pleaded guilty to failing to register as a foreign agent the charges initially brought against maria patino included conspiracy to defraud the u.s. mainstream media were quick to put a sell sation spin on it dumping but a spy though she was not accused of being one following her guilty plea the prosecutor's office said it would seek up to five years in prison with deportation also an option as the case dragged on wearing a button or has essentially been kept in solitary confinement for months a father believes this played a role in her guilty plea. the conditions she's being kept in are having an impact if you have the chance to prove her innocence and justify her activity she would do just that this is very hard for her for almost three months now she's been discriminated against and has been held in isolation what she needs most disaster we are waiting for the situation to be resolved soon and in a way that is satisfactory to both my daughter and our whole family which since november the twenty years she's been kept in administrative segregation which involves twenty two hours in the cell