A Michigan man was indicted Wednesday with allegedly stealing a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, which are estimated to be worth millions.
A Michigan man was indicted Wednesday with allegedly stealing a pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland inA pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in"Wizard of Oz" were stolen in 2005.Terry Jon Martin, 76, stole the shoes in August 2005 from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, where they were on loan from their owner, according to an indictment filed in the U.S. District Court in the District of Minnesota.
At the time of the theft, the slippers were insured for $1 million, but they are now estimated to be worth closer to $3.5 million, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in North Dakota. The case is being handled by North Dakota prosecutors but will be heard in Minnesota federal court, though the reason for Minnesota prosecutors’ recusal is unclear—The slippers were recovered in 2018, just over a year after, someone approached the company that insured the slippers in the summer of 2017 and said he had information about how the then-missing shoes could be returned, and it became “apparent that those involved were attempting to extort the owners of the slippers,” according to the...
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