LOS ANGELES -- Movie director Roman Polanski's bid to have a 31-year-old rape charge against him dismissed was challenged Tuesday by prosecutors in documents that included the most graphic account yet of his sexual activity with a 13-year-old girl.

Prosecutors said Polanski's motion should be denied outright, adding his claims of judicial misconduct cannot be heard in court unless he returns to the United States.

As a fugitive, the 75-year-old Polanski would risk arrest if he entered the country. He fled in 1977 after pleading guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

The director has lived in self-imposed exile in France since then.

His lawyers have suggested the matter can be argued without his presence.

Polanski won a Best Director Oscar for his 2002 Holocaust drama "The Pianist," but did not return to the U.S. to attend the awards ceremony.

The filmmaker directed such classics as "Rosemary's Baby," "The Fearless Vampire Killers" and "Chinatown" prior to fleeing the U.S.

Since then, he's directed several films outside of the U.S. starring American actors, including "Frantic" with Harrison Ford, "Death and the Maiden" with Sigourney Weaver and "The Ninth Gate" with Johnny Depp.