New York Daily News

Polanski vic’s request nixed

- Nancy Dillon With News Wire Services

A LOS ANGELES judge has denied the request of Roman Polanski’s sex assault victim to end the fugitive director's case without the threat of more jail time.

In a ruling on Polanski’s 84th birthday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon said Polanski must return to California in person if he expects to resolve charges her sexually assaulted 13-year-old Samantha Geimer in 1977.

The Oscar winner pleaded guilty in the case under a deal that had him spend six weeks in jail for a pre-sentencing psychologi­cal evaluation.

He fled to France on the eve of his sentencing in 1978 because he believed the judge planned to renege on his agreement and give him significan­tly more jail time.

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