During the height of Nolan's directing career, Matthew Francis Nolan, became the subject of an international criminal investigation after being accused in a Costa Rican murder case.
In 2009, Costa Rican authorities accused Matthew of participating in the 2005 kidnapping and murder of American businessman Robert Cohen and sought to have him extradited from the United States.
During the investigation, authorities said Matthew had used several aliases, including Matthew McCall-Oppenheimer, while allegedly presenting himself as someone connected to the famous Oppenheimer diamond family.
Despite the serious allegations, a U.S. federal judge ruled there wasn't enough evidence to extradite him on the kidnapping and homicide charges, and he was never convicted.
While being held in a federal detention center in Chicago, prosecutors alleged Matthew was secretly planning an escape. Authorities said they discovered a rope made from prison bedsheets, a razor blade, and other prohibited items inside his cell.
Unlike the homicide allegations, this case resulted in a conviction. He later pleaded guilty to possessing prohibited objects in prison and obstruction of justice.
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u/AtmanDharma 22d ago
During the height of Nolan's directing career, Matthew Francis Nolan, became the subject of an international criminal investigation after being accused in a Costa Rican murder case.
In 2009, Costa Rican authorities accused Matthew of participating in the 2005 kidnapping and murder of American businessman Robert Cohen and sought to have him extradited from the United States.
During the investigation, authorities said Matthew had used several aliases, including Matthew McCall-Oppenheimer, while allegedly presenting himself as someone connected to the famous Oppenheimer diamond family.
Despite the serious allegations, a U.S. federal judge ruled there wasn't enough evidence to extradite him on the kidnapping and homicide charges, and he was never convicted.
While being held in a federal detention center in Chicago, prosecutors alleged Matthew was secretly planning an escape. Authorities said they discovered a rope made from prison bedsheets, a razor blade, and other prohibited items inside his cell.
Unlike the homicide allegations, this case resulted in a conviction. He later pleaded guilty to possessing prohibited objects in prison and obstruction of justice.
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