Polanski begins house arrest
GSTAAD, Switzerland Roman Polanski began his house arrest on $4.5 million bail Friday, rolling into the luxury resort of Gstaad in a police convoy to a warm welcome from his wife and children at his Alpine chalet.
Roman Polanski, arrested in Switzerland today, is an Oscar winning director who fled the United States over thirty years ago to avoid jail time after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a 13 year old girl.