10 years later....

[Alex]

Originally Posted by mousepod

I have to admit, my first thought was: "This guy is facing time in a Thai prison. He will do or say anything to be extradited to the US."

Closure would be good. Truth would be better.

He wasn't facing time in a Thai prison (so far as I can tell). He was only arrested because of U.S. warrants out on him.

He was arrested in California in 2001 for possession of child pornography and then fled after being released on bail. He hadn't been seen since (and his family thought he was dead). When authorities tracked him to Thailand the Thai police put him under surveillance and he was arrested. But not for anything he did in Thailand.

What's vaguely interesting to me is that news stories quote American police saying he has a record of several sexual assaults in the South. At the time of his 2001 arrest he was working at a Catholic girls school in San Francisco. I wonder if he lied or if they didn't do a proper background check.

Also, can you imagine the grilling every girl at that school at that time is getting from the parents today?