Polanski arrested

Entering Zurich for the Zurich Film Festival, Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police. The US is expected to make a formal extradition request.
Honestly, I don’t quite know how to feel about this. He had pleaded guilty in 1978 to a charge of “unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor” of thirteen, and then skipped the country. However, he claims the judge in the case had agreed to a plea bargain (“time served”) and then reneged.
And the person he molested — now forty-five years old — has also asked that the charge be dismissed. She came to a settlement with him in civil court, and now just wants it to be over.
Any thoughts?

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