But that came almost two years after he initially tried to defect and was caught. Little is known about the 15 weeks in between, but he was obviously suspended from the national team for a while. According to a report by the Chicago Tribune, U.S. and Cuban legal documents alleged that the Cuban government used that failed attempt to coerce Chapman into catching potential smugglers. According to their investigation, that allowed Chapman to rejoin the national team and for him to make the trip to the Netherlands.