Fugitive Director Roman Polanski Refuses to Return to U.S. for Rape Case
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Roman Polanski has no plans to return to the United States, according to a new legal filing in his campaign to have a long-ago rape case dismissed.
His lawyer says in the document filed Tuesday in Los Angeles that Polanski's court battle has a different motivation.
He says the fugitive director wants to provide a legacy for the justice system by showing that judicial misconduct cannot go unpunished.
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The legal brief also argues that Polanski does not need to be present for the court to rule on his motion to dismiss a 3-decade-old rape charge.
The 75-year-old, Oscar-winning movie director lives in France, where he fled in 1977.
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