Roman Polanski has been granted $4.5 million bail, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet.

After fleeing the United States in 1978, Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski was arrested Saturday by Swiss police and faces possible extradition to back to the U.S. for having sex with a thirteen-year-old girl in 1977.