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Germany's Richest Woman Blackmailed With Own Sex Tape

Brian Fairbanks — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:34:00 GMT

You're the country's richest woman. You fear home invasion, kidnapping, extortion, and those pesky poor people with their hands out.

What you probably don't do is worry about getting blackmailed over your own sex tape. Unless, of course, you're this woman...

German police have been working on a case involving Susanne Klatten, Germany's 46-year-old female billionaire, and have arrested two men: Klatten's alleged lover and a friend of his, a hotel owner who filmed sexual trysts in his establishment. The duo hoped to received 40 million euros, but had to settle for 7.5 million from Klatten. Klatten, who helped foil her own kidnapping at the age of 16, was already talking to the cops.

Klatten, who holds a large stake in automaker BMW and Altana speciality chemical company, allegedly paid 7.5 million euros to a Swiss Helg Sgarbi to stop him from publishing compromising photos and videos of the couple's relationship, the German tabloid Bild am Sonntag reported.

The 41-year-old suspect was taken into custody by German authorities some weeks ago, Schmidt-Sommerfeld said.

The heiress to the Quandt family fortune and mother of three children "filed a complaint for fraud and blackmail in January 2008 with a Munich court," he added. Klatten has a personal fortune of 7.8 billion euros, according to German's Manager Magazine.

7.8 billion euros? That's like 40 trillion American or six Michael Bloombergs, right?

Seriously, we think we know why Klatten was embarrassed about this sex tape going public: she's "happily" married. Our guess is that she paid the hush money more so her husband wouldn't find out about the affair than any other public humiliation it could cause. The fact that she went to the police may only mean that she still hoped the media wouldn't find out about the whole incident.

Nice try.

Via Euro News.

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German Female Olympians Form Close Bond, Immediately Pose Nude For Playboy

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:30:00 GMT

With seemingly every other female Olympian posing topless for one cause or another, four German athletes decided hey, what the hell, why not get something out of this whole crazy Beijing thing?

Unfortunately, not all four appear together. According to featured field hockey player Katharina Scholz (pictured above), their schedules did not allow them to time it so they could pose on the same day. But Scholz is willing to speak on behalf of the whole fabulous foursome when she says, following her team's victory over the United States yesterday (ah, we forgive you):

"I think now I have to play hockey and later talk about things like [Playboy]. I think it's a good opportunity but it's not important for me for now...

"The most important thing for me is playing hockey. And because I am playing hockey, I got the opportunity to go on Playboy. Otherwise I wouldn't. I have no plans on a career in modelling."

The September issue of Playboy's German edition will feature four covers, each featuring one of the following photos:

You know what first comes to our minds when we saw these: Can an atrocious MTV reality show be far behind? They really do look like a cross between Desperate Housewives At 24 and The Real World: Dresden...

Via Playboy (Germany) and National Nine News.

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While You Were Sleeping: The Revenge of Harold And Kumar

Brian Fairbanks — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:44:00 GMT

Barack Obama spoke in front of approximately 200,000 people in Berlin. Onion headline: John McCain Loses Campaign Trail in North Dakota.

How in the hell did Max Mosley survive a major Nazi-style sex scandal and go on to win six figures in a civil suit?!

You'll have to forgive us for breaking your hearts with this Amy Adams news:

Enchanted star Amy Adams is to wed her boyfriend of six years, Darren Le Gallo.

The 33-year-old met Le Gallo - a fellow thespian - in an acting class in 2001 and they began dating following a year of friendship.

A spokesperson for Adams confirmed the news to People.com. The couple reportedly plans to marry next year.

The rest of the world is picking up on this Optional Clothing Diners club "craze."

Airline tickets are expensive... checked luggage fees are even more outrageous. So it's no wonder people have begun to try to smuggle each other in their suitcases.

We thought the latest Harold and Kumar adventure had bombed. Apparently not, as a third movie is in the works.

Darren Aronofsky to direct... Robocop?!

Pete Townshend talked Eddie Vedder out of retiring. Verena thanks you, Pete, although we say: "No comment."

Newspaper Runs Topless Photo of 13 Year Old Girl

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 19:12:00 GMT

Above model is NOT the subject of this story and is probably over 18. We hope.

A German newspaper has caused a huge uproar after "mistakenly" publishing a topless photo of a thirteen-year-old girl on its front pages.

Bild, the country's #1 newspaper, which often puts naked women on its covers, ran a photo of a local girl as part of a contest to determine "the hottest girl of the summer." Someone nominated the young woman, who was then photographed by a freelance photographer...

...the minor was paid a fee for the photo and it was published with her mother's written consent. The paper's editor, the company said, had not been aware of the girl's age at the time. Bild said it has removed the image from its archive in order to ensure that it would not be published again.

Wait, her mother signed off on this?! Holy shit-- who knew Warren Jeffs had moved to fucking Germany?

By the way, the newspaper is not going to escape blame in this. Not after this little "snafu":

Generally, the newspaper includes the age of the models it uses on its front page, but on that date, it was conspicuously absent.

Hmmm....

Via Spiegel.

True Love Will Find You In The End... If You're A Swan

Brian Fairbanks — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:51:00 GMT

Remember the story we told you about last week? The saddest breakup story ever? Well, maybe it was a breakup like the Carrie-Mr. Big breakups always are...

Yahoo!/Odd News is reporting on this breaking news: The black swan has been dumped by her new lover and may be moving back in with the giant wooden boat.

Huh? you're saying, apparently the only person on earth who hasn't heard about the black German swan and her epic love affair with a white wooden swan-shaped pedal boat. Petra fell for the Berlin lake's tied-up boat in 2006, was housed with the lovely piece of manmade beauty in an indoor zoo through the last winter, and stayed with her "man" through these past few months. Last week, we reported that the lovebirds (Scanner Emily, the only blogger here knowledgeable enough about animals and animal sex to confirm or deny any speculation about whether this metaphor is heavy handed) had split up after Petra fell for a real-life white swan.

Her lover, who we're sure lured Petra away only because he wanted what he couldn't have, snatched her up but quickly realized he's just a douche. Reports indicate the new man quickly broke up with Petra and ran away to be with the rest of the whiteys. (There's a metaphor for Barack Obama's recent speech here, but maybe we're too lazy to see it.)

A zoo statement says that Petra "appears to feel lonely" and is swimming around in an agitated state. The solution? On Friday, she will be taken back to the nearby lake and her faithful paddleboat. [Yahoo]

See, people? Even with a seemingly rock-solid marriage like Robin Williams's coming to a close after 19 years, there is still reason to have faith in the possibilities...

Previously: Swan Love Story Saddest Breakup Ever

Septugenarian German Playboy Sues 19-Year-Old For Not Putting Out

Bryan Christian — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:25:00 GMT

77-year old Rolf Eden, who 40 years ago gained fame in Germany for popularizing discotheques and stripteases, doesn't have any interest in aging gracefully. He's going to fight it every step of the way (mostly the "gracefully" part).

According to Bild Zeitung on Thursday, the 77-year-old Eden has filed suit against a 19-year-old Berlin woman for the following reason: Despite a night on the town with Eden, which ended back at his place, she refused to have sex with him, saying [...] he was too old for her.
"That was shattering. No woman has ever said that to me before," Eden told the tabloid. "I was crushed." He has filed charges with the prosecutors' office, he said. "After all, there are laws against discrimination."

Is there a German version of Ally McBeal? 'Cause if so, we totally know what their next big storyline's gonna be.

Wild on Sylt!

April Peveteaux — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:30:00 GMT

I know it is untoward to guffaw at anything in the Times, but I couldn’t help but chuckle through their Travel section feature, The 53 Places to Go in 2008. While Tehran was certainly a bold choice, and Algeria came with a warning about terrorist attacks, the ballsiest option appeared at number thirteen, with the hotspot of Sylt. This island in the North Sea filled with nude beaches and German celebrities is described as the “Hamptons of Germany.” And yet somehow it still wound up close to the top of a list that includes Anguilla, Tuscany and St. Lucia.

Yeah, taking Das Jitney to hang out in an overpriced share with drunk fans of the Hoff while Heidi Klum and Einstürzende Neubauten take all the good seats at the new Wolfgang Puck joint sounds positively furchtbar.