Oscar-winning director Roman Polanksi 'to cooperate with US extradition request'
VETERAN director Roman Polanski has promised to cooperate with Polish authorities over an extradition request to the US.
Roman Polanski at a film screening in 2013
The Oscar-winning director, who is currently working on a film in Poland, pleaded guilty in 1977 to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl in Los Angeles.
Polanski served 42 days in jail but then fled the US the next year.
Last week, Polish prosecutors announced they will question the 81-year-old, who lives in France and has both Polish and French passports.
Polinski told Polish network TVN21 on Monday: "I know that an extradition request has come and of course I will undergo the procedure and we will see.
I trust the Polish judiciary system
"I trust the Polish judiciary system. I hope everything will be all right."
In 2009, Polanski was arrested in Switzerland after travelling to Zurich to attend a film festival, but avoided extradition.
His travels are limited by a warrant which is in effect in 188 countries, however, he has avoided extradition by moving between France, Poland and Switzerland.
He requested for his original conviction to be thrown out last month, but a judge said it could not be dismissed while Polanski was still a fugitive.
He is currently working on his latest film, An Officer and A Spy, based on the 19th century French political scandal known as The Dreyfus Affair.
In 2003, he won an Oscar for directing The Pianist, which tells the story of an aspiring Polish pianist at the start of the Second World War.