Back in 1978, famed director Roman Polanski fled Hollywood after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year old girl and has been since living in self-imposed exile in France ever since.


Well, on Tuesday, lawyers for Polanski filed a request to dismiss the charge against him because of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct.


The filing claims that a recently released HBO documentary called Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired revealed "a pattern of misconduct and improper communications" between the Los Angeles County district attorney's office and the judge in Polanski's case.


"This case serves as a classic example of how our justice system can be abused, and defendants' rights trampled, by an unholy alliance between courts and criminal prosecutors," said Polanski's lawyers.


So, they want to dismiss the case on technicalities.


But, they don't deny that Polanski had sex with the 13-year old!


Had Roman not skipped out to France, the maximum sentence he could have faced was 50 years, but prosecutors had said at the time that the typical sentence was 16 months to three years in prison.


A spokesperson for the Los Angeles District Attorney said their office had not been served with the motion and had only heard about it through the media.


"We're looking forward to seeing Mr. Polanski in Los Angeles to litigate it," said the DA rep.


We can't wait to see how this plays out!


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