--- description: A Lebanese man says he has no plans to drop the kidnapping charges he pressed against his estranged Australian wife title: Lebanese Man Won't Drop Kidnapping Charges Against Ex-Wife image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1358a30efd1a9dae/69888fac2dce01709a9e8b82/rtx2agq5.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Lebanon](/tag/lebanon/) ## Lebanon Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Lebanese Father Won't Drop Charges Against Ex-Wife in _60 Minutes_ Kidnapping Case by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2016 7:43 AM CUT  Police escort Australian mother Sally Faulkner, who tried to retrieve her children from her estranged husband's custody, and Australian reporter Tara Brown to Lebanon's Baabda prison for women on April 18, 2016 Police escort Australian mother Sally Faulkner, who tried to retrieve her children from her estranged husband's custody, and Australian reporter Tara Brown to Lebanon's Baabda prison for women on April 18, 2016Mohamed Azakir—Reuters by [Nash Jenkins](/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2016 7:43 AM CUT A Lebanese man says he has no plans to drop the [kidnapping](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/18/father-of-sally-faulkners-children-does-not-intend-to-drop-charges "undefined") charges he pressed against his estranged Australian wife and the television crew she brought along in a failed attempt to retrieve her children from his [custody](http://time.com/4293352/lebanon-judge-60-minutes-kidnap-australia-tara-brown/ "undefined"), the _Guardian_ reports. Earlier this month, Sally Faulkner arrived in Beirut to locate and regain custody of her two children, who were living there with their father Ali al-Amin. She was accompanied by a production team from Australia’s _60 Minutes,_ which planned to document the events. Things did not go as planned. Lebanese prosecutors [accused](http://time.com/4291807/60-minutes-tara-brown-beirut-kidnap-australia-lebanon/ "undefined") Faulkner and four members of the television crew — including reporter Tara Brown — of attempting to kidnap the children. Two[ employees](http://time.com/4291807/60-minutes-tara-brown-beirut-kidnap-australia-lebanon/ "undefined") of Child Abduction Recovery International also face charges over the operation. Al-Amin said on Monday that he would not drop the charges against his ex-wife because doing so might mean that the detained crew would also be freed, said the _Guardian_. “They are trying to push for that if Sally gets bail, they all get bail,” he said. “I said then I will charge everyone involved and I say it today. It will take some time. I am in no hurry.” \[[_Guardian_](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/18/father-of-sally-faulkners-children-does-not-intend-to-drop-charges "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4298771/lebanon-60-minutes-australia-sally-faulkner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4298771/lebanon-60-minutes-australia-sally-faulkner/"},"headline":"Lebanese Father Won't Drop Charges Against Ex-Wife in 60 Minutes Kidnapping Case","datePublished":"2016-04-19T07:43:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:51:14.125Z","description":"Sally Faulkner and a television crew were trying to retrieve her children in Lebanon","url":"https://time.com/4298771/lebanon-60-minutes-australia-sally-faulkner/","keywords":["Lebanon","Australia","Beirut"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1358a30efd1a9dae/69888fac2dce01709a9e8b82/rtx2agq5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1358a30efd1a9dae/69888fac2dce01709a9e8b82/rtx2agq5.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Police escort Australian Sally Faulkner, the mother of the al-Amin children, and Australian reporter Tara Brown, to Lebanon's Baabda Prison for women, after their trial was adjourned","caption":"Police escort Australian Sally Faulkner, the mother of the al-Amin children, and Australian reporter Tara Brown, to Lebanon's Baabda Prison for women, after their trial was adjourned","creditText":"Mohamed Azakir—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/lebanon/","name":"Lebanon"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4298771/lebanon-60-minutes-australia-sally-faulkner/","name":"Lebanese Father Won't Drop Charges Against Ex-Wife in 60 Minutes Kidnapping Case"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Australian","description":"Four members of an Australian television crew are charged with kidnapping in Lebanon while working on a story about a mother trying to get her children back from her husband.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Zr554Rr3/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-04-13T14:50:04.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Zr554Rr3.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4298771/lebanon-60-minutes-australia-sally-faulkner/","duration":"PT53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4298771/lebanon-60-minutes-australia-sally-faulkner/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```