| French-Polish director Roman Polanski says he has been overwhelmed by messages of support as he battles extradition to the United States to face a decades-old sex case involving a 13-year-old girl.
"In the darkest moments, each of their notes has been a source of comfort and hope and they continue to be so in my current situation," Polanski wrote in a letter released online.
The 76-year-old Oscar winner made his first public statement since his arrest in September in a letter to French intellectual Bernard-Henri Levy, who has been been one of his strongest supporters.
The director of Rosemary's Baby and The Pianist is living under house arrest at his chalet in the Swiss Alpine resort of Gstaad after being released on bail on December 4.
Swiss authorities have said a decision on his extradition to the United States is expected in January.
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