Polanski receives medical treatment in hospital

Roman Polanski has been released from prison to receive medical care.

Roman Polanski has been released from prison to receive medical care.

The 76-year-old director – who faces being extradited to America from France after fleeing to the country in 1978 when he was convicted of unlawful sex with a minor – was taken to an undisclosed hospital from his Swiss jail to get the necessary treatment.

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