Erik Audé
| Erik Audé | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 5, 1980 Beverly Hills, California |
| Occupation | Actor Stuntman Poker player |
Erik Audé (born 5 April 1980) is an American actor/stuntman/professional poker player who was arrested and jailed in Pakistan for drug trafficking.
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[edit] History
Audé was born in Beverly Hills, California.
He attended Paraclete and played American football.[1]
He was convinced to ferry leather samples from Islamabad, Pakistan to the United States by Razmik Minasian (who used the alias Rai Gharizian), an Armenian friend at the gymnasium that employed Audé. Minasian did not tell Audé that the case containing leather skirts and jackets[2] also contained opium. On February 15, 2002, Audé was arrested at Islamabad International Airport after, according to Pakistani authorities, being found with 3.6 kilograms[3] (7.9 pounds[4]) of opium before Audé's scheduled flight to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.[5]
Because Pakistan is not a part of the United States' Prison Transfer Treaty program, the actor, convicted in January 2003,[3] was forced to begin serving a sentence of seven years at the Adiala Central Jail in nearby Rawalpindi. A number of stories at the time speculated on the odds of his surviving the full term of his seven-year sentence.[5]
Audé's 2004 release followed an appeal by New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson just before Christmas, and followed Minasian's written confession that Aude' was innocent of knowing he was being used to smuggle Opium.[6] A number of websites were set up to help promote his cause, and to document the struggle to free him. The actor arrived at Los Angeles International Airport after entering the United States at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. As of 2009 Audé lives in the San Fernando Valley.[7]
[edit] Filmography
- Locked Up Abroad
- CSI Las Vegas
- All My Children
- Devils Dozen
- Here Comes The Boom
- The Young and the Restless
- Rizzoli and Isles
- Queen Of Hearts
- HorrorCon
- The Event
- Revenge of the Appachee
- Days Of Our Lives
- Q for Death
- Dude, Where's My Car?
- Bounce
- Poseidon
- Cutting Edge 2
- CSI NY
- Balancing the Books
- Reba
- Being Brewster
- So Little Time
- Beyond the Break
- The 3rd Nail
- Just for Kicks
- Raven
- One World
- Cousin Skeeter
- Scrubs
- Hiller and Diller
- City Guys
- Popular
- The Nightmare Room
- On The Ropes
- Zoe...
- Varsity Blues
- Scorpion King
- Planet of the Apes
- Into the Wild
- Scavengers
- Van Wilder
- Andy Dick Show
- Thieves
- Blind Passion
- So Notorious[disambiguation needed
] - Shark
- Power Rangers
- Remember the Titans
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "ACTOR SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS." Daily News of Los Angeles. January 8, 2003. Retrieved on September 24, 2011.
- ^ Murr, Andrew and Ron Moreau. "'I'm Guilty of Being Gullible'." Newsweek. March 2002. Retrieved on July 7, 2009.
- ^ a b "Pakistan releases jailed US actor." BBC. Friday December 24, 2004. Retrieved on July 7, 2009.
- ^ "SoCal actor released from Pakistan prison returns to LA." North County Times. Sunday December 26, 2004. Retrieved on July 7, 2009.
- ^ a b Smith, L. Christopher, "Among the Terrorists," Men's Journal, August 2007, Pages 104-205
- ^ "Milestones." TIME." Monday January 3, 2005. Retrieved on July 7, 2009.
- ^ Smith, L. Christopher, "Among the Terrorists," Men's Journal, August 2007, Page 107
[edit] External links
- Erik Audé at the Internet Movie Database
- Erik Audé at AllRovi
- "Pakistan releases jailed US actor." BBC. Friday December 24, 2004.
- Crime Library article
- SoCal actor released from Pakistan prison returns to LA." Associated Press at North County Times. Monday, December 27, 2004.
- Erik Audé Blog - The Pokerdonk
- Fausset, Richard. "Mom Tries to Get Son Freed From Pakistan." Los Angeles Times. October 27, 2003.
