Prosecutors contest Polanski request

Prosecutors are asking a Los Angeles judge to reject a request by Roman Polanski’s lawyers to unseal transcripts of closed-door testimony in the case.

Polanski’s attorneys want a judge to unseal testimony earlier this year by the original prosecutor handling the case, Roger Gunson.

They said it will help their efforts to fight Polanski’s extradition from Switzerland, where he remains under house arrest.

Prosecutors argued in a court filing that Polanski’s motion should be rejected because he remains a fugitive.

A hearing on the issue was scheduled for Monday afternoon.

Los Angeles prosecutors want the Oscar-winning director returned to face sentencing on a charge he had unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl in 1977.