A man was sentenced to two years in jail by a court in southern Germany for trying to extort thousands of dollars from former supermodel Cindy Crawford.
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 gag-ged 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 Kay-alar, who was the nanny’s friend, court documents in Los Angeles showed.
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.
He had demanded $100,000.
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