Swiss locals’ laud Roman Polanski  Roman Polanski‘s neighbors in
Gstaad, Switzerland, are outraged at his arrest Sunday over his
1977 rape of a 13-year-old girl he’d drugged. “Everybody loves
him,” said one well-heeled Euro. “He built a beautiful chalet
with old wood. He skis like crazy. He’s very family-oriented.
I’ve never seen a man who changed his life so much.” Residents
of the Swiss Alpine resort can’t fathom why Polanski was
apprehended for extradition to California while Marc Rich was
allowed to live openly in Zug for many years as a fugitive from
US tax-evasion charges until his 11th-hour pardon by then-
President Bill Clinton. “I guess Polanski wasn’t rich enough to
pay off the right people,” shrugged our local. Neighbors are
particularly fond of Polanski’s son, Elvis, 12, “who plays piano
like a dream. He plays classical, then switches to boogie-
woogie.”  Share Selection