{"id":404177,"date":"2026-08-12T03:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404177\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T03:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T03:44:08","slug":"former-marine-freed-from-russian-prison-expected-to-seek-care-in-san-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/404177\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Marine freed from Russian prison expected to seek care in San Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A former U.S. Marine who spent more than four years behind bars in Russia is on his way back to the United States and is expected to travel to San Antonio for medical treatment.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Gilman, 32, was arrested in Russia in 2022 after Russian authorities accused him of assaulting a police officer following a disturbance on a train.<\/p>\n<p>Gilman\u2019s family has long disputed the circumstances surrounding his arrest and imprisonment. Russian President Vladimir Putin pardoned Gilman on humanitarian grounds following intense negotiations with U.S. officials.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED:<a href=\"https:\/\/news4sanantonio.com\/news\/nation-world\/former-us-marine-freed-after-more-than-4-years-in-russian-detention-military-united-states-marine-military-assault-assaulting-police-officer-vladimir-putin-president-donald-trump-global-reach-medical-psychological-evaluation-treatment-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> &#8216;Coming home&#8217;: Trump says former US Marine freed after 4 years in Russian detention<\/a><\/p>\n<p>His release comes amid serious concerns about his health after years in Russian custody.<\/p>\n<p>Gilman is in the Washington, D.C., area Tuesday night, according to information provided to NBC. A family representative told an NBC News affiliate that Gilman is expected to travel next to San Antonio, where he will receive treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear when Gilman will arrive in San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2014 A former U.S. Marine who spent more than four years behind bars in Russia is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404178,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-404177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=404177"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404177\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}