Posted on 08/14/2003 7:14:00 AM PDT by bedolido
A Los Angeles photographer has been charged with trying to extort more than £2m from Cameron Diaz over topless pictures he took of the star when she was a struggling actress.
John Rutter had claimed Diaz had signed a contract giving him possession of the 1992 pictures and allowing their release.
The Charlie's Angels star said the signature had been forged.
Rutter has been charged with attempted extortion, attempted grand theft and perjury and two counts of forgery.
He is being held on $250,000 bail pending an arraignment.
Last week a judge ordered the photos and a videotape of Diaz not be released until after any court case.
Last Updated: 08:36 UK, Thursday August 14, 2003
was she fat or something? Her skinny bod is all over the net already...hard to see why she even bothered.
[Yawn] Ho hum. Where's the news here? Hollywood starlets all posed topless before achieving their fame because it goes with the territory.
"Starlet poses nude" is about as newsworthy as "Cher undergoes plastic surgery."
Starlet wannabees do, too. Exhibit A: Amber, Scott Petersons's "other woman."
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