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Cindy Crawford Victim Of Alleged Extortion Plot That Involves Photo Of Daughter Kaia "Bound And Gagged"
Posted on Fri Nov 13, 2009 08:20 AM PDT
Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber are going after the man (left) who allegedly attempted to extort $100,000 from the famous couple over a photo of their daughter Kaia "bound and gagged."
The photo was allegedly taken by a former nanny during a game of "cops and robbers," and was apparently stolen later by her friend, German male model, Edis Kayalar.
Kayalar met with Rande Gerber to return the photo, saying he wanted to make sure it was kept out of the tabloids, but after Gerber supposedly paid him $1,000 dollars, the couple alleges that Kayalar demanded a hundred grand, saying he had a second copy of the photo.
Crawford and Gerber filed a criminal complaint in a Los Angeles federal court yesterday, and released a statement through a rep:
- A criminal complaint was filed today in federal court in Los Angeles by the U.S. Attorney's office and the FBI stating that Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford have been the victims of an on-going extortion scheme. This crime has been committed by Edis Kayalar, an acquaintance of a former nanny employed by the family. Mr. Kayalar threatened to sell an image taken of the couple's then-seven-year-old daughter. There was no previous awareness by Mr. Gerber and Ms. Crawford of the existence of the photograph when they were contacted by Mr. Kayalar. The photo was taken by the former nanny as part of a purported game without the knowledge of the parents. The couple reported the extortion threat to the police and the FBI began a criminal investigation in the matter. Rande Gerber and Cindy Crawford intend to pursue any and all available legal action against anyone who aids the perpetrator in the distribution or sale of the photograph of their daughter.
Of all the bizarre celebrity extortion attempts recently, this one has got to be the strangest!
What was the nanny thinking?
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Comments
It's part of Cindy's fault. She always sexy up her own daughter. She put makeup her on daughter since she was 6 years old. Lipstick on a 6 years old??? You see her daughter wears makeup in a lot of photos of their family outing.
Something just seems off about this fam
Would you both be saying the same thing if your young daughter was the victim of this obviously sick, delusional man? What if if were a friend? I agree it's not a good message to send to your daughter or strange men to dress her up too sexy too young but let's use some commonsense and compassion here...this sicko could stalk any child famous or not.
Is it just me or is that guy in the mug shot fucking hot?!?! I hope Cindy got a piece of that...I mean, Randy's not too shabby either but this guy is so damn sexy and I'm sure he's great in bed hahah
this is the same couple who published photos of their topless daughter in a suggestive pose for a bikini line a couple of years ago
In that same photo shoot, their daughter has a tramp stamp tattoo and nibbling on cherries and hugging another young girl. What kind of parental judgement is that?
mom is raising her little acorn to make money off sex, bondage and ..
This is what happens when you're too busy to raise your own kids and leave them in the care of creeps. What kind of idiot lets a kid be gagged and tied for a game and takes PICTURES!
This is their parents fault. So disgusting.
Where can I find that photo or a copy of it.