Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has been released from prison in the United Kingdom and is expected to return to Australia after agreeing to plead guilty to a charge in the United States.
Assange, 52, will plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to obtain and disclose classified U.S. national defense documents, according to a filing in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.
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Assange was freed from the high-security Belmarsh prison on Monday after spending 1,901 days there. He was granted bail by the High Court in London and immediately taken to Stansted Airport, where he boarded a plane out of the UK.
“He left Belmarsh maximum security prison on the morning of June 24,” said a statement.
“Assange will appear in a court in Saipan, a U.S. Pacific territory, on Wednesday at 9 am (23:00 GMT on Tuesday), where he will be sentenced to 62 months, most of which he has already served,” the statement added.
A video posted by WikiLeaks on social media showed Assange dressed in a blue shirt and jeans, signing a document before boarding a private jet. The plane carrying Assange made a stop in Bangkok on Tuesday to refuel before continuing to the U.S. territory.
After the hearing in Saipan, Assange is expected to return to Australia, as confirmed by a WikiLeaks statement.