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counting down our picks for the top 10
craziest cases of celebs being
blackmailed
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content for this list we’re looking at
the craziest cases of famous people
being blackmailed and/or extorted and
ranking them based on the individuals
Fame and the severity of the blackmail
act itself number 10 Alex Rodriguez
a-rod is widely considered to be one of
the greatest baseball players ever
however his reputation took a massive
dive in 2013 when he became embroiled in
the infamous biogenesis baseball scandal
which saw biogenesis claiming to have
provided numerous baseball players with
performance-enhancing drugs when various
employees of the clinic were in
desperate need of cash due to mounting
legal bills they turned to a rod for
money in exchange for keeping his
dealings with them quiet biogenesis
employees later spilled the beans
however and Rodriguez was suspended for
the entire 2014 MLB season I did I did
take a banned substance and you know for
that I’m very sorry and deeply regretful
his reputation suffered and he retired
two years later number 9 Yoko Ono Yoko
Ono is widely considered a major driving
force in the breakup of the Beatles but
that’s not really something that’s
blackmail worthy however
Ono’s personal chauffeur Coral Carson
saw an opportunity for himself and
blackmailed the performance artist for 2
million dollars in the mid-2000s his
lawyer claimed that Ono was abusive
ordered the driver to be responsible tor
needs 24 hours a day and asked him to
perform various illegal acts after he
threatened to release various pictures
and secret recordings he’d made he was
charged with the felony of attempted
grand larceny in the third degree and
was sentenced to 60 days in jail
number 8 Kevin Hart funny man Kevin Hart
has taken the world by storm in the
early 21st century most notably for his
roles in various comedies like Riedel
get hard and central intelligence I got
a plan might get us both killed but if
it works it’ll be a totally boss story
cool however with the fame comes the
attention and heart was embroiled in a
sex extortion case in 2017
Hart became the victim when someone
demanded an eight-figure sum of money
from the actor in exchange for keeping
an alleged sexually explicit video
private after refusing to pay the
exorbitant amount of money Hart issued
an apology over Instagram directed
towards his wife and children in doing
that I know that I’m gonna hurt the
people closest to me who I’ve talked to
and apologized to being my wife and my
kids
number 7 John Stamos turns out the world
isn’t as sugary sweet as Full House
would have you believe
[Applause]
to Michigan residents Alison cos and
Scots if Allah were arrested when they
tried to extort six hundred and eighty
thousand dollars from the actor in 2009
they claimed that they had damning
pictures of Stamos involving cocaine and
nudity that were allegedly taken at a
party rather than paying up
Stamos contacted the authorities and the
two were soon arrested Stamos has since
denied that the pictures existed and the
defense claims that the pictures were
deleted once the FBI raided their house
qasas lawyer also alleged that Stamos
had a fling with an underage cause when
they met in Orlando in 2004 but the
claims were denied number six Cindy
Crawford do you have any nicknames for
your kids she calls me Kiki and my
brother pee while reportedly playing
cops and robbers the nanny for Cindy
Crawford’s children took a joke picture
of her daughter bound and gagged to a
chair in 2009 a friend of the nanny EDA
Skylar stole the picture and wanted to
return it to the family for a reward
Crawford’s husband Randy Gerber gave him
$1,000 for his troubles two days later
ILR asked for more money and claimed he
had another copy but the authorities
were contacted and he was deported he
then called and demanded a $100,000 wire
transfer before being arrested by German
authorities and sentenced to two years
in prison
number five Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were married
from 2006 to 2012 and their relationship
provided us with the famous Oprah couch
hopping one of Cruz’s most awkward
moments however their blissful marriage
hit a bump when Mark Lewis Gittleman
stole their wedding photos and
threatened to make them public unless he
was paid 1.3 million dollars
court documents show that Gittleman
obtained the photos when the
photographer brought his damaged hard
drive to Gilman’s place of employment
after seeking help from David Hahn
Schmidt an infamous celebrity sex tape
peddler both Gettleman and Schmidt
enacted the extortion but they were
caught in a sting operation Gittleman
was sentenced to two years probation and
Schmidt committed suicide number 4
Cameron Diaz
bring it on fish there is nothing like
something coming back to haunt you when
Diaz was a 19 year old aspiring actress
she posed nude for photographer John
Rutter over ten years later rudder
demanded 3.5 million dollars or he would
leak the nude photos to the press to
coincide with the release of Charlie’s
Angels full throttle rather than paying
up
Diaz contacted the authorities and
rudder was arrested and charged with
forgery attempted grand theft and
perjury he was sentenced to three years
eight months in prison
number three David Letterman as Kevin
Hart and David Letterman found out
sometimes you just have to beat the
blackmailers to the punch even if it
means damaging your career and personal
relationships in October 2009 Letterman
announced on his show that he was the
victim of a recent blackmail attempt and
admitted infidelity claiming to have
slept with various employees and the
creepy stuff was that I have had sex
with women who work for me on this show
now my response to that is yes I have a
producer for CBS Joe Halderman was
arrested after trying to deposit the
phony 2 million dollar check and was
sentenced to 6 months in prison
despite the October confession Letterman
remained with his longtime partner
Regina Lasko whom he had married the
previous March I heard a lot of people I
have nobody to blame but myself I’m not
looking to blame anybody I’m looking to
find out why I behaved the way I behaved
number two Rob Lowe I understand your
feelings but please believe me when I
tell you that I’m a nice guy having a
bad day turns out that Rob Lowe has
terrible luck with his employees because
in April 2008 he filed three separate
lawsuits against 3 separate staff
members
he claims that one nanny spread quote
malicious lies about him that one chef
had sexual intercourse on his bed and
that another nanny the subject of this
list attempted to blackmail him Lowe
sued nanny Jessica Gibson claiming that
she was extorting him for one and a half
million dollars for quote a vicious
laundry list of false terribles Gibson
in turn sued the
family for sexual harassment and abuse
however both lawsuits were dismissed in
2009 at the request of both parties
number one John Travolta is freaky but
it happens losing a child is one of the
most difficult things a human being can
experience losing a child and being
blackmailed over it is simply
unimaginable however that’s the
predicament Travolta found himself in in
2009 when his son jet died of a seizure
torino Lightbourne a paramedic and a
Bahamas senator pleasent Bridgewater
soon blackmailed Travolta for 25 million
dollars claiming they had a quote
refusal to transport documents signed by
Travolta this would indicate the
Travolta allegedly prevented his son
from receiving medical help after being
caught in a sting operation Lightborn
was charged but the trial ended in a
mistrial Travolta then decided to drop
the charges claiming that the emotional
toll was too great I just want to take
one moment to thank each and every one
of you throughout this country and
throughout the world for all your
support and all your love for our family
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
craziest cases of celebs being
blackmailed
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’re looking at
the craziest cases of famous people
being blackmailed and/or extorted and
ranking them based on the individuals
Fame and the severity of the blackmail
act itself number 10 Alex Rodriguez
a-rod is widely considered to be one of
the greatest baseball players ever
however his reputation took a massive
dive in 2013 when he became embroiled in
the infamous biogenesis baseball scandal
which saw biogenesis claiming to have
provided numerous baseball players with
performance-enhancing drugs when various
employees of the clinic were in
desperate need of cash due to mounting
legal bills they turned to a rod for
money in exchange for keeping his
dealings with them quiet biogenesis
employees later spilled the beans
however and Rodriguez was suspended for
the entire 2014 MLB season I did I did
take a banned substance and you know for
that I’m very sorry and deeply regretful
his reputation suffered and he retired
two years later number 9 Yoko Ono Yoko
Ono is widely considered a major driving
force in the breakup of the Beatles but
that’s not really something that’s
blackmail worthy however
Ono’s personal chauffeur Coral Carson
saw an opportunity for himself and
blackmailed the performance artist for 2
million dollars in the mid-2000s his
lawyer claimed that Ono was abusive
ordered the driver to be responsible tor
needs 24 hours a day and asked him to
perform various illegal acts after he
threatened to release various pictures
and secret recordings he’d made he was
charged with the felony of attempted
grand larceny in the third degree and
was sentenced to 60 days in jail
number 8 Kevin Hart funny man Kevin Hart
has taken the world by storm in the
early 21st century most notably for his
roles in various comedies like Riedel
get hard and central intelligence I got
a plan might get us both killed but if
it works it’ll be a totally boss story
cool however with the fame comes the
attention and heart was embroiled in a
sex extortion case in 2017
Hart became the victim when someone
demanded an eight-figure sum of money
from the actor in exchange for keeping
an alleged sexually explicit video
private after refusing to pay the
exorbitant amount of money Hart issued
an apology over Instagram directed
towards his wife and children in doing
that I know that I’m gonna hurt the
people closest to me who I’ve talked to
and apologized to being my wife and my
kids
number 7 John Stamos turns out the world
isn’t as sugary sweet as Full House
would have you believe
[Applause]
to Michigan residents Alison cos and
Scots if Allah were arrested when they
tried to extort six hundred and eighty
thousand dollars from the actor in 2009
they claimed that they had damning
pictures of Stamos involving cocaine and
nudity that were allegedly taken at a
party rather than paying up
Stamos contacted the authorities and the
two were soon arrested Stamos has since
denied that the pictures existed and the
defense claims that the pictures were
deleted once the FBI raided their house
qasas lawyer also alleged that Stamos
had a fling with an underage cause when
they met in Orlando in 2004 but the
claims were denied number six Cindy
Crawford do you have any nicknames for
your kids she calls me Kiki and my
brother pee while reportedly playing
cops and robbers the nanny for Cindy
Crawford’s children took a joke picture
of her daughter bound and gagged to a
chair in 2009 a friend of the nanny EDA
Skylar stole the picture and wanted to
return it to the family for a reward
Crawford’s husband Randy Gerber gave him
$1,000 for his troubles two days later
ILR asked for more money and claimed he
had another copy but the authorities
were contacted and he was deported he
then called and demanded a $100,000 wire
transfer before being arrested by German
authorities and sentenced to two years
in prison
number five Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes were married
from 2006 to 2012 and their relationship
provided us with the famous Oprah couch
hopping one of Cruz’s most awkward
moments however their blissful marriage
hit a bump when Mark Lewis Gittleman
stole their wedding photos and
threatened to make them public unless he
was paid 1.3 million dollars
court documents show that Gittleman
obtained the photos when the
photographer brought his damaged hard
drive to Gilman’s place of employment
after seeking help from David Hahn
Schmidt an infamous celebrity sex tape
peddler both Gettleman and Schmidt
enacted the extortion but they were
caught in a sting operation Gittleman
was sentenced to two years probation and
Schmidt committed suicide number 4
Cameron Diaz
bring it on fish there is nothing like
something coming back to haunt you when
Diaz was a 19 year old aspiring actress
she posed nude for photographer John
Rutter over ten years later rudder
demanded 3.5 million dollars or he would
leak the nude photos to the press to
coincide with the release of Charlie’s
Angels full throttle rather than paying
up
Diaz contacted the authorities and
rudder was arrested and charged with
forgery attempted grand theft and
perjury he was sentenced to three years
eight months in prison
number three David Letterman as Kevin
Hart and David Letterman found out
sometimes you just have to beat the
blackmailers to the punch even if it
means damaging your career and personal
relationships in October 2009 Letterman
announced on his show that he was the
victim of a recent blackmail attempt and
admitted infidelity claiming to have
slept with various employees and the
creepy stuff was that I have had sex
with women who work for me on this show
now my response to that is yes I have a
producer for CBS Joe Halderman was
arrested after trying to deposit the
phony 2 million dollar check and was
sentenced to 6 months in prison
despite the October confession Letterman
remained with his longtime partner
Regina Lasko whom he had married the
previous March I heard a lot of people I
have nobody to blame but myself I’m not
looking to blame anybody I’m looking to
find out why I behaved the way I behaved
number two Rob Lowe I understand your
feelings but please believe me when I
tell you that I’m a nice guy having a
bad day turns out that Rob Lowe has
terrible luck with his employees because
in April 2008 he filed three separate
lawsuits against 3 separate staff
members
he claims that one nanny spread quote
malicious lies about him that one chef
had sexual intercourse on his bed and
that another nanny the subject of this
list attempted to blackmail him Lowe
sued nanny Jessica Gibson claiming that
she was extorting him for one and a half
million dollars for quote a vicious
laundry list of false terribles Gibson
in turn sued the
family for sexual harassment and abuse
however both lawsuits were dismissed in
2009 at the request of both parties
number one John Travolta is freaky but
it happens losing a child is one of the
most difficult things a human being can
experience losing a child and being
blackmailed over it is simply
unimaginable however that’s the
predicament Travolta found himself in in
2009 when his son jet died of a seizure
torino Lightbourne a paramedic and a
Bahamas senator pleasent Bridgewater
soon blackmailed Travolta for 25 million
dollars claiming they had a quote
refusal to transport documents signed by
Travolta this would indicate the
Travolta allegedly prevented his son
from receiving medical help after being
caught in a sting operation Lightborn
was charged but the trial ended in a
mistrial Travolta then decided to drop
the charges claiming that the emotional
toll was too great I just want to take
one moment to thank each and every one
of you throughout this country and
throughout the world for all your
support and all your love for our family
do you agree with our picks check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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