By LINDA DEUTSCH
AP Special Correspondent

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Roman Polanski, a fugitive in Europe for the last 30 years, has filed a request in Los Angeles to have a child-sex charge against him dismissed.

Lawyers for the Academy Award-winning director filed the request Tuesday, saying the release of a documentary film about Polanski this year revealed "misconduct and improper communications" between the judge and prosecutors in his case.

Poland-born Polanski has been living in self-imposed exile from the United States since fleeing in 1978 after being charged with having sex with a teenage girl. He also hasn't visited Britain for fear of extradition.

Polanski has continued to direct films while in exile, including the 2002 Holocaust drama "The Pianist," for which he won the best-director Oscar.

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