Tom Cruise Nearly the Victim of Extortion

The Smoking Gun has reported that the FBI just took David Hans Schmidt of Arizona (the guy pictured below who looks like he just got busted by Chris Hansen) into custody for attempting to extort money from Tom Cruise for photos of…wait for it…his wedding!  GASP! 

The Arizona man who has been dubbed the "Sultan of Sleaze" for his role in the distribution of celebrity sex tapes was arrested this week for his alleged role in an extortion plot targeting Tom Cruise, The Smoking Gun has learned.

David Hans Schmidt, 47, was nabbed Tuesday by FBI agents and is currently being held at the federal detention center in L.A.. He allegedly tried to sell Cruise a large cache of private photos from the actor’s November 2006 wedding to Katie Holmes. Schmidt sought more than $1 million for the wedding photos, which were stolen from the actor, said Bert Fields, a Cruise lawyer.

Look, I know Scientologists are weird but if the raciest thing you can find Tom Cruise doing is getting married you’re looking in the wrong gay bars…er…places.  The only thing I can think of is that the guy actually has proof that they cut Katie’s legs in half and put Tom on a giant stool for their wedding photos.

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