Thursday, March 15, 2012

Swiss to make Polanski announcement Monday

Switzerland will make an announcement Monday about the extradition of Roman Polanski to the United States for sentencing on a charge of unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl, the government said.

Justice Ministry spokesman Guido Balmer declined to confirm that a decision had been made, or what it might be.

The government said only that Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf will hold a news conference in the capital, Bern, at 2 p.m. (1200 GMT; 8 a.m. EDT) "on the matter of the Roman Polanski extradition decision."

Lawyers representing Polanski declined to comment before the Swiss announcement.

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