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MONTREUX, Switzerland — Roman Polanski has made his first public appearance since being released last week from house arrest, attending Montreux Jazz Festival on Saturday to watch his wife perform.
The 76-year-old film director, who is wanted in the U.S. for having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977, arrived at the Lake Geneva festival Saturday evening in a sport utility vehicle with tinted windows. Polan ski’s wife, the actress and singer Emmanuelle Seigner, performed shortly after his arrival.
In an interview Saturday with Swiss television, excerpts of which were broadcast on France-2 TV, Polanski thanked “the millions of people who kept sending me messages of support during those nine long months.” The Associated Press
