The father who pleaded guilty to orchestrating America's balloon boy hoax is to turn himself in to begin serving a 90-day jail sentence Monday following a media blitz in which he said he was innocent. Richard Heene told The Associated Press that his Japanese wife misunderstood the meaning of the word “hoax” when she purportedly confessed to authorities. “She cries, now and then, stating that I'm going to jail for 90 days because of what she said,” Heene said in an interview Friday, about Mayumi Heene's statements to police. He maintained there was no balloon hoax, even though he pleaded guilty and agreed to be sentenced to 90 days in jail. Richard Heene must serve 30 days starting Monday before he can participate in the jail's work release program. It was Mayumi Heene's confession to sheriff's investigators - in which she detailed the couple's efforts to pitch a television show, their financial difficulties, and their actions in the weeks leading to the event - that make up the bulk of the case against the Heenes.
