Julian Assange spent $500k for his flight out of the UK to avoid landing on the American homeland after he was released from prison. Assange will instead be landing on a remote U.S. island where he will plead guilty to the charges. The island is the U.S. territory of Saipan in the Northern Mariana Islands, about 1,800 miles from Australia. “He has to front up to charges that have been brought under U.S. law," said a professor at the University of Sydney's law school. Assange will have the U.S. federal court hearing on Wednesday morning on the remote island. His wife suggested the $500k flight was paid for in debt so they will likely launch a fundraising campaign to pay it off. Assange is headed for Australia where he will reunite with his family.