Jail for extortion bid on supermodel
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March 11, 2010, Thursday
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A MAN has been sentenced to two years in jail by a court in southern Germany for trying to extort US$100,000 from former supermodel Cindy Crawford, German media reported.
Edis Kayalar, 26, surrendered to German authorities in November after he was charged in Los Angeles with trying to extort money from Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber over a photo of their seven-year-old daughter gagged and bound to a chair.
The photograph was reportedly taken by the girl's nanny as a private joke when they were playing "cops and robbers" with the girl. It fell into the hands of Kayalar, who was the nanny's friend, according to court documents in Los Angeles.
Judge Joachim Spieth noted that Kayalar had admitted asking for the money even though he said it was not extortion but rather "to cover costs" for his attempt to warn Crawford that the nanny was not a good influence.
"The attempted extortion was at an advanced stage and failed," Spieth told the court in Kirchheim unter Teck, according to SWR radio.
Kayalar, who is German, contacted Crawford last summer and sought to use the photo to get money from the couple. He was deported from the US back to Germany.
Edis Kayalar, 26, surrendered to German authorities in November after he was charged in Los Angeles with trying to extort money from Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber over a photo of their seven-year-old daughter gagged and bound to a chair.
The photograph was reportedly taken by the girl's nanny as a private joke when they were playing "cops and robbers" with the girl. It fell into the hands of Kayalar, who was the nanny's friend, according to court documents in Los Angeles.
Judge Joachim Spieth noted that Kayalar had admitted asking for the money even though he said it was not extortion but rather "to cover costs" for his attempt to warn Crawford that the nanny was not a good influence.
"The attempted extortion was at an advanced stage and failed," Spieth told the court in Kirchheim unter Teck, according to SWR radio.
Kayalar, who is German, contacted Crawford last summer and sought to use the photo to get money from the couple. He was deported from the US back to Germany.
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