US extradition request and spent 10 months under house arrest before the request was rejected. His attorney Harland Braun told Los Angeles Superior Court the 83-year-old filmmaker, who lives in Paris, had 'already done his time' and wanted to resolve the case with a finding that he has completed his sentence. He asked Judge Scott Gordon to order prosecutors to give some indication of how much time - if any - they want Polanski to serve if he returns. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/artic...