London, Jan 22 : Roman Polanski’s wife actress Emmanuelle Seigner has said that the film director is a marvellous husband.

"My personal truth is that Roman is a marvellous husband and man. He is an impeccable man and I have nothing to reproach him for," the Telegraph quoted Seigner as saying in an interview with Elle magazine.

Seigner said that she ‘understands perfectly’ that women have been shocked by the 32-year-old sex case revived by her husband''s sudden arrest in Switzerland.

However, she said that in the 1970s, when the crime took place, society viewed sex and drugs in a different light.

"The relationship to drugs wasn''t the same, the relationship to sexual liberty and permissiveness neither. Today, public opinion has considerably evolved on the subjects," she said.

Polanski is fighting extradition to the United States. The director 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, then fled to France on the eve of sentencing in 1978.

Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on his way to a film festival in September.

He was jailed for more than 60 days before being placed under house arrest Dec. 4 in Gstaad, Switzerland. (ANI)