Hayden Panettiere talks to Access Hollywood about her avoiding Japan jail time.

I have a lot of respect for the kid. If this was a publicity stunt, it worked.....
Access Hollywood:
Following her now publicized encounter with fishermen in Japan, where Hayden put her life on the line to save a pod of dolphins headed for slaughter, the young “Heroes” star paid a visit to the Access Hollywood stage for a candid interview with Tony Potts.
“It was painful,” Hayden told Tony. “It was something that you just look at it and say, ‘Who could do something to an animal like that?‘ There’s got to be something wrong.”............“They were so pretty. They were teddy bears in the water,” an emotional Hayden explained. “They slowed down and started gathering in the net towards us. This little baby popped its head out and looked at us and all of us just wanted to cut them out of the nets and set them free.”
“I’d probably be in jail in Japan right now if I did,” she added.