Saturday, July 28, 2007

2 charged in Tom Cruise extortion case

Apparently a couple of thieves were lookign to extort $1 Million dollards from the Scientologist Tom Cruise. Oh the irony, eh? Scientology seems to have a rap for trying to extort cash from their members as well. I had a long article about it on my flash drive, but I can't seem to find it right now.

Two men were charged with plotting to extort more than $1 million from Tom Cruise for the actor’s stolen wedding photographs, federal authorities announced Friday.

David Hans Schmidt, known for brokering deals involving compromising celebrity photos and videos, was charged with sending communications for purposes of extortion, according to a criminal complaint. A real entrepreneur this guy is.

Marc Lewis Gittleman, helped him recover photos from a computer disk, and is being charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, the complaint said.

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