Switzerland says that the U.S. denied Polanski case documents

45 minutes LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Swiss government says the U.S. Justice Department rejected his request for access to confidential transcripts in the extradition case of filmmaker Roman Polanski, according to new documents reveal. The Swiss authorities said in a letter the U.S. embassy in Bern that the refusal of access to information was a crucial factor in his decision to leave free to Polanski and not extradited to the United States. The Associated Press obtained Wednesday night a copy of the letter of 12 July, indicating when the application was filed and when it was rejected. However, a spokeswoman for the district attorney's office of the County of Los Angeles said it never received a notification from the Swiss request and did not know that the Department of Justice had rejected. The Justice Department spokeswoman Laura Sweeney said on Wednesday night to find out what happened. In the letter, the Swiss authorities said their refusal to extradite a strong argument Polanski was to reject the Department of Justice U.S. to give them the transcripts of the testimony of original tax in the case. "Under the additional documents requested were not sent completely, refusing to extradite to the United States Roman Polanski," said the Swiss authorities. The Swiss authorities said they wanted to know if Polanski had served a sentence in prison. The filmmaker was arrested for an unsolved case 33 years ago of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Average (Not Rated)