( CNN ) A Polish prosecutor on Tuesday asked a regional court in Krakow to consider whether to extradite famed film director Roman Polanski to the United States , where he is wanted for having sex with a minor in the 1970s . `` Further procedures in this case will be made by the court in Krakow , '' the regional prosecutor 's office in Krakow said in a statement Tuesday . Mateusz Martyniuk , a spokesman for the prosecutor , said the court could take several weeks to reach a decision . U.S. officials have repeatedly tried to bring Polanski back to the United States to face sentencing in the decades-old case . Polanski pleaded guilty in 1977 in California to having unlawful sex with Samantha Geimer , who was 13 . Polanski was 43 at the time . He fled to Europe before he was sentenced . Geimer publicly forgave Polanski in 1997 and has called for the case to be dismissed . The director of `` The Pianist '' has both French and Polish citizenship , and he has said he intends to film a movie in Poland , his parents ' homeland , this spring . Tuesday 's move by the Krakow prosecutor comes three months after Polish authorities , having received a request from U.S. officials to arrest Polanski , questioned the director but allowed him to leave after the interview . At the time , a spokesman for the Polish prosecutor general 's office said that authorities there did n't believe it was necessary to hold him while the United States sought to extradite him . U.S. attempts to extradite Polanski led to his arrest in Switzerland in 2009 . But the Swiss ultimately rejected the American extradition request in 2010 . Switzerland let him go because the United States did not supply all the legal records Switzerland requested , and because Polanski had a reasonable right to think he would not be arrested if he visited the country , Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said at the time . Besides an Oscar win for `` The Pianist , '' Polanski also received Academy Award nominations for `` Tess '' and `` Chinatown . '' CNN 's Steve Almasy and Antonia Mortensen contributed to this report .
Roman Polanski fled the U.S. in 1970s after pleading guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old . U.S. has repeatedly tried to have him extradited . The case is being closely watched by other countries because of its potential impact on international relations and public opinion about sexual abuse allegations against powerful men.