Randy Quaid In big Trouble

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The Hollywood actor best known for his role as deadbeat cousin Eddie in "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" and his wife have been arrested in Vancouver on immigration violations after skipping a court date in California.

Oscar-nominee Randy Quaid, 60, and his wife Evi, 47, will appear at a Canadian Immigration and Refugee Board hearing in Vancouver on Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for the department said.

A judge in Santa Barbara issued $50,000 bench warrants for the couple earlier this week after skipping an arraignment hearing in their felony burglary case.

Vancouver police said officers assisted the Canada Border Services Agency in an arrest of a couple in an affluent neighbourhood on the city's west side on Thursday afternoon. The VPD would not confirm Quaid's name, saying their identities are protected.

A spokesperson for the department said officers determined the man and woman were wanted on outstanding warrants from the U.S. during an identification check.

CBSA officers came in to make the arrests. The pair was held in Vancouver jail before being turned over to the border agents Friday morning. The CBSA has not publically commented on the case.

The agency has several grounds for keeping people in Canadian custody if they are wanted on a warrant in the U.S., including if they are a risk of skipping their immigration hearing.

A request has been made to kept keep the hearing private, which could mean, among other things, that the Quaids will ask for refugee status.

The pair, who was charged with felony burglary in Sept., is accused of squatting in the guest house of a Montecito home they once owned together in the 1990s. California authorities said at the time the couple caused more than $10,000 damage to the home, including smashing a $7,000 mirror. Evi was also charged with resisting arrest.
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