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October 12, 2009 - 11:08 am - by Stephen Green

Somewhere in Switzerland, the world’s smallest violin can be heard:

Director Roman Polanski is feeling depressed two weeks after his arrest in Switzerland to face U.S. extradition for a 1977 case involving the rape of a 13-year-old girl, his lawyer was quoted as saying on Sunday.

“I found him to be tired and depressed,” Herve Temime told the Sonntag newspaper, one of two newspapers he talked to after visiting the Oscar-winning director in a Zurich prison.

“Roman Polanski, who is 76, seemed very dejected when I visited him,” Temime told another newspaper, NZZ am Sonntag.

“Polanski was in an unsettled state of mind.”

So much for my image of jail being a happy fun place.

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5 Comments, 5 Threads

  1. 1. rbj

    If he wants out of the Swiss prison real quick, waive extradition. Come to the US & face justice.

    October 12, 2009 - 11:20 am   Link to this Comment
  2. 2. NukemHill

    Oh, wait. Did we mention he’s 76? And a world famous Director?

    October 12, 2009 - 11:42 am   Link to this Comment
  3. 3. mojo

    Gosh, y’mean his Swiss mouthpiece feels sorry for him, because he’s all depressed by being tossed in the stripey hole? How unusual…

    October 12, 2009 - 1:27 pm   Link to this Comment
  4. 4. jaymaster

    Is that not the whole point of prison?

    October 12, 2009 - 7:05 pm   Link to this Comment
  5. 5. checkers

    He’s depressed because there aren’t any 15 y/o girls to boink in the joint. That’s the only reason he’s depressed.

    October 13, 2009 - 9:35 pm   Link to this Comment