Erik Anthony Audé[1] (born April 5, 1980) is an American actor, stuntman, restaurateur, and professional poker player who was arrested and imprisoned in Pakistan for alleged drug trafficking.
Audé maintains that he was duped into carrying opium and believed he was importing leather goods.
[4] On February 15, 2002, Audé was arrested at Islamabad International Airport after being found, according to Pakistani authorities, with 3.6 kilograms[5] (7.9 pounds[6]) of opium in the process of embarking on his scheduled flight to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The actor, convicted in January 2003,[5] began serving a sentence of seven years at the Adiala Central Jail in nearby Rawalpindi.
At the time, a number of articles in the press speculated on the odds of his surviving the full term of his seven-year sentence.