Roman Polanski's new legal team wants his case closed

Roman Polanski's new legal team wants his case closed
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Celebrity attorney Alan M. Dershowitz is requesting permission to represent director Roman Polanski in California, saying Polanski "has taken responsibility for his actions, served his sentence, and a remedy should now be fashioned by the court once and for all."

Polanski, 81, was charged with raping a 13-year-old girl in 1977, and was sent for a psychiatric evaluation. After hearing that the judge planned to give him additional jail time, Polanski fled before he was sentenced.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.