All posts containing the tag: "switzerland"
Posted Sep 29th 2009 9:00AM by TMZ Staff
Roman Polanski's lawyers are angling to block any extradition attempt by asking a Swiss judge to release him from custody ...on grounds the move by U.S. law enforcement to haul him back was illegal.
Polanski is currently in a prison cell in Zurich, Switzerland. There's now talk that he could be placed on house arrest while lawyers fight it out. Here's the best part -- the house would be Polanski's Gstaad chalet .... nice work if you can get it.
Polanski fled the U.S. after pleading guilty in 1977 to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. The judge in the case reneged on the plea agreement and that's when Roman beat a hasty retreat to France.
The decision on whether to free Polanski is expected to take weeks.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: arrest, prison, roman polanski, RomanPolanski, statuatory rape, StatuatoryRape, switzerland, zurich
Posted Sep 28th 2009 6:03AM by TMZ Staff
After 30 years on the run, Roman Polanski is finally behind bars -- but, according to his lawyer, he ain't staying there.
Polanski's attorney, Herve Temime, called into "GMA" this morning to say his client is in "very good shape" and believes it will be possible for him "to obtain his freedom."
The director was taken into custody by Swiss authorities trying to enter Switzerland on Saturday. He was captured on a 30-year-old warrant after he pled guilty in 1977 to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: arrest, good morning america, GoodMorningAmerica, herve temime, HerveTemime, roman polanski, RomanPolanski, statutory rape, StatutoryRape, switzerland
Posted Sep 27th 2009 9:37AM by TMZ Staff
Roman Polanski will not be able to attend the Zurich Film Festival -- which was set to honor him with a lifetime achievement award -- because he got arrested for that whole statutory rape thing he's been fleeing from for the past 30 years.
The famed director was taken into custody by Swiss authorities trying to enter Switzerland yesterday.
Polanski pled guilty in 1977 to having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor (she was 13) but then fled the United States before he could be sentenced. Polanski has lived in France ever since to avoid being arrested.
There has been no timeline set as to when or if he will be extradited back to the U.S.
UPDATE -- According to Sandi Gibbons, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office, the U.S. Justice Department worked in conjunction with Swiss authorities in securing the arrest. According to the LA Times, they had come close to arresting Polanski several times over the past decade.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: arrested, france, roman polanksi, RomanPolanksi, statutory rape, StatutoryRape, switzerland, underage sex, UnderageSex
Posted Jan 27th 2009 2:25PM by TMZ Staff
Jessica Alba is fuming at TMZ for calling her dumb when she called Sweden a "neutral" country last week ... even though it currently has troops in Afghanistan.
She is absolutely correct. Sweden was a neutral country ... 60 years ago.
Even though she was engaged in a debate about the current political situation in America when she advised a reporter to "Be Sweden ... be neutral" -- Alba is swinging back at critics, like TMZ, on her blog saying, "It's so sad to me that you think the only neutral country during WWII was Switzerland."
She is absolutely correct -- when the Nazis were waging war on anyone who opposed Hitler's evil rule, Sweden remained neutral and stayed out of the war. After the war, Winston Churchill referred to Sweden as "that small, coward country."
We apologize for not considering the political climate of the world in 1942 when we suggested she may have meant, "Be Switzerland" -- a country that is currently neutral.
Our sincerest apologies.
Filed under: Jessica Alba
Tags: jessica alba, JessicaAlba, switzerland
Posted Sep 28th 2006 2:03PM by TMZ Staff
When did P!nk join Cirque Du Soleil? The rock star (aka Alecia Moore) shocked concertgoers in Switzerland Wednesday with a dazzling performance that could have been mistaken for the world famous circus production. The singer busted out hit song after hit song without missing a note, all while swinging high over the stage from nothing more than sheets and performing high energy acrobatics.
This was the first performance for the ever-evolving rock star on her "I'm Not Dead" European concert tour. P!nk's next stop will be in Austria on September 28 before heading to Belgium, Germany, the U.K. and other cities throughout Europe. Her final show is slated for December 21 in Luxembourg.
Can't get to Europe? TMZ has compiled some pictures of the hottest moments during her show, including multiple outfit changes, motorcycles and scandalous dance moves. Enjoy.
Filed under: Music, Fashion Police
Tags: concert, europe, european tour, EuropeanTour, i'm not dead, I'mNotDead, pink, switzerland
