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U.S. Fugitive Michael Wiseman Arrested in France as Extradition Request Proceeds

U.S.-recovered email videos prompted a French pre-trial case that currently takes priority over his transfer to the United States.

Overview

  • French police detained Wiseman on November 1 in Kilstett, Bas-Rhin, where he lived under the alias Robert Danilewski with his family.
  • He has been placed under formal investigation in Strasbourg for rape and sexual assault of a minor, with allegations involving an adopted child, and remains in custody.
  • Investigators are examining potential abuse of a second child after U.S. detectives accessed his email and found videos showing him committing sexual abuse.
  • U.S. authorities have requested his extradition on outstanding Arizona warrants, a process that will follow French judicial steps now underway.
  • The 51-year-old twice escaped U.S. custody since 2008, obtained a Polish passport under a false identity, adopted two children in Vietnam, and settled in France, where he ran a small mushroom business and enrolled his children in local schools.