you know, and dalia said she would help me with some of the money, about $90,000. and i m like, absolutely, let s do it. reporter: michael says he and dalia agreed that they would pool their money to pay off dipollito s debt. this is great. you know, she s pushing me forward, too. i thought, like, okay, i m gonna get off probation. it s very exciting for me. then the plan to get michael out of hock changed again. according to michael, another lawyer said to him, look, you own your townhouse free and clear, why not just turn the title over to dalia? then she can do money things for you, no problem. so michael gave her the deed to the town house as well as $100,000 cash. his part of the payback of the restitution debt. the money was supposed to go to his attorney but it never got there. i ll tell ya where it unraveled. as soon as i got dalia that $100,000 is where it went downhill. reporter: and he says, after dalia got that nice sized chunk of change, he started to have
getting the probation lifted. so that was your ticket to freedom? pay back the money and yeah. and get my freedom. you know, and dalia said she would help me with some of the money, about $90,000. and i m like, absolutely, let s do it. reporter: michael says he and dalia agreed that they would pool their money to pay off dipollito s debt. this is great. you know, she s pushing me forward, too. i thought, like, okay, i m gonna get off probation. it s very exciting for me. then the plan to get michael out of hock changed again. according to michael, another lawyer said to him, look, you own your townhouse free and clear, why not just turn the title over to dalia? then she can do money things for you, no problem. so michael gave her the deed to the town house as well as $100,000 cash. his part of the payback of the restitution debt. the money was supposed to go to his attorney but it never got there. i ll tell ya where it unraveled. as soon as i got dalia that $100,000 i
you know, and dalia said she would help me with some of the money, about $90,000. and i m like, absolutely, let s do it. reporter: michael says he and dalia agreed that they would pool their money to pay off dipollito s debt. this is great. you know, she s pushing me forward, too. i thought, like, okay, i m gonna get off probation. it s very exciting for me. then the plan to get michael out of hock changed again. according to michael, another lawyer said to him, look, you own your townhouse free and clear, why not just turn the title over to dalia? then she can do money things for you, no problem. so michael gave her the deed to the town house as well as $100,000 cash. his part of the payback of the restitution debt. the money was supposed to go to his attorney, but it never got there. i ll tell ya where it unraveled. as soon as i got dalia that $100,000 is where it went downhill. reporter: and he says, after dalia got that nice sized chunk of change, he started to have
that same week. i had just purchased a home, and we re gonna start a life together. and we talked about traveling and doing things, you know, and we had, like, a future planned. reporter: but there was a hitch to michael s future, the terms of his probation prevented him from leaving south florida. so the couple consulted a lawyer and his advice was pay off that $191,000 you owe in restitution and you have a fair chance of getting the probation lifted. so that was your ticket to freedom? pay back the money and yeah. and get my freedom. you know, and dalia said she would help me with some of the money, about $90,000. and i m like, absolutely, let s do it. reporter: michael says he and dalia agreed that they would pool their money to pay off dipollito s debt. this is great. you know, she s pushing me forward, too. i thought, like, okay, i m gonna get off probation. it s very exciting for me. then the plan to get michael out of hock changed again. according to michael,
together. and we talked about traveling and doing things, you know, and we had, like, a future planned. reporter: but there was a hitch to michael s future, the terms of his probation prevented him from leaving south florida. so the couple consulted a lawyer and his advice was pay off that $191,000 you owe in restitution and you have a fair chance of getting the probation lifted. so that was your ticket to freedom? pay back the money and yeah. and get my freedom. you know, and dalia said she would help me with some of the money, about $90,000. and i m like, absolutely, let s do it. reporter: michael says he and dalia agreed that they would pool their money to pay off dipollito s debt. this is great. you know, she s pushing me forward, too. i thought, like, okay, i m going to get off probation. it s very exciting for me. then the plan to get michael out of hock changed again. according to michael, another lawyer said to him, look, you own your townhouse free and clear,