French opposition parties have called on Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand to resign for having written a book about paying boys for sex in Thailand. The book, called "The Bad Life," was written four years ago before Frederic Mitterand joined the government. At the time it attracted little attention. But it's back in the news again ever since the minister spoke out in defense of director Roman Polanski who was arrested in Switzerland recently on a decades-old sex charge. Polanski, who has dual French and Polish nationality, faces deportation to the US for having sex with an underage girl in 1977. Mitterrand, a nephew of former French President Francois Mitterrand, called Polanski's arrest in Switzerland "horrific." He said the US had shown a "frightening side" in its persecution of the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
The book, called "The Bad Life," was written four years ago before Frederic Mitterand joined the government. At the time it attracted little attention.
But it's back in the news again ever since the minister spoke out in defense of director Roman Polanski who was arrested in Switzerland recently on a decades-old sex charge.
Polanski, who has dual French and Polish nationality, faces deportation to the US for having sex with an underage girl in 1977.
Mitterrand, a nephew of former French President Francois Mitterrand, called Polanski's arrest in Switzerland "horrific." He said the US had shown a "frightening side" in its persecution of the Oscar-winning filmmaker.
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