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Deadline Hollywood reports:

A defense attorney has finally divulged the motive for the 2005 theft of the iconic ruby red slippers from the Judy Garland Museum. Ahead of his Jan. 29 sentencing, thief Terry Jon Martin has admitted stealing the shoes, which — spoiler alert — were a key part of Garland’s story in The Wizard of Oz.

Martin gave into the temptation of “one last score” after an old mob associate led him to believe the famous shoes must have embedded real jewels to justify their $1 million insured value. The FBI recovered the shoes in 2018 when someone else tried to claim an insurance reward on them.

Martin was charged with the theft last year. But a person who Martin tried to sell the shoes to informed him the rubies were glass. Martin got rid of the slippers less than two days after he took them.

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— Deadline Hollywood (@DEADLINE) January 21, 2024