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The case has haunted both Geimer and Polanski, with the 79-year-old director living as a fugitive from justice in France where he is immune from extradition as a French citizen. A warrant for Polanski's arrest remains active, effectively barring him from returning to the U.S., which he fled in 1978 on the eve of sentencing for a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse. Polanski's agent Jeff Berg said in an email that Polanski had no comment. The case's prosecutor, David Walgren, who is now a judge, also declined to comment. Polanski, whose films include "Chinatown" and "Rosemary's Baby," is restricted by an Interpol warrant in effect in 188 countries, but he moves freely between Switzerland and France. He was freed from Swiss house arrest in 2010 after the government refused to deport him to the U.S. He had been arrested when he tried to attend a film festival in Switzerland, and a lengthy court case ensued in Europe and the United States. Geimer's lawyer, Lawrence Silver, says in the book that he pursued both the photos and negatives from Polanski's photo sessions with Geimer, which took place at the home of actor Jack Nicholson while Nicholson was away. "These photographs, important both legally and historically, would likely have never been discovered if not for the civil suit," Silver said.
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