and this is what he left On September 26th 2009 Polanski was taken into custody of the Swiss police under a 2005 international arrest warrant against him at the request of US authorities as he traveled accept a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival name Verschuur2009 09 27 Polanski was allowed to be confined at his Gstaad residence on US 4 5 M bail as he awaits resolution on appeals filed in the Swiss court fighting the US extradition The original edit is clearly more informative