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Prosecutor probes Roman Polanski on US extradition motion

FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 file photo, Polish-French film director Roman Polanski holds his best director award during the 39th French Cesar Awards Ceremony in Paris. Filmmaker Roman Polanski says he hopes Poland won't extradite him to the U.S., where he is wanted in a 1977 sex case. The Oscar-winning director is in Poland preparing for a movie, which he is planning to film in February and March. The U.S. justice authorities recently asked Poland to arrest and extradite Polanski, 81, who has Polish and French passports. In October, prosecutors in Krakow, where Polanski has an apartment, questioned him but refused to arrest him. They are planning to question him again following the arrival of the extradition request this month. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, file) FILE - In this Friday, Feb. 28, 2014 file photo, Polish-French film director Roman Polanski holds his best director award during the 39th French Cesar Awards Ceremony in Paris. Filmmaker Roman Polanski says he hopes Poland won't extradite him to the U.S., where he is wanted in a 1977 sex case. The Oscar-winning director is in Poland preparing for a movie, which he is planning to film in February and March. The U.S. justice authorities recently asked Poland to arrest and extradite Polanski, 81, who has Polish and French passports. In October, prosecutors in Krakow, where Polanski has an apartment, questioned him but refused to arrest him. They are planning to question him again following the arrival of the extradition request this month. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, file)

By Associated Press January 15, 2015 1 min read

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – An official says filmmaker Roman Polanski has been questioned by a prosecutor concerning a U.S. request for his extradition on 1977 sex charges.

Boguslawa Marcinkowska, spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office in Krakow, southern Poland, said Thursday the prosecutor questioned the director late Wednesday and is writing a report for the court that will decide whether to extradite Polanski. She refused to divulge any details of the questioning. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has Polish and French passports.

Last year, Krakow prosecutors refused a U.S. request to arrest Polanski, 81, but obliged him to be available on summons. The extradition request came this year.

Marcinkowska said the prosecutor may either give reasons why the extradition is not possible, or may say that it can be carried out.