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,
spare time, be it the things we liked, all that. and it just happened reporter: three-months after they met, michael divorced his first wife and married dalia 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
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 a string of run-ins with the police, including one night after dinner out with dalia. they left the restaurant to find the police swarming michael s vehicle. after a search, they found cocaine stashed beneath a spare tire. i actually started crying to this cop. and i m like
to try to get out of that zone. and she was surround by a cast of veteran actors that mentored her like michael fossbender. with michael out to a certain season, we shot, we were traveling back to something basic together and i fell like there was one more thing he could have done and i felt such regret. it is done. there is no turning back. it is not like you have the next day to go and try the thing you just discovered. and i turned to michael and i was like, what do i do if there is something i wish i would have done? like do you ever feel that way? and he said yeah. let it go. i would imagine you just let go. as an actor that would torture you. interviewing and talking with michael, they say the same thing with steve mcqueen. he creates an environment where you re allowed to fail. yes, exactly.