WARSAW: Film director Roman Polanski was questioned by Polish prosecutors Thursday on a US arrest warrant for sex offences, but allowed to walk free.
The maker of “The Pianist” and “Chinastown” has has been sought by the American police since 1978 after he fled the country before he could be sentenced for having sex with a 13-year-old girl.
But prosecutors in Krakow, southern Poland, released him after questioning.
“Prosecutors have decided it was not necessary to arrest Roman P.,” Boguslawa Marcinkowska, spokesperson for Krakow district prosecutors said Thursday after they had questioned Polanski, who said he would cooperate with Polish authorities. -AFP