Hollywood studio pays off ‘Barefoot Bandit’s' restitution

A Hollywood studio has paid more than $1 million to settle the “Barefoot Bandit’s” court-ordered restitution in exchange for the rights to his story.

The Seattle Times reports 20th Century Fox wrote a check to the U.S. Marshal’s office earlier this month. It was the final payment toward Colton Harris-Moore’s restitution.

The “Barefood Bandit’s” life on the run is now headed toward the big screen. The money mostly paid for three small airplanes he stole and crash landed and a boat he hijacked in the Bahamas while evading capture.

Harris-Moore was sentenced to 6 1 / 2 years in federal prison in 2012 for the theft of the airplanes, a boat and guns during a crime spree that began when he escaped from a Renton juvenile halfway house in 2008.

This story was originally published November 22, 2015 at 1:48 PM with the headline "Hollywood studio pays off ‘Barefoot Bandit’s' restitution."