The woman raped by Roman Polanski wants the case against him to be thrown out for the sake of her mental health.

Samantha Geimer - known as Samantha Gailey when the film director assaulted her when she was just 13 - has pleaded with the Californian justice system to drop the charges as she can't cope with the constant media attention.

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. His French lawyer Herve Temime said: "All I know is that he has been taken from prison for medical attention. I don't know where he is or when he will be returned to prison."

Whoopi Goldberg has defended Roman Polanski, saying he did not commit "rape-rape".

The 'Rosemary's Baby' filmmaker was arrested in Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday (26.09.09) and faces being extradited to the US after he fled the country in 1978 after being convicted of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, believing a judge would renege on a plea bargain deal and hand him a considerable jail term.

Roman Polanski's wife has asked a host of film stars to join her fight to prevent the director being extradited to America.

The 76-year-old Oscar-winner - who fled the US to France in 1978 after being convicted of unlawful sex with a minor - was arrested on Saturday (26.09.09) in Zurich, Switzerland, and faces being sent back to the US so his actress wife Emmanuelle Seigner has begun compiling a petition calling for his release.

Roman Polanski has been arrested and will be extradited to America.

The 76-year-old director - who fled the US to France in 1978 after being convicted of unlawful sex with a minor - was stopped by police shortly after stepping off a plane in Zurich on Saturday night (26.09.09) where he was set to pick up a lifetime achievement award at the Swiss city's film festival and now faces being sent back to the US within days.