Film director Roman Polanski's wife has said she "understands perfectly" that women were shocked by the under-age sex case revived by her husband's arrest in Switzerland for possible extradition to the US.
Actress Emmanuelle Seigner said her husband - who pleaded guilty to sex with an American minor and then fled to France - is a "marvellous" man.
She told Elle magazine her feelings after 76-year-old Polanski was jailed in Switzerland for more than 60 days. He was transferred to house arrest in the Swiss resort of Gstaad on December 4.
She said she felt she was "falling into a well... and this long fall won't stop".
A judge in Los Angeles is due to rule today on whether Polanski can be sentenced in his absence.
Polanski, who has two young children, is fighting extradition to the United States.
He was initially accused of raping a 13-year-old girl after plying her with champagne and a Quaalude pill during a 1977 modelling shoot. He pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse and then fled to France on the eve of sentencing in 1978.
"My husband never believed he was above the law. The proof is that he pleaded guilty..." his wife said.
Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on his way to a film festival last September
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