Celebrity | Roman Polanski Roman Polanski Faces New Hearing Poland to decide on US request to extradite fugitive director By Evann Gastaldo Posted Feb 17, 2015 9:26 AM CST Copied In this Feb. 28, 2014, file photo Polish-French film director Roman Polanski holds his best director award during the 39th French Cesar Awards Ceremony in Paris, Feb. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File) The US is still trying to extradite Roman Polanski from Poland, and the 81-year-old director will attend a hearing on the matter next Wednesday, his lawyer said today. Polanski pleaded guilty to unlawful sex with a 13-year-old in 1977 but fled the US after serving 42 days in a plea deal because he feared the deal being overruled; he now lives in France but is planning to make a film in Poland. If the court decides to honor the extradition request, the country's justice minister must still decide whether to approve it, Reuters reports. Read These Next Defense officials react to Hegseth's Quantico meeting. Government shutdown is here. Here's what to expect. President asks nation's top generals to loosen up. Turns out life on the California coast isn't always breezy. Report an error