Roman Polanski Out of Jail for Medical Treatment
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He's not out of the woods, but director Roman Polanski is out of jail, at least temporarily.
The director's French lawyer says that the 76-year-old is receiving medical treatment for an undisclosed ailment, according to Reuters.
"All I know is that he has been taken from prison for medical attention. I don't know where he is or when he will be returned to prison," lawyer Hervé Témime said.
Wherever the director is, he's still under supervision.
"He is still in detention. If necessary he has all the medical care [needed]. It can be in prison or in hospital, in general," a spokesperson for Switzerland's Federal Office of Justice told the news agency.
Having been denied bail, the Oscar winner has been in a Swiss jail since last month awaiting an extradition hearing to decide whether he will be returned to the United States.
Polanski fled the United States in 1978 before he could be sentenced for having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.
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