DENVER - The Colorado couple accused of perpetrating a fraud bizarre last month, arguing that their 6 year old son had mistakenly taken to a house helium balloon will be found guilty of two charges in this case, according to a statement issued by one of their lawyers Thursday.
Richard Heene pled guilty to attempting to influence an officer, a crime, his lawyer David Lane said, while Mr. Heene's wife, Mayumi, I plead guilty to charges of false reporting to authorities.
Either way, that should be listed in the Larimer County Court Friday morning, have been developed in exchange for prosecutors' probation, said Mr. Lane.
In his statement, Mr. Lane noted that the prospect of Ms. Heene be deported to Japan, where she is a citizen, was a factor in the development of the settlement.
"After examining the evidence, no doubt, Mayumi could end up being deported and Richard could have proceeded to trial and has a good chance of an acquittal," said Lane. "However, this would put the family at serious risk of a love, caring, compassionate wife and mother uprooted the family and deported. This is not an acceptable risk, and ways."
Prosecutors could not immediately be reached for comment, but the Larimer County Sheriff Jim Alderden said the couple could face six years in prison if convicted of the more serious charges in the case.
It has been weeks now that the Heene were at the center of one of the events overseas to hypnotize the nation. On the morning of 15 October, the pair frantically reported that their son, Falcon, had risen on the saucer of the money from his father, an amateur scientist, was built in the backyard and drift.
Television pictures of the spinning ball in the sky with the young man thought to be generated in a frantic search throughout northern Colorado, and fascinated millions of viewers around the country.
The ball landed shortly afterwards, but Falcon was nowhere, only to emerge hours later with a crawl space above the garage at the family home, where he is said to have been hidden all the time.
Investigators with the sheriff's office initially believed that the story of Heene. But that suddenly changed after Falcon was asked in an interview with CNN because he had concealed his men to search for so long, and has responded by saying: "You guys said that, uh, we did for the show.
A few days later, Sheriff Alderden said in a news conference that now it was thought the episode was a ruse dreamed developed by Heen, which first appeared in the series, "Wife Swap" - to draw the note's new reality TV series.
An affidavit in support of a search warrant Ms. Heene admitted to investigators that she and her husband had created the hoax to bring media attention to the family.
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