MARQUETTE, Mich. — Two people in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula have been charged with threatening to sell photos of actor John Stamos unless he paid $680,000.
Allison Coss and Scott Sippola were arrested last week on an extortion charge at an airport near Marquette. An undercover FBI agent had secretly arranged to meet there.
The FBI says it was contacted Nov. 28 by a lawyer for an actor identified in a court document only as “Mr. X.”
Stamos spokesman Matt Polk said Tuesday the photos simply are pictures of the actor posing with fans. They eventually will be released. Stamos is on Broadway starring in “Bye Bye Birdie.” He met Coss in Florida in 2004.