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Lawyer for Roman Polanski victim praises extradition refusal

FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 file photo director Roman Polanski speaks to the press after a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, at the regional court in his childhood city of Krakow, Poland. A court in Poland was expected to rule Friday Oct. 30, 2015 on whether Polish law allows filmmaker Roman Polanski to be extradited to the U.S., where he pleaded guilty nearly four decades ago to having sex with a minor. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)
FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 file photo director Roman Polanski speaks to the press after a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, at the regional court in his childhood city of Krakow, Poland. A court in Poland was expected to rule Friday Oct. 30, 2015 on whether Polish law allows filmmaker Roman Polanski to be extradited to the U.S., where he pleaded guilty nearly four decades ago to having sex with a minor. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File) FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2015 file photo director Roman Polanski speaks to the press after a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, at the regional court in his childhood city of Krakow, Poland. A court in Poland was expected to rule Friday Oct. 30, 2015 on whether Polish law allows filmmaker Roman Polanski to be extradited to the U.S., where he pleaded guilty nearly four decades ago to having sex with a minor. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

LOS ANGELES (AP) – An attorney for a woman who was sexually assaulted by Roman Polanski when she was 13 praised the refusal Friday of a Polish court to send the Oscar-winning director to Los Angeles for sentencing.

Lawyer Lawrence Silver, who represents victim Samantha Geimer, also reiterated his client wants the long-running case against Polanski to end.

Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with Geimer and fled from the United States in 1978 on the eve of sentencing.

“I sent a letter of congratulations to Mr. Polanski’s lawyers in Poland for being able to demonstrate to the judicial system of Poland that this case, which is 38 years old, should be ended,” Silver said, noting the decision marked the second time a foreign government has refused to return Polanski since 2010.

“Both the judicial systems of Poland and Switzerland are able to do what the judicial system of the United States seems unable to do, and that is put the matter behind us,” Silver said.