Film director Roman Polanski has been moved from jail in Switzerland for medical treatment, according to his lawyer.
Mr Polanski, 76, was arrested in Switzerland three weeks ago in relation to a US case involving sex with an underage girl dating back over 30 years.
He had been in the country to collect a life-time achievement award at a Swiss film festival.
‘All I know is that he has been taken from prison for medical attention,’ his lawyer Herve Temime said.
‘I don't know where he is or when he will be returned to prison.’
Mr Polanski, who holds French and Polish citizenship, pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 1977 and spent 42 days in prison undergoing psychiatric tests.
However, he fled the US before the case was concluded because he believed a judge would sentence him to up to 50 years behind bars, despite a plea agreement for time already served.
Mr Polanski, who won the best director Oscar for 2002 Holocaust film The Pianist, was also accused of giving drugs and alcohol to the girl.
Folco Galli, spokesman for Switzerland's Federal Office of Justice, declined to comment on whether the film-maker had been moved to hospital, or on the state of his health.
‘He is still in detention. If necessary he has all the medical care (needed).
US authorities have up to 60 days to make a firm extradition request.
