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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man charged with swiping and taking off with Frances McDormand's Oscar during an Academy Awards after-party is set to make his first appearance in court.
Terry Bryant is expected to be arraigned in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday.
Prosecutors on Tuesday charged Bryant with felony grand theft, a crime that could get him three years in prison.
The 47-year-old Bryant remains jailed on $20,000 bail. It's not clear if he has hired an attorney who can comment.
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Advertise with NZME.Authorities say Bryant took McDormand's best actress statuette Sunday night during the Governors Ball, the official post-Oscars party.
Associated Press video shows what appears to be Bryant walking out with the trophy and proudly holding it high.
A photographer followed Bryant and confronted him, and he was arrested.