<div><p>The victim in Roman Polanski's 1978 child-sex case expressed support for the fugitive filmmaker's request to be sentenced in absentia, court filings revealed.</p><p>An attorney for Samantha Geimer, who was 13 when Polanski allegedly plied her with drugs and alcohol before having unlawful sex with her ...

<div><p>The new movie by Roman Polanski, currently under house arrest in Switzerland, will get its world premiere and be in competition at the Berlin film festival in February, organisers said Tuesday.</p><p>The Oscar-winning director of "Chinatown" -- and of the new "The Ghost Writer" -- is confined to a Swiss ...

<div><p>The new movie by Roman Polanski, currently under house arrest in Switzerland, will get its world premiere and be in competition at the Berlin film festival in February, organisers said Tuesday.</p><p>The Oscar-winning director of "Chinatown" -- and of the new "The Ghost Writer" -- is confined to a Swiss ...

<div><p>The victim in the Roman Polanski child sex case has renewed calls for the case against the director to be dismissed and urged the media to leave her alone, court filings showed.</p><p>Lawyers for Samantha Geimer made the request in a court motion filed in Los Angeles on ...