Actor Randy Quaid claims death plot by 'monstrous ring of accountants'
Evi Quaid (left) celebrates with her husband Randy Quaid, as they walk happily out of Canadian citizen court in Vancouver on Oct 27, 2010. Turns out Evi is a Canadian citizen. Her lawyer Catherine Sas (left) will be at the Immigration and Refugee Board fighting for her release.
Photograph by: Mark van Manen, PNG
VANCOUVER — Hollywood actor Randy Quaid accused a network of Hollywood lawyers and business managers Thursday of conspiring to steal money and royalties from him, of sabotaging his career and orchestrating "false arrests" of him and his wife — even plotting to have him killed.
"I'm being embezzled by this monstrous ring of accountants, estate planners and lawyers who are mercilessly slandering me and trying to kill my career and, I believe, murder me in order to gain control of my royalties," Quaid said in a prepared statement Thursday following a short hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board.
He insisted that neither he nor his wife, Evi, are criminals.
"We are not criminals, nor are we fugitives from justice, nor are we crazy," he said. "We are simply artists and filmmakers who are being racketeered on."
Quaid became emotional before a bevy of television cameras when he spoke of eight personal friends, who, he claims, have fallen victim to "star whackers" — a cabal of killers he says are targeting Hollywood celebrities.
He cited actors Heath Ledger, David Carradine and Chris Penn among them.
Quaid also said he believes other celebrities who've faced hard times, including Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Mel Gibson, are "being played" to get at their money.
He said one of his former lawyers has joined the "tribe of bottom-feeders" by creating his own celebrity gossip website.
Quaid said he wants to return to only one thing — work.
"I would like to announce my availability and desire to do so immediately — legally of course."
But Quaid will have to wait until next month to find out whether he can stay in Canada; an admissibility hearing before the IRB in Vancouver on Thursday was carried over until Nov. 8, to allow Quaid's lawyer time to prepare.
Quaid appeared at Thursday's hearing in a dark suit and blue tie. His wife did not appear.
The couple have become the butt of late-night TV jokes after first telling an immigration board hearing in Vancouver last week that they were seeking asylum in Canada to escape a shadowy group of assassins they say has been killing Hollywood celebrities.
U.S. bench warrants were issued for the couple when they failed to appear in a California court to answer to felony vandalism and misdemeanour trespass charges. They are accused of causing more than $5,000 in damage at a home they once owned.
Quaid was released Wednesday after posting a $10,000 bond. His wife was released unconditionally after the federal government determined she has a claim to Canadian citizenship through her father.
It was not immediately clear whether that could mean Evi Quaid could sponsor her husband.
Quaid is perhaps best known for his role as Cousin Eddie in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies, but he has also appeared in such films as Brokeback Mountain, Kingpin and Independence Day.
"I'm being embezzled by this monstrous ring of accountants, estate planners and lawyers who are mercilessly slandering me and trying to kill my career and, I believe, murder me in order to gain control of my royalties," Quaid said in a prepared statement Thursday following a short hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board.
He insisted that neither he nor his wife, Evi, are criminals.
"We are not criminals, nor are we fugitives from justice, nor are we crazy," he said. "We are simply artists and filmmakers who are being racketeered on."
Quaid became emotional before a bevy of television cameras when he spoke of eight personal friends, who, he claims, have fallen victim to "star whackers" — a cabal of killers he says are targeting Hollywood celebrities.
He cited actors Heath Ledger, David Carradine and Chris Penn among them.
Quaid also said he believes other celebrities who've faced hard times, including Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and Mel Gibson, are "being played" to get at their money.
He said one of his former lawyers has joined the "tribe of bottom-feeders" by creating his own celebrity gossip website.
Quaid said he wants to return to only one thing — work.
"I would like to announce my availability and desire to do so immediately — legally of course."
But Quaid will have to wait until next month to find out whether he can stay in Canada; an admissibility hearing before the IRB in Vancouver on Thursday was carried over until Nov. 8, to allow Quaid's lawyer time to prepare.
Quaid appeared at Thursday's hearing in a dark suit and blue tie. His wife did not appear.
The couple have become the butt of late-night TV jokes after first telling an immigration board hearing in Vancouver last week that they were seeking asylum in Canada to escape a shadowy group of assassins they say has been killing Hollywood celebrities.
U.S. bench warrants were issued for the couple when they failed to appear in a California court to answer to felony vandalism and misdemeanour trespass charges. They are accused of causing more than $5,000 in damage at a home they once owned.
Quaid was released Wednesday after posting a $10,000 bond. His wife was released unconditionally after the federal government determined she has a claim to Canadian citizenship through her father.
It was not immediately clear whether that could mean Evi Quaid could sponsor her husband.
Quaid is perhaps best known for his role as Cousin Eddie in the National Lampoon's Vacation movies, but he has also appeared in such films as Brokeback Mountain, Kingpin and Independence Day.
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