An American Imprisoned Overseas: His Wife Pleads For His Freedom

The Fox News Rundown

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3.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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While the entire country has been focused on Brittney Griner and the effort to get her released from Russian captivity, there is also another effort to get an American released from a prison overseas. U.S. Navy Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis is currently being held in a Japanese prison for negligent driving after a car accident that left two Japanese pedestrians dead. Alkonis' family claims that he is being wrongfully imprisoned, stating that the accident was the result of a medical emergency. His wife, Brittany Alkonis, is now traveling to Washington D.C. to plead her case and ask for help to bring her husband back home. Earlier this week, Brittany joined the Rundown's Dave Anthony to discuss the details of the accident, her husband's complicated trial within the Japanese court system, and how she hopes the U.S. government can work to bring him home. Due to time limitations, we could not include all of the conversations in our original segment. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire complete interviews with Brittany Alkonis and allow you to hear more about her family's ordeal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:27.0	This is the Fox News Run Down Extra. down extra. I'm Dave Anthony.
0:37.0	Today, the story of an American who's behind bars overseas
0:42.0	and not getting the attention that Brittany Griner is getting in
0:45.8	Russia. And we're not talking about some communist or dangerous country here that the
0:50.9	U.S. has bad relations with. No, it's the story of Navy lieutenant Ridge
0:57.0	Alconis imprisoned in Japan, one of our allies, where he was deployed until things went horribly wrong in late
1:06.0	May of last year when he had a medical emergency while driving blacked out and
1:11.4	crashed two Japanese pedestrians later died and that ultimately
1:17.6	got him a three-year prison sentence that some in Congress think is wrong.
1:22.2	Senator Mike Lee, a Republican. that some in Congress think is wrong.
1:23.0	Senator Mike Lee, a Republican,
1:25.1	and Congressman Mike Levin, a Democrat,
1:27.9	are among those calling for his release,
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