Roman Polanski will stay behind bars for now after the Swiss justice ministry on Tuesday rejected an appeal by the filmmaker to be released from jail.
"We continue to be of the opinion that there is a high risk of flight," ministry spokesman Folco Galli told the Associated Press, explaining the decision.
The Academy Award-winning director was arrested on September 26 at Zurich airport on a United States warrant. He had come to Switzerland to accept a lifetime achievement award. More...
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