London
(ANI):
Secret
evidence
given
by
the
original
prosecutor
in
Roman
Polanski's
three-decade
old
illegal
sex
case
will
not
be
disclosed.
Los
Angeles
Superior
Court
judge
Peter
Espinoza
turned
down
a
request
from
the
Rosemary's
Baby
director's
lawyers
to
unseal
transcripts.
The
judge
said
the
material
would
be
made
public
only
if
Polanski
returned
to
the
US
for
a
hearing
and
the
retired
prosecutor,
Roger
Gunson,
was
unavailable
to
give
evidence
in
person.
"We
continue
to
be
bogged
down
in
the
question
of
whether
he
will
ever
return," the
Daily
Express
quoted
Judge
Espinoza,
as
saying.
Polanski,
76,
pleaded
guilty
in
1977
to
having
illegal
intercourse
with
a
teenaged
girl
but
fled
to
France
before
his
sentence
could
be
pronounced.
He
was
arrested
last
September
in
Switzerland
and
currently
remains
under
house
arrest
at
his
chalet
in
the
Swiss
resort
of
Gstaad.