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Randy and Evi Quaid Booted from Free Lodgings Again; Evi Quaid Diagnosed

She's Canadian.

Oscar nominee Randy Quaid and his wife Evi have been released from a Canadian detention facility after she was declared a Canadian citizen.

In yet another odd twist on a story that’s been strange from the start, the Canada Border Services Agency confirmed Evi Quaid is a citizen of the country in which she and her husband were arrested last week.

“The Canada Border Services Agency can confirm that it has withdrawn a request for an admissibility hearing for Mrs. Quaid as she is a prima facie Canadian citizen,” the agency said in a statement.

“Mrs. Quaid has received an unconditional release and that she is no longer in detention.”

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In an interview with The Canadian Press, Catherine Sas, the Quaid’s new lawyer, said Evi Quaid is “one of us.”

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Quaid and his wife were charged after more than $5,000 in damage was found in a guest house of a Montecito, Calif., home they had previously owned.

Last week, Evi Quaid, 47, begged a Canadian immigration adjudicator to allow the couple to stay in Canada saying she feared for her 60-year-old husband’s life after some of their friends, like actors David Carradine and Heath Ledger, had been “murdered” under mysterious circumstances.

Ledger died in January 2008 from an accidental overdose. Carradine was found dead, hanging from a rope, in a suite at a luxury Bangkok hotel. Neither actor’s death was ruled suspicious.

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Randy Quaid is best-known for supporting roles in films such as “Independence Day” and “National Lampoon’s Vacation.”

He has said the couple came to Canada because he was being given an award by a film critics group. He added that they were considering moving to Vancouver, where he planned to jump-start his career.

I knew there had to be a simple explanation.

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