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Man arrested in Tom Cruise photo plot


(AP)
Updated: 2007-07-27 07:52





Actor Tom Cruise poses for a portrait at the Beverly Hills Hotel in
Beverly Hills, Calif., in this July 29, 2004 file photo.? [AP]


LOS ANGELES - An Arizona man who allegedly demanded more than $1 million
not to publish Tom Cruise's stolen wedding photographs has been arrested,
the actor's lawyer said Thursday.

David Hans Schmidt, known for brokering deals involving compromising
celebrity photos and videos, approached Cruise's representatives about
six weeks ago with photos from the actor's Italian wedding last year to
Katie Holmes, attorney Bertram Fields said. The FBI was contacted.

"He was looking for money, lots of money," Fields said.

Schmidt, 47, was arrested by federal agents Tuesday, said FBI spokeswoman
Laura Eimiller, but she said the criminal complaint charging him was
under seal in federal court and she refused to comment.

Thom Mrozek, a spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles,
said a judge set bond at $100,000. Schmidt was being held Thursday at the
Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, according to jail records.

It was not immediately clear if Schmidt had a lawyer or how he obtained
the photos.

Schmidt has also been trying to auction off Paris Hilton's diaries, along
with photos of her in various stages of undress and other personal items
that had been locked away in a Los Angeles-area storage locker until a
few months ago.

Hilton's publicist, Elliot Mintz, has said the belongings were "illegally
seized" from the storage facility.








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