What about :
- plead not guilty and stay in warm florida for another 3, 6, 10 months under supervision or,
- plead guilty, get probation time and return in Europe to spend Christmas with your family...
It makes sense to me.
On the other hand we still don't know what happened...
As soon as michael arrived in France, he told the press he had to lie to the court (pleading guilty) to return to France.
Now what ?