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		</div><p>Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski has failed in his bid to bring an end to his long-running child sex abuse case.<br />
The film-maker pleaded guilty to having unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl at actor Jack Nicholson&#8217;s house but fled the US on the eve of sentencing in 1978.</p>
<p>Lawyers for the 83-year-old said he was willing to return to America after nearly 40 years on the run if he was assured he would not serve more jail time.</p>
<p>At a hearing before Judge Scott Gordon last month, prosecutors urged Polanski to return to the US for sentencing and said he not receive special treatment as a &#8220;wealthy celebrity&#8221;.</p>
<p>In a statement on Monday, a Los Angeles Superior Court spokesman said: &#8220;Judge Gordon has ruled that defendant&#8217;s motions and corresponding requests are denied.&#8221;</p>
<p>Polanski, who now lives in France, fled the US after spending 42 days in jail when he feared a now-deceased judge was going to extend his sentence. His lawyer Harland Braun told a hearing last month that Polanski&#8217;s crime was &#8220;indefensible&#8221; but his client had been &#8220;lied to&#8221; by the court about the sentence he would receive.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a very unique case,&#8221; Mr Braun said. &#8220;He is an 83-year-old man with a 40-year-old case that he wants to wrap up.&#8221; Polanski had served 10 and a half months in custody in the US and Switzerland, Mr Braun said.<br />
&#8220;He knows what he was promised,&#8221; Mr Braun added. &#8220;We know he has served eight times what he was promised.&#8221;<br />
Mr Braun claimed the victim also wanted &#8220;this thing over with&#8221; and called for a warrant issued for Polanski&#8217;s arrest to be dropped.</p>
<p>Prosecutor Michele Hanisee said the French-Polish director was asking for &#8220;special treatment&#8221; and for the court to &#8220;completely abandon legal principles&#8221;.</p>
<p>She told the court: &#8220;The People simply do not believe it is in the best interests of justice to give a wealthy celebrity &#8211; and that&#8217;s what Mr Polanski is &#8211; different treatment than any other fugitive from justice.</p>
<p>&#8220;If Mr Polanski returns, the People are confident he will get a fair hearing here in this court.&#8221;<br />
Another court hearing will held on April 26 to consider a motion brought by Polanski&#8217;s lawyers to unseal evidence given by original prosecutor Roger Gunson.</p>
<p>Polanski won the Oscar for best director for 2002 film The Pianist and earned nominations for 1974&#8217;s Chinatown starring Nicholson and 1979 film Tess.</p>
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