FIRST PHOTO: John Stamos And Alleged Extortionist's Night Together


Posted on Jul 13, 2010 @ 09:30AM  
CBS News

On Monday, Full House star John Stamos faced his alleged extortionist Allison Cross in a Michigan courtroom as a cozy photo of their first night together surfaced on the internet.

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The photo, which was obtained from a social networking page of Cross by Crimesider according to CBS News, shows Cross and Stamos hugging for the camera.  "First time I met this werido [sic]..." the caption read.

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Stamos and Cross had a fling in 2004 when she was only 17-years old while she was on spring break in Florida. The actor allegedly invited Cross and a female friend to his hotel room where he was photographed with hanging out with strippers and leaning over a table covered with cocaine. Stamos has said that he was “heartbroken” over his recent separation from his wife when the meeting with Cross occurred. The two continued an e-mail correspondence after the night in question.

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However, things eventually went south when Scott Sippola, a 31-year old Michigan nightclub owner, tried to turn Cross and Stamos’ relationship into a moneymaking scheme. Stamos contacted the FBI after a man identified as “Mr. X” reached out to him asking for money to ensure Stamos’ reputation would not be tarnished by scandalous photos. A sting operation was set up and Sippola and Cross were arrested at a Michigan airport.

Cross and Sippola have pled not guilty to charges that they attempted to extort $680,000 from the actor in exchange for not releasing the photos of him .



The FBI found no photos when they searched the homes of the 2 accused. Even if there are such photos, I hope these 2 land in jail for their crime.

by Heilige Bimbam
Posted Wed, 07/14/2010 - 10:07am

I hope they go to jail for tryin to extort from him. Everyone makes mistakes and if he did thats on him. Who cares what he does these losers are the ones who need to be behind bars.

by jenn08
Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 10:53pm

Pretty soon we'll be seeing pictures of them "leaked" to ROL

by Muppet
Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 8:17pm

Why didn't they just sell the pics to Radar instead of attempting extortion? lol

by poppy
Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 7:11pm

They probably will lol give them time

by Muppet
Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 8:16pm

Celebs HAVE to suck up no matter how they feel or what they're going through or else they are ridiculed and then people use them for taking a nice pic with them? Boy.. who in the heck wants to be a celeb?

by pooky
Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 6:33pm

These celebrity brown nosers need to be prosecuted for trying to extort from Stamos

by Barbie Doll
Posted Tue, 07/13/2010 - 5:13pm

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