(CNN) -- A man who pleaded guilty to perpetrating a hoax by falsely reporting that his son was drifting over eastern Colorado in a balloon maintains the incident was not part of a plan for fame in an interview with CNN's "Larry King Live." Richard Heene pleaded guilty in November to a felony count of attempting to influence a public servant, and was sentenced last month to 90 days in custody, to begin January 11. He also must serve four years on probation and complete 100 hours of community service each year. But Heene, in an interview airing Friday, told CNN's Larry King he pleaded guilty to save his wife, Mayumi, from being deported to Japan.
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Richard and Mayumi Heene said son was aloft in runaway homemade balloon
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Boy said they did it "for the show" and parents pleaded guilty to hoax
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Now Richard Heene says he only pleaded guilty to keep wife from deportation
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Watch the full interview with Richard Heene on "Larry King Live", Friday 9 p.m. ET
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