August 11, 2011
The "Barefoot Bandit" who led police on a hunt through the US, Canada and the Bahamas, has signed a $1.3 million movie deal to tell his life story -- with the proceeds to benefit his victims, Q13 Fox News reported
Wednesday.
20th Century Fox Studios will make a film about Colton Harris-Moore, 20, who is in custody ahead of sentencing in SeaTac, Washington state. He claims donating the profits to his victims was his idea.
"It was my idea -- before the government knew about it," he wrote in a statement. "I learned that the 'Son of Sam' laws [which prevent convicted criminals from..."
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