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In reply to the discussion: Norwegian student risks 35 years in jail in the US - made a wrong turn [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,143 posts)found a link to a court decision, dated July 2011....
http://tinyurl.com/7sfrwyo
the court papers give some history, which says that the people who attacked him while he was jogging, in Illinois,
( in 2002)
were the parents of a teenage girl, that the parents felt they had to move from Mobile to Illinois because he was
stalking their daughter, they assaulted him in Illinois.
He sued them for damages related to long term medical injuries, including for neck pain from the assault
and
the court document says that after the attack he went to Australia to attend medical school,
had to drop out in 2004 because of pain from the attack, returned to Norway. had back surgery in 2009,
then sued the Illinois attackers for damages.
makes one wonder the real reason for his leaving Mobile....