Quaid, wife seek refuge in Canada after arrest

[big dog cowboy]

Quaid, wife seek refuge in Canada after arrest
Associated Press - October 23, 2010 1:19 AM PDT

VANCOUVER - Actor Randy Quaid and his wife told Canada's immigration board Friday they are seeking refuge in Canada because they are being persecuted in the United States, after they were arrested on U.S. warrants related to vandalism charges. The pair were arrested on Thursday afternoon in a shopping area of an affluent Vancouver neighborhood.

The Quaids are wanted in Santa Barbara, where they missed a court hearing Monday on felony vandalism charges.

Santa Barbara County Senior Deputy District Attorney Lee Carter said Friday that Quaid and his wife Evi's bail increased to $500,000 apiece.

Their attorney, Robert Sanger, said he hoped the situation could be resolved but declined comment citing the pending case.

Evi Quaid begged a Canadian immigration adjudicator not to force them to return, saying on Friday that eight friends, such as actors David Carradine and Heath Ledger, have been "murdered" under mysterious circumstances and she's worried something will happen to her husband next.

"We feel our lives are in danger," she said.

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[63echo]

A U.S. judge issued arrest warrants Monday for the couple after they failed to show up at a California court hearing stemming from their arrests last month on suspicion of illegally squatting at a home.

What. The. Hell?! I had no idea that Cousin Eddie was so...so...off his rocker. This is almost as bad as the Margot Kidder thing.

Jeez.

I also didn't realize that his work had been so sporadic over the last decade or so. I guess because I watch a lot of his "classics" it just seemed like he'd been in more movies than he actually was.

Well, I got my fingers crossed for you, Randy. Here's hoping that the evil, star-killing, Hollywood cabal doesn't whack you.

 

[Faerluna]

They had previously owned the home but had sold it several years prior. It sounds like they are both nuts, though.

 

[lane]

What. The. Hell?! I had no idea that Cousin Eddie was so...so...off his rocker. This is almost as bad as the Margot Kidder thing.

Jeez.

I also didn't realize that his work had been so sporadic over the last decade or so. I guess because I watch a lot of his "classics" it just seemed like he'd been in more movies than he actually was.

Well, I got my fingers crossed for you, Randy. Here's hoping that the evil, star-killing, Hollywood cabal doesn't whack you.

 

[WarC]

I actually appreciate a little crazy in my celebrities. Now there'll be that much more weight behind that scene in Independence Day when he kamakazis his jet.

 

[Hoofbite]

Wow.

They fear for their lives.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Drugs are bad, mmmkay?

 

[trickblue]

They had previously owned the home but had sold it several years prior. It sounds like they are both nuts, though.

It's meth... I guarantee...

Seen it from friends first hand...

 

[CliffnDallas]

Wow.

They fear for their lives.

Actually that was a misprint. It should have read. "They fear for their "chives". Apparently they were caught in the kitchen.

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Actually that was a misprint. It should have read. "They fear for their "chives". Apparently they were caught in the kitchen.

It's a baked potato conspiracy. Idahoans are behind it all.

 

[CliffnDallas]

It's a baked potato conspiracy. Idahoans are behind it all.

Whodaho?

 

[SaltwaterServr]

Whodaho?

Ludacris says you da hoe.

 

[CliffnDallas]

Ludacris says you da hoe.

Why that's...that's...Ludacis!

 

[Boom]

Sounds like he's primed for a sequel to Moving.

 

[YosemiteSam]

Sounds like he's primed for a sequel to Moving.

I love that movie. :laugh2:

Richard Pryor was greatness. RIP.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

She was able to prove she is Canadian so she can stay. His hearing is today.