(CNN) — A judge in Chile has agreed to suspend proceedings against a teenage American pilot and social media influencer who has been stuck on a remote Antarctic island since late June after he was accused of landing there without permission.
Ethan Guo was attempting to fly to all seven continents solo, raising funds for cancer research, when he landed on a part of Antarctica where the South American country maintains a territorial claim. Prosecutors accused him of providing false information to ground control about his landing point.
On Monday, a judge approved an agreement between Guo’s lawyers and prosecutors to suspend the proceedings on the condition that he donate $30,000 to a children’s cancer foundation within 30 days. He must also leave the country and will be prohibited from ree