London
(ANI):
Filmmaker
Roman
Polanski
has
been
granted
leave
from
the
Swiss
jail
where
he
was
detained
on
a
US
warrant
to
get
medical
treatment.
The
Rosemary's
Baby
director
had
fled
to
France
in
1978
as
he
was
about
to
be
sentenced
for
having
illegal
intercourse
with
a
13-year-old
girl.
Lodged
in
a
Zurich
jail,
he
has
been
fighting
his
extradition
to
the
US
following
his
arrest
last
month.
However,
the
76-year-old
Polanski
has
now
been
let
out
temporarily
for
receiving
treatment
for
an
unknown
medical
condition,
according
to
his
lawyer.
"All
I
know
is
that
he
has
been
taken
from
prison
for
medical
attention.
I
don't
know
where
he
is
or
when
he
will
be
returned
to
prison," the
Daily
Express
quoted
his
French
lawyer
Herve
Temime,
as
saying.
Only
last
week
Temime
had
said
that
Polanski
was
'tired
and
depressed'
and
in
an
'unsettled
state
of
mind'
when
he
visited
him
in
jail.