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FILE - This Feb. 25, 2015 file photo shows filmmaker Roman Polanski during a break in a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, in Krakow, Poland. A Los Angeles judge on Monday, April 3, 2017 rejected a request by Polanski to end his 40-year-old case for unlawful sex with a minor without the director's presence in court, as well as other request that would draw the case to a close. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)

Judge rejects Roman Polanski’s bid to end sex abuse case

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

A timeline of Roman Polanski’s 4-decade underage sex case

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FILE - This Feb. 25, 2015 file photo shows filmmaker Roman Polanski during a break in a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, in Krakow, Poland. A Los Angeles judge on Monday, April 3, 2017 rejected a request by Polanski to end his 40-year-old case for unlawful sex with a minor without the director's presence in court, as well as other request that would draw the case to a close. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)

Judge rejects Roman Polanski’s bid to end sex abuse case

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

The Latest: Judge to rule later in Roman Polanski sex case

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FILE - This Feb. 25, 2015 file photo shows filmmaker Roman Polanski during a break in a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, in Krakow, Poland. Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, urged a judge to reject Polanski's efforts to unseal sworn testimony in his 1977 unlawful sex with a minor case, arguing the fugitive director must return to a Los Angeles court before his request can be considered. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)

Roman Polanski’s lawyer asks judge to give clue on sentence

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2015 file photo shows filmmaker Roman Polanski during a break in a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, in Krakow, Poland. Los Angeles prosecutors on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, urged a judge to reject Polanski's efforts to unseal sworn testimony in his 1977 unlawful sex with a minor case, arguing the fugitive director must return to a Los Angeles court before his request can be considered. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)

Prosecutors urge judge to reject latest Polanski motion

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 30, 2015 file photo, filmmaker Roman Polanski talks to reporters in Krakow, Poland, after a Polish judge ruled that Polish law forbids his extradition to the U.S., where in 1977 he pleaded guilty to having had sex with a minor. A hearing to unseal testimony in Polanski's long-running underage sex case has been delayed. The Los Angeles Superior Court sent out a notice Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, that a hearing scheduled for Friday has been delayed a new date has not yet formally been set. (AP Photo/Jarek Praszkiewicz, File)

Hearing in Roman Polanski’s long-running case delayed

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This Feb. 25, 2015 file photo shows filmmaker Roman Polanski during a break in a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, in Krakow, Poland. A Los Angeles judge has set a hearing for Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, to address a request by Polanksi's lawyer to unseal testimony from a former prosecutor who handled the fugitive director's 1977 sexual assault case. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)

Samantha Geimer, Roman Polanski victim, wants him absolved: ‘I know he’s sorry’

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

This Feb. 25, 2015 file photo shows filmmaker Roman Polanski during a break in a hearing concerning a U.S. request for his extradition over 1977 charges of sex with a minor, in Krakow, Poland. A Los Angeles judge has set a hearing for Friday, Feb. 24, 2017, to address a request by Polanksi's lawyer to unseal testimony from a former prosecutor who handled the fugitive director's 1977 sexual assault case. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, File)

Roman Polanski seeks to have prosecutor’s testimony unsealed

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday Feb. 28, 2014 file picture, Polish-French film director Roman Polanski holds his best director award during the 39th French Cesar Awards Ceremony in Paris, France. Filmmaker Roman Polanski has decided not to preside over the French equivalent of the Oscars, after protests from France's women's rights minister and feminist groups because of decades-old U.S. sex charges. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

Polanski abandons plan to preside over French Oscars

By ANGELA CHARLTON - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 20, 2015 file photo, film director Roman Polanski gestures during a debate at the Paris Book Fair in Paris. Polanski will preside over this year's Cesars Awards ceremony, the French equivalent of the Oscars. The Academy of Arts and Techniques of cinema said Wednesday Jan. 18, 2017 the 83-year-old Polanski is expected to deliver two speeches during the Feb. 24 ceremony. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)

Polanski to preside over French cinema awards ceremony

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In this file photo taken in Krakow, Poland, Oct. 30, 2015, filmmaker Roman Polanski talks to reporters after a Polish judge ruled that the Polish law forbids his extradition to the U.S., where in 1977 he pleaded guilty to having had sex with a minor. On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, Poland's Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, who took office in November, has requested the Supreme Court to annul that ruling and allow for Polanski's extradition. Polanski is a French and Polish citizen. (AP Photo/Jarek Praszkiewicz)

Poland’s top court upholds refusal to extradite Polanski

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

Filmmaker Roman Polanski tells reporters he can “breath with relief” after a Polish judge ruled that the law forbids his extradition to the U.S., where in 1977 he pleaded guilty to having sex with a minor, in Krakow, Poland, Friday, Oct. 30, 2015. (AP Photo/Jarek Praszkiewicz)

Roman Polanski ‘very happy’ with Polish court ruling

By Monika Scislowska - Associated Press

Polish-French film director Roman Polanski holds his best director award during the 39th French Cesar Awards Ceremony in Paris in this Feb. 28, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

Roman Polanski lawyers want media barred from extradition hearing

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Polish-French film director Roman Polanski holds his best director award during the 39th French Cesar Awards Ceremony in Paris in this Feb. 28, 2014, file photo. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

Court denies Roman Polanski’s motion to dismiss 1977 sex case

By Anthony McCartney - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014, Gene Gutowski, who produced four of Roman Polanski’s films, poses at his home in Warsaw, Poland. On Thursday, a new documentary about Gutowski’s improbable wartime survival premieres at the Warsaw Film Festival, directed and produced by his son, Adam Bardach. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

New film tells Holocaust story of Polanski ally

By VANESSA GERA - Associated Press

Director Roman Polanski speaks during a press conference for Venus in Fur at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Roman Polanski wants government protection while shooting next film in Poland

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Actress Zoe Saldana, left, and actor Patrick J. Adams during the shooting of the adaptation of the psychological horror movie “Rosemary’s Baby” by Polish director Agnieszka Holland in Issy-les-Moulineaux, outside Paris, Friday March 7, 2014. Zoe Saldana and Patrick J. Adams star in the two-episode remake of Ira Levin’s 1967 book, which director Roman Polanski also turned into an unforgettable 1968 film. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

‘Rosemary’s Baby’ remake shifts horror to Paris

By BASTIEN INZAURRALDE - Associated Press

Director Roman Polanski speaks during a press conference for Venus in Fur at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Polanski laments leveling of sexes as ‘idiotic’ at Cannes

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Playwright David Ives finds his timing perfectly

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press