Polanski’s Bail Set at $4.5 Million
On Wednesday, the Swiss Federal Criminal Court accepted Roman Polanski’s bail plea and his offer to surrender his passport.
According to the BBC, the court accepted Polanski’s plea to be freed on a $4.5 million bail from a Swiss jail where he is being held for a US child sex case. The bail stipulates that Polanski must stay at his chalet in the Swiss Alps and that he will be monitored by an electronic tag.
It is highly unusual for extradition subjects to be granted bail in Switzerland, says the BBC’s Imogen Foulkes, adding that Polanski’s first application was refused.
The BBC stated that the ruling is not thought to affect the Swiss government’s ongoing assessment of whether it should extradite Polanski to the US.
