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Friday 16 October 2015

Actor Randy Quaid, wife released from Vermont jail

Quaid said. fornia, a process that can
“And we’re still going to take months.
have to deal with the Outside court, Randy
California situation,” the Quaid spoke about his stay
Quaids’ lawyer, Peter Lan- in jail. He told reporters he
grock, said. “And we plan was on a wing with three
to, not as a fugitive from other men, and they all got
justice but the standpoint along and played a lot of
of a citizen.” cribbage and Sudoku.
In a statement Thursday, “The food wasn’t so bad,”
the Santa Barbara County he said. The Quaids said
District Attorney’s office they were pleased to be
said it will seek a gover- in Vermont, and he joked
nor’s warrant to mandate about possibly becoming a
the Quaids’ return to Cali- firefighter.q

Evi Quaid, left, hugs attorney Peter Langrock and she and her husband, actor Randy Quaid, have
their handcuffs removed in court Thursday, Oct. 15, 2015, in St. Albans, Vt. A Vermont judge re-
leased the couple, who says they’ll now address 5-year-old criminal charges in California.

(Elodie Reed/St. Albans Messenger via AP, Pool)

LISA RATHKE mont last Friday while trying Vermont.
Associated Press to re-enter the U.S. “I never worried about be-
ST. ALBANS, Vt. (AP) — Re- After they left the court- ing found guilty or any of
leased from Vermont cus- house Thursday, the Quaids that for any of these charg-
tody, actor Randy Quaid said they’ll stay in Lincoln, es because I know the
and his wife said Thursday Vermont, to care for Evi truth, and I know the facts
they will now turn their at- Quaid’s ailing father and are going to come out at
tention to resolving 5-year- address the California some point, and today was
old criminal charges in charges. She grew up in a good sign of that,” Randy
California that they squat-
ted in a home they once
owned and vandalized
the property.
A Vermont judge dismissed
fugitive-from-justice charg-
es against the couple and
released them, citing dis-
crepancies in some dates
and saying she couldn’t
find probable cause to
support the accusations.
The Quaids are wanted in
Santa Barbara, California,
on felony charges filed in
2010 after they were found
living in a guesthouse of
a home they previously
owned. Court papers said
the Quaids damaged or
destroyed furniture, a fire-
place and a mirror. The
couple fled to Canada
and were arrested in Ver-