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GSTAAD, Switzerland -- In a divine ruling, Roman Polanski was avowed a release partner yesterday -- no longer confined to house arrest in his Alpine villa close Swiss authorities rejected a United States query since his extradition because of a 32-year-old manliness conviction.

The decision left the director unshackle to proceeds to France and the ball game of a celebrity, albeit one unable to visit the US.

"Mr. Polanski liability now induce freely," Swiss appraiser Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf declared. "He's a free man."

Switzerland, which arrested the 76-year-old Polanski last September as he arrived to receive a lifetime-achievement premium at a Zurich film festival, blamed American authorities in that its decision, citing a possible "fault network the US extradition request."

The US failed to insure recognized testimony to refute defense arguments that Polanski had entirely served his arrangement before fleeing Los Angeles three decades ago, Widmer-Schlumpf said.

The decision could conclude the United States' header of Polanski, who has been a expansive as fleeing sentencing being having sex magnetism 1977 with a 13-year-old girl.

The acclaimed director was accused of plying his immolation with champagne and part of a Quaalude during a 1977 modeling shoot and then raping her.

He was initially indicted on six felony counts, including intrusion by benefit of drugs and daughter molestation, but pleaded guilty to individual comprehend of illegitimate sexual intercourse. The judge then agreed to skip the remaining charges and the call him to prison for a 90-day psychiatric evaluation.

However, he was released closest 42 days by an evaluator who deemed him unlikely to offend besides. The judge responded by itemizing he was happening to send Polanski back to jail being the remainder of the 90 days again that afterward he would ask Polanski to comply to a "voluntary deportation." Polanski then fled the country on the eve of his Feb. 1, 1978, sentencing.

France, where the filmmaker lives, does not extradite its own citizens, and Polanski has had basic trouble round throughout Europe -- although he has stayed away from Britain.

The US cannot appeal the decision, but Polanski is reposeful a elastic here.

"That warrant remains outstanding," Los Angeles Superior Court speaker Allan Parachini said, adding that Polanski could epitomize arrested besides sent to the US if he traveled to extra sway that has an extradition deal duck the United States.