The National Hockey League forward accused of trying to hire a hit man is "extremely depressed" according to his Ottawa lawyer.
Mike Danton was arrested at the airport in San Jose, Calif., after his team, the St. Louis Blues, was knocked out of the playoffs.
Danton, 23, and Katie Wolfmeyer, 19, are both accused in the alleged murder-for-hire plot.
According to FBI documents, murder-for-hire scheme was botched. The documents allege that Danton had hired a hitman to kill an acquaintance who was living with him. The intended victim wasn't identified.
The affidavits say the scrappy St. Louis forward "broke down and sobbed," insisting he "did not want the acquaintance to leave him ... so he decided to have him murdered."
Danton's Ottawa lawyer, Michael Edelson, says he spoke to his client Friday.
"He just sounded extremely depressed mentally and I was very concerned about how he was doing," Edelson said.
Edelson says Danton's real story will be told in the coming months -- he says it includes anguish, suicidal thoughts and an explanation for the NHL star's troubles.
Danton will be transferred from a San Jose prison to Springfield, Illinois, as he prepares for a court appearance on Monday.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Sunday that Danton had agreed to the inter-state extradition, and was preparing for his appearance before a U.S. federal court judge.
He and Wolfmeyer face federal criminal charges of conspiring and communicating across state lines for the purpose of plotting a murder.
Danton, formerly known as Mike Jefferson, changed his name two years ago to break from his family.
