A second man has been charged in connection with the 2005 theft of a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in 害羞草研究所淭he Wizard of Oz,害羞草研究所� according to an indictment made public Sunday.

Jerry Hal Saliterman, 76, of Crystal, Minnesota, was charged with theft of a major artwork and witness tampering. He did not enter a plea when he made his first appearance Friday in U.S. District Court in St. Paul.

The slippers, adorned with sequins and glass beads, were stolen from the Judy Garland Museum in the late actor害羞草研究所檚 hometown of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, nearly 20 years ago and their whereabouts remained a mystery until .

The indictment says that from August 2005 to July 2018 Saliterman 害羞草研究所渞eceived, concealed, and disposed of an object of cultural heritage害羞草研究所� 害羞草研究所� specifically, 害羞草研究所渁n authentic pair of 害羞草研究所榬uby slippers害羞草研究所� worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 movie 害羞草研究所楾he Wizard of Oz.害羞草研究所櫤π卟菅芯克鶟 The indictment says Saliterman knew they were stolen, and that he threatened to release a sex tape of a woman and 害羞草研究所渢ake her down with him害羞草研究所� if she didn害羞草研究所檛 keep her mouth shut about the slippers.

Saliterman was in a wheelchair and on supplemental oxygen during his Friday court appearance. His oxygen machine hummed throughout the hearing and he bounced his knee nervously during breaks in the proceedings. He responded with 害羞草研究所測es,害羞草研究所� when U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright asked whether he understood the charges against him, but he said nothing about the allegations.

The case was not openly discussed in court. The magistrate ordered Friday that the indictment be unsealed, but it did not become publicly available until Sunday.

Saliterman害羞草研究所檚 attorney, John Brink, said after Friday害羞草研究所檚 hearing that he couldn害羞草研究所檛 say much about the case, but: 害羞草研究所淗e害羞草研究所檚 not guilty. He hasn害羞草研究所檛 done anything wrong.害羞草研究所� Saliterman, who was released on his own recognizance, declined to comment to The Associated Press outside the courthouse.

The man who stole the slippers, Terry Jon Martin, 76, to theft of a major artwork, admitting to using a hammer to smash the glass of the museum害羞草研究所檚 door and display case in what his attorney said was an attempt to pull off 害羞草研究所渙ne last score害羞草研究所� after turning away from a life of crime. He was to time served because of his poor health.

Martin害羞草研究所檚 laywer that an old associate of Martin害羞草研究所檚 with connections to the mob told him the shoes had to be adorned with real jewels to justify their $1 million insured value.

Martin, who lives near Grand Rapids, said at an October hearing that he hoped to take what he thought were real rubies from the shoes and sell them. But a person who deals in stolen goods, known as a fence, informed him the rubies weren害羞草研究所檛 real, Martin said. So he got rid of the slippers.

Defense attorney Dane DeKrey wrote in court documents that Martin害羞草研究所檚 unidentified former associate persuaded him to steal the slippers as 害羞草研究所渙ne last score,害羞草研究所� even though Martin had seemed to have 害羞草研究所渇inally put his demons to rest害羞草研究所� after finishing his last prison term nearly 10 years earlier.

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According to DeKrey害羞草研究所檚 memo, Martin had no idea about the cultural significance of the ruby slippers and had never seen 害羞草研究所淭he Wizard of Oz.害羞草研究所�

The documents unsealed Sunday do not indicate how Martin and Saliterman may have been connected.

In the classic 1939 musical, Garland害羞草研究所檚 character, Dorothy, had to click the heels of her ruby slippers three times and repeat, 害羞草研究所淭here害羞草研究所檚 no place like home,害羞草研究所� to return to Kansas from Oz. She wore several pairs during filming, but only four authentic pairs are known to remain.

The FBI never disclosed exactly how it tracked down the slippers. The bureau said a man approached the insurer in 2017 and claimed he could help recover them but demanded more than the $200,000 reward being offered. The slippers were recovered during an FBI sting in Minneapolis the next year. Federal prosecutors have put the slippers害羞草研究所� market value at about $3.5 million.

Hollywood memorabilia collector Michael Shaw had loaned the pair to the museum before Martin stole them. The other pairs are held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the and a private collector. According to John Kelsh, founding director of the museum, the slippers were returned to Shaw and are being held by an auction house that plans to sell them.

Garland was born Frances Gumm in 1922. She , about 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Minneapolis, until she was 4, when her family moved to Los Angeles. She died in 1969. The which includes the house where she lived, says it has the world害羞草研究所檚 largest collection of Garland and 害羞草研究所淲izard of Oz害羞草研究所� memorabilia.

Steve Karnowski, The Associated Press