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Posted Mar 9th 2010 12:09AM by TMZ Staff
Cindy Crawford can sleep a little easier tonight. The German guy accused of blackmailing her with photos of her young daughter has been sentenced to spend two years in a German jail.
The perp -- Edis Kayalar -- was convicted of extortion in a German court. As we previously reported, Kayalar was suspected of stealing a private photo from Crawford's former nanny -- a photo that showed the supermodel's 7-year-old daughter gagged and bound to a chair. The nanny said she took the photo as a joke.
Kayalar turned himself in to German authorities back in November -- he was denied bail because the judge thought the dude was a flight risk.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Cindy Crawford
Tags: child, cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, edis kayalar, EdisKayalar, extortion, german jail, GermanJail, guilty, photo
Posted Jan 25th 2010 1:10AM by TMZ Staff
Cindy Crawford, Reese Witherspoon, Drew Barrymore and Julia Roberts all did their part at the Hope for Haiti benefit on Friday night
Question is ...
Filed under: Who'd You Rather?
Tags: benefit, Cindy Crawford, CindyCrawford, Drew Barrymore, haiti, Julia Robe, Reese Witherspoon
Posted Dec 18th 2009 3:15AM by TMZ Staff
Here's Spain's Princess Letizia of Asturias Wednesday at an event in Madrid (left) -- and supermodel Cindy Crawford last year (right).
Both of 'em are royally hot.
We're just sayin'!
Filed under: We're Just Sayin'
Tags: cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, princess letizia, princess letizia of austurias, PrincessLetizia, PrincessLetiziaOfAusturias
Posted Nov 20th 2009 12:10AM by TMZ Staff
The suspect in the alleged Cindy Crawford extortion plot put his best fingers forward on Tuesday, greeting German photographers outside of court by flipping them two lovely birds.
Edis Kayalar -- who turned himself in to German authorities on Monday -- was denied bail shortly after this photo was taken.
Filed under: Cindy Crawford
Tags: cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, edis kayalar, EdisKayalar, extortion
Posted Nov 18th 2009 2:30PM by TMZ Staff
Cindy Crawford's alleged extortionist cannot be extradited to the U.S., but he's not out of the woods.
TMZ did some checking and found Edis Kayalar, who turned himself in to German police Monday night, cannot be shipped back to the U.S. for allegedly demanding $100,000 from Cindy and hubby Rande Gerber. Germany does not have an extradition treaty with the U.S.
So, you ask, why did Kayalar turn himself in? We're told in November, after Kayalar was deported to Germany, he was sending emails to Gerber asking for money that could be transferred into a German bank account. That, German authorities tell us, is a violation of German extortion law.
Kayalar allegedly stole a photo from Cindy's former nanny -- a photo that shows her 7-year-old daughter tied up to a chair and gagged. The nanny says she took the photo as a joke.
Kayalar has been denied bail, because the German judge thinks he's a flight risk.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Cindy Crawford
Tags: arrested, cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, cops, edis kayalar, EdisKayalar, extortion, extortionist, germany, nanny, photo, rande gerber, RandeGerber
Posted Nov 17th 2009 1:01AM by TMZ Staff
The 26-year-old German model who allegedly tried to extort $100,000 from Cindy Crawford has turned himself in to the cops.
Edis Kayalar (right), who has been charged with one count extortion, walked into a police station in Germany yesterday.
As we previously reported, Kayalar was threatening to sell a photo of Cindy's daughter which showed her bound to a chair and gagged.
Kayalar faces two years in the slammer. He'll appear before a judge later today.
Story developing ...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Cindy Crawford
Tags: alleged extortion, AllegedExtortion, cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, cops, edis kayalar, EdisKayalar, extortion, germany, model, police
Posted Nov 15th 2009 1:15PM by TMZ Staff
Police in Germany searched a home in Stuttgart in connection with the Cindy Crawford extortion case -- but they would not confirm the apartment belonged to the suspect, Edis Kayalar.
German authorities confiscated several items from the home, but would not say where Kayalar was or whether or not he had been charged in Germany.
Kayalar allegedly tried to extort Crawford and her husband, Rande Gerber, over a photo of their daughter bound to a chair and gagged.
Kayalar has been charged with one count extortion -- he faces two years in the slammer.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Cindy Crawford
Tags: cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, edis kayalar, EdisKayalar, extortion, extortionist, plot, rande gerber, RandeGerber
Posted Nov 14th 2009 6:21PM by TMZ Staff
Looking as if they weren't just the victims of a disgusting extortion plot, Cindy Crawford went on a bike ride in Malibu this afternoon with her husband, Rande Gerber, their two children -- Kaia and Presley -- and two other kids.
You know what they say -- the family that gets extorted together, stays together.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Cindy Crawford
Tags: cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, extortion, family, photo, rande gerber, RandeGerber
Posted Nov 13th 2009 4:30PM by TMZ Staff
Harvey and Mike answered your questions on anything this Friday the 13th -- including breaking news about DJ AM's wrongful death suit, the potential prison time Michael Lohan faces for releasing those phone calls and Cindy Crawford's German extortionist.
Plus: The Heenes' day in court, Nic Cage's status as "rich poor" and Mike's pledge to lose weight!
Filed under: TMZ Live
Tags: Carrie Prejean, CarriePrejean, Cindy Crawford, CindyCrawford, DJ AM, DjAm, Mayumi Heene, MayumiHeene, Michael Jackson, Michael Lohan, MichaelJackson, MichaelLohan, Nic Cage, NicCage, Richard Heene, RichardHeene, weight
Posted Nov 13th 2009 1:38PM by TMZ Staff
Cindy Crawford's alleged extortionist had a brush with the law before the latest incident, but in that case the woman who asked for a restraining order ended up flaking out in court so Edis Kayalar skated.
Marissa Rukgaber -- Kayalar's girlfriend in 2008-09 -- claimed in a declaration that he pushed her and threatened to kill her if she called the police. She said, "He asked me to sleep with him at a friend's house, and when I refused he slapped me across my face and punched me 6-7 time (sic) all over body."
But she never showed up in court and, according to the docs obatined by TMZ, the judge took no action.
Kayalar is accused of trying to extort Crawford and her husband, Rande Gerber, for $100,000 -- over a picture of the couple's daughter.
By the way, in the legal docs, she says, "He's hard to find and slips through the system." That's a problem the feds are dealing with right now.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Cindy Crawford
Tags: arrest, cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, extortionist, german, model
Posted Nov 12th 2009 7:30PM by TMZ Staff
We've just obtained pictures of Edis Kayalar, Cindy Crawford's alleged extortionist -- below are the mug shots and a gallery of modeling pics we've obtained.
There are two booking photos -- the one on the left is from the feds, and the other is from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department.
Kayalar was a model for HERMAEVENTS, a German company (see pics below).
Federal authorities say Kayalar was arrested and deported to his home country of Germany after allegedly trying to pry money from Cindy and Rande Gerber for a picture their former nanny took -- a picture of the couple's 7-year-old daughter bound to a chair and gagged.
Authorities say the nanny took the pic as a prank and Cindy didn't know anything about it.
As we said earlier, a man who appears to be Kayalar contacted TMZ approximately 6 weeks ago trying to sell the photo. He said he had been in a relationship with the nanny and found the photo in her room and became concerned she might be abusing the child.
Kayalar said he had taken the photo from the nanny's room and wanted to know if he could get in trouble for selling it. We offered him no advice and passed on his offer.
Kayalar has been charged with one count extortion -- he faces two years in the slammer.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, Cindy Crawford
Tags: cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, edis kayalar, EdisKayalar, extortionist, german, model, rande gerber, RandeGerber
Posted Nov 12th 2009 6:33PM by TMZ Staff
Cindy Crawford was targeted for extortion, over a photo of her daughter which showed the daughter bound to a chair and gagged.
Documents were filed in federal court saying that Edis Kayalar, a friend of a former nanny of Crawford and husband Rande Gerber, was threatening to sell the photo of the couple's 7-year-old daughter.
Crawford's rep says the photo was taken as part of a game of cops and robbers, without Crawford's knowledge. The docs say the nanny took the photos as a "prank" and that Kayalar stole the picture from her.
We're told Crawford and Gerber went to the cops, who turned it over to the FBI.
According to legal docs, Gerber paid Kayalar $1,000 for what he thought was the original photo. But Gerber claims Kayalar came back a few days later, claiming he still had a copy and demanded more money.
And this is curious .... according to the documents, Kayalar was arrested by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department on September 16, 2009, placed in federal custody by ICE agents for an immigration violation. He was then deported to Germany.
But it didn't end there ... The Feds say on November 1, 2009, Kayalar called the Crawfords from Germany and said he "had no choice now but to extort the victims for money because they had gotten him deported." He demanded $100,000 or else he'd release the photo to the media.
BTW, someone tried peddling the photo to TMZ approximately 6 weeks ago. We passed.
story developing
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Cindy Crawford
Tags: bound to a chair, BoundToAChair, cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, daughter, extortion, former nanny, FormerNanny, nanny, rande gerber, RandeGerber
Posted Aug 6th 2009 10:00AM by TMZ Staff
Looking at a supermodel in a bathing suit never gets old ... just like Cindy Crawford.
The ageless 43-year-old mother of two showed off her ridiculous body on a yacht in St. Tropez on Wednesday.
A pox on you, Rande Gerber!
Filed under: Hot Bodies, Hot Mamas, Cindy Crawford
Tags: bikini, Cindy Crawford, CindyCrawford, supermodel
Posted Jul 29th 2009 5:04PM by TMZ Staff
Gravity has finally taken its toll on supermodel Cindy Crawford's face ... during a simulated skydiving ride yesterday at Universal CityWalk.
Perhaps this is the 43-year-old's secret for maintaining her flawless looks.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty, Cindy Crawford
Tags: Cindy Crawford, CindyCrawford
Posted Jun 19th 2009 11:35AM by TMZ Staff
Apparently, genetically superior supermodels like Cindy Crawford are immune to the threat of global pandemics.
While security donned swine flu masks, the 43-year-old stunner pranced through a Buenos Aires airport unafraid to breathe it all in without protection.
Cindy's so gorgeous even deadly infectious viruses are too intimidated to come up to her.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Beauty, Nurse!, Cindy Crawford
Tags: argentina, Cindy Crawford, CindyCrawford, swine flu, SwineFlu
