Polanski sues film academy over expulsion

By Andrew Dalton
Updated April 20 2019 - 11:08am, first published 11:04am
Film director Roman Polanski, who has eight Oscars, is suing the film academy to be reinstated.
Film director Roman Polanski, who has eight Oscars, is suing the film academy to be reinstated.

Roman Polanski has asked a judge to restore his membership in the organisation that bestows the Academy Awards nearly a year after he was expelled from it for sexual misconduct.