Cindy Crawford Extortion Drama: Man Wanted $100,000 For Photo Of Daughter

A German male model was charged with extortion yesterday after demanding Cindy Crawford pay $100,000 for a risque photo of her 8-year-old daughter. According to authorities, Edis Kayala told the supermodel that he’d obtained a photo of Kaia Crawford, “in revealing clothing, bound to a chair and gagged.” The photo was taken by Kayala’s girlfriend, a former nanny of Kaia’s, who told police it was originally part of a “cops and robbers” game.

Kayala found Crawford’s number in his girlfriend’s phone and, admitting he was broke, asked to be compensated for its return. He originally received $1,000 from Crawford’s husband Rande Gerber, but Kaya called again, claiming he’d kept a copy and threatening to sell it for $500,000. The couple went to police, who discovered the model was in the country illegally and deported him back to Germany. That still didn’t keep Kayala from demanding $100,000 be sent to a German bank account. Police are now in pursuit of the suspect. “[We] intend to pursue any and all available legal action against anyone who aids the perpetrator in the distribution or sale of the photograph of [our] daughter,” Crawford and Gerber said in a statement.

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