'Barefoot Bandit' Book Deal Could Ease Sentence
The criminal that old people love to hate, Colton Harris-Moore, the "Barefoot Bandit," yesterday pleaded not guilty to charges related to his years-long spree of stealing airplanes and boats. And, unsurprisingly, he's now mulling over book and movie deals.
The Barefoot Bandit's lawyer, John Henry Browne told the AP that profits from a potential book and/or movie deal could go to the victims, but he's got to convince the Bandit first: "He's very reluctant to make a dime off this, he really is." Browne said he explained to the Bandit that if he made money off a deal and gave it to his victims, the feds might ease his sentence, and "that changed his mind a little bit."
The exploits of the Barefoot Bandit, who, as a self-taught teenage pilot, stole boats and airplanes with no shoes on, made him a cult hero to many. He was arrested on a boat in the Bahamas in July, where he landed a stolen plane, bringing to an end a two-year odyssey that spanned multiple states and at least three countries.
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