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POLANSKI FILES FOR SEX-CASE DISMISSAL Roman Polanski has launched a new initiative to get back into Hollywood.
On Tuesday, attorneys for the director filed a complaint with the Los Angeles Superior Court seeking to have 31-year-old sexual misconduct charges dismissed. Fittingly enough, a docu about the filmmaker's travails paved the way for latest attempt to clear Polanski's name.
Polanski's attorneys cite "extraordinary new evidence" that has surfaced with the release of Marina Zenovich's "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired" as reason to reopen the case. The complaint zeroes in on interviews in which then-deputy district attorney David Wells admits discussing the case with Judge Lawrence Rittenband during legal proceedings from the 1970s and further charges the current District Attorney's Office with misconduct in statements made upon the docu's June release.
Polanski, the complaint charges, "was and continues to be the victim of repeated, unlawful and unethical misconduct on the part of the L.A. District Attorney's Office and L.A. Superior Court."
A hearing has been set for Jan. 21.
Although Polanski has long expressed reluctance to revisit the case, he apparently is eager to clear his name and put the issue
He fled before sentencing, and since then there have been several attempts to resolve the case. His victim, Samantha Geimer, has repeatedly requested that the charges be dropped. He has continued to work in France, winning an Oscar for 2002's "The Pianist." His next project, "The Ghost," is skedded to begin lensing in Europe in February.
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