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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 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 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
