Roman Polanski's attorneys have filed an appeal asking that a special counsel investigate alleged judicial misconduct in the director's 32-year-old sex case.
The appeal was filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court, citing new evidence that a prosecutor was aware of misconduct by the judge handling the case in the 1970s.
The lawyers say former Deputy District Attorney Roger Gunson gave secret testimony this year on the judge's conduct.
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