November 27, 2009
Seems Roman rapist Polanski got special treatment in jail. Surprise.
From the LA Times blog. Not sure why they didn’t mention Polanski’s trips to the hospital.
In an interview with Zurich’s Radio One, Yussi Akram said Polanski was able to regularly call his wife and attorneys and communicated frequently with guards at the prison outside the city. Akram also said Polanski’s cell was equipped with a special emergency button he could use to summon guards.
Meanwhile, a close friend of the director’s said Polanski is depressed and has lost 30 pounds.
“His fear of the U.S. verges on panic and he has lived with that fear for so long that it’s become obsessive,” director Janusz Morgenstern told a Polish radio station, according to ABC News. He added Polanski’s children have been pulled out of school in part because of taunts from other children.
Where he will live until the court’s final decision on extradition is made.
His ski chalet “Milky Way” in Gstaad, Switzerland.
Photo: Fabrice Coffrini /AFP/Getty Images
