Roman Polanski’s attorneys may have helped provoke his arrest

[Dr. Strange]

Roman Polanski’s attorneys may have helped provoke his arrest by complaining to an appellate court this summer that Los Angeles prosecutors had never made any real effort to arrest the filmmaker in his three decades as a fugitive, two sources familiar with the case told The Times.

The accusation that the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office was not serious about extraditing Polanski was a small part of two July court filings by the director’s attorneys. But it caught the attention of prosecutors and led to his capture in Switzerland on Saturday, the sources said.

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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/roman-polanski-attorney-may-have-prevoked-arrest-by-complaining-la-wasnt-serious-about-arresting-dir.html

Yeah, another Polanski thread, but with extra irony!

[cliffordu]

1. I'll kick this for the extra thick and juicy irony.....

:rofl:

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Having your attorneys complain that prosecutors haven't arrested you yet

is not only unethical, it's incredibly stupid.

[Recursion]

3. Actually I think it's pretty common

If you can establish that the state isn't really interested in prosecuting you, you can have a court clear charges against you.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. In this case, there may have been a toll on the time as the defendant

was mostly in countries where he could not be extradited.

[Ian David]

5. Is his attorney Orly Taitz?? n/t