Prosecutors presented documents which included the most graphic account yet of his sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl.

They said Polanski's motion should be denied outright and declared his claims of judicial misconduct should not be heard in court unless he returns to the United States.

Polanski is seeking to have the Los Angeles County Superior Court removed from the case, accusing the court of bias and prejudice. His attorneys last month filed a request to dismiss the charge against him because of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct detailed in a television documentary.

In a new motion, attorney Chad Hummel is seeking removal of Polanski's case to the California Judicial Council for resolution. He also wants the council to appoint a judge from another county to hear the case.

As a fugitive, the Academy Award-winning and four-time nominated Polish-born film director would risk arrest if he entered the country.

He fled the US in 1977 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, since when he has lived in self-imposed exile in France.

Polanski's lawyers have suggested the matter can be argued without his presence.