MUMBAI: A Los Angeles film-making couple, Gerald and Patricia Green, convicted of bribing Thai officials so that they could run the Bangkok International Film Festival could breathe a sense of relief for some time at least because their sentencing has been delayed for29 April.

They were scheduled to be sentenced on April 1.The convicted could each face more than 20 years in prison for money laundering charges. 

Prosecutors say that the duo paid a former Thai tourism official about $1.8 million to secure details of the Bangkok Film Festival and tourism-related deals.

However, defense attorneys of the Greens contend that their clients didn‘t bribe anyone.

The Greens are the first entertainment industry figures convicted under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.