London
(ANI):
French
President
Nicolas
Sarkozy
helped
Roman
Polanski
get
bail
after
the
filmmaker
spent
two
months
in
a
Swiss
prison
on
a
child
sex
case,
it
has
emerged.
The
director"s
sister-in-law
Mathilde
Seigner
hinted
that
the
leader
has
been
instrumental
to
the
recent
development.
“I
wouldn"t
go
so
far
as
to
say
that
it
is
thanks
to
the
President
that
Roman
has
been
freed,
but
he
has
been
super.
The
President
has
been
very
effective," Times
Online
quoted
her
as
telling
Le
Parisien
newspaper.
Sarkozy
had
earlier
expressed
his
views
on
the
director
being
held
on
a
US
warrant
for
having
unlawful
sex
with
a
13-year-old
girl
in
1977.
Last
month,
he
told
Le
Figaro
newspaper:
“Pronouncing
justice
32
years
after
the
event,
when
the
accused
is
76
years
old
a
good
administration
of
justice."
Seemingly,
the
French
premier"s
wife
Carla
Bruni
has
been
the
reason
behind
Sarkozy
supporting
Polanski.
It
is
believed
that
Bruni"s
connections
with
the
Parisian
artistic
community
has
benefited
Polanski,
as
he
and
his
actress
wife
Emmanuelle
Seigner
and
her
sister
are
an
important
part
of
it.
Meanwhile,
Polanski"s
bail
of
4.5
million
Swiss
Francs
will
allow
him
to
move
into
his
luxurious
Swiss
Alps
chalet.
However,
his
movements
will
be
monitored
with
the
help
of
an
electronic
tagging
to
ensure
he
stays
put
in
his
chalet.
Polanski
had
pleaded
guilty
of
having
unlawful
sex
with
a
child
in
1977,
but
had
later
escaped
from
America.