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Director Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on Saturday after flying into Zurich to attend the Zurich Film Festival.

He was scheduled to receive an honorary award at the festival but was apprehended at the airport before he could attend.

The 76 year-old faces possible extradition to the U.S where there is an outstanding warrant for his arrest. Polanski is wanted for having sex with a 13 year-old girl back in 1977.

He fled from the U.S. in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

The director, best known for his work on “The Pianist”, “Chinatown” and “Rosemary’s Baby,” has lived in France for the past thirty years.

He was married to Emmanuelle Seigner in 1989 and the couple have two children, daughter Morgane and son Elvis.

Polanski is fighting the extradition case against him so we’ll have to wait and see if/when he makes a return to the Unites States.