An attorney for Roman Polanski’s has told a Los Angeles judge that the fugitive film director won’t appear at a hearing this week to seek dismissal of the 31-year-old sex case against him.

An extremely rare Roman dish made of translucent blue glass pieces was put on display Wednesday at the Museum of London in Docklands.

A judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a 31-year-old sex case against Roman Polanski because he’s a fugitive but signaled that he would reconsider if the film director returns to the United States and appears in court.

A Los Angeles judge has refused to dismiss a sex case against film director Roman Polanski because he’s a fugitive, but says that if Polanski returns he would reconsider on grounds of judicial misconduct.

A film has returned director Roman Polanski to the spotlight, though it’s not one of his own making.

After months of legal maneuvers, it’s time for the much anticipated courtroom showdown on director Roman Polanski’s effort to have a 31-year-old sex prosecution against him dismissed.

This was no Roman holiday for Timothy Geithner.

A hearing for Roman Polanski’s bid to have a 31-year-old sex case dismissed has been rescheduled for Feb. 17.

Roman Polanski’s attorneys have lost their bid to disqualify all Los Angeles Superior Court judges from considering their request to dismiss the 31-year-old sex case against the fugitive director.

A prosecutor on Friday urged an appellate court to reject a motion by fugitive director Roman Polanski’s lawyer to disqualify the entire Los Angeles Superior Court bench from the notorious rape case.