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Hey, the folks, it is Monday, May 11th that an American man is seeking asylum in Italy.

He doesn't want to come back to the U.S. because he says he is being persecuted. Why? He says he's been falsely accused of strangling to death his pregnant wife. And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. A fascinating case. Oh, by the way, he fled right before his murder trial. So he doesn't necessarily look like a guy who's innocent, but he says he is. No. In fact, his lawyer did say he was concerned that this might make him look guilty.

Yeah, you think?

So he has been behind bars, or excuse me, he was afforded the ability to post bail to get out on

Bond rather than wait behind bars for his murder trial.

And so, yes, just before his trial is set to begin, he cuts off his ankle monitor.

And by the way, the trial was supposed to begin this month for a crime that was committed in

2024. So the guy we're talking about here is Lee Gilley, 40 years old now, but he is accused of killing his pregnant wife in 2024.

We'll get into the details of the crime here, Roeb, but he was supposed to go to trial.

It was weeks away from starting.

And then Robs on May 1st, the Great Escape, which cutting off an ankle monitor doesn't seem to be that difficult.

But he put some time and some planning and some effort into getting away.

That's right. He was actually able to get to use a fake passport, had a fake name.

He said he was a Belgian citizen, I believe, was the fake passport. His name

Lejeune, Jean-Luc Olivier. That's what he went with. That's what he went with. It worked enough to get him to Milan.

But when he went through or tried to get through security there at Milan, his passport got flagged.

He got flagged. Now, he did get flagged robes as a criminal. He didn't get flagged as a guy who was wanted for murder back in the U.S. It just got flagged for whatever reason. After a while, this is going on, and then he just flat out admits, hey, this is who I am. This is where I'm from. This is what I'm accused of. And here we go. So, Robs, this just happened to be the day.

He was in court, in a court in Italy today because they're trying to get his butt back to the U.S.

And he ain't trying to come just yet.

No, this was an extradition hearing. And the judge in Italy today asked Lee Gilley, you know, do you consent to be extradited

back to the United States? His answer, I do not consent. And he didn't stop there. He did not.

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