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UFC's undefeated Ilia Topuria: Must 'step away' to defend reputation, not titleUndefeated UFC lightweight champion Ilia Topuria explained his absence from the UFC 324 title bout on Monday, alleging he's addressing an extortion attempt and will return to the cage at the appropriate time. ,Topuria is not on the UFC 324 card. An interim lightweight championship bout between Justi...

Court Docs: Family Member Attempted To Extort $5 Million From Tyrann MathieuAccording to court documents that were unsealed this morning, Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu was the victim of an extortion plot carried out by one of his distant family members. The documents describe repeated threats made by Geourvon Sears to release allegedly damaging information about Mathieu unle...

Mexican Baseball Manager "Held" For Three Nights In Crazy Alleged Extortion Scheme The manager of a Mexican League baseball team, Francisco “Paquin” Estrada, was reported missing Thursday morning, and then found hours later....

Real Madrid Star Karim Benzema Charged In Sextape Blackmail Case

After being arrested and questioned by police in France yesterday morning for his possible involvement in a blackmail plot against fellow France international Mathieu Valbuena, Real Madrid’s Karim Benzema has been charged today for “complicity in an attempted extortion.”...

Hines Ward Likes To Pay For Sex With Women, According To Man Charged With Trying To Extort Hines Ward

A man who claimed to have evidence that retired Steelers receiver Hines Ward has a thing for soliciting prostitutes was arrested on extortion charges Thursday in Pittsburgh. The man, Joshua Van Auker, allegedly texted Ward's personal assistant on Wednesday with a threat to go public with whatever in...

Chris "Birdman" Andersen Is The Victim Of An Extortion Attempt, His Lawyer Says

Yesterday's shocking news of a child porn investigation at the house of Nuggets center Chris "Birdman" Andersen has led to today's announcement by Andersen's lawyer that he may be an extortion victim....

Karen Sypher's Lawyers May Need A Refresher Course On Law's Finer Points [CORRECTION]

Last we heard of Rick Pitino extortionist Karen Sypher's legal counsel, she was performing oral sex on him in his office. But that lawyer testified against her in her trial, so things weren't working out so well there....

Rick Pitino Is No Choir Boy

Next time a crazy-eyed blonde accuses an upstanding sports figure of some heinous acts, let's not dismiss everything out of hand. Because while Rick Pitino's not on trial, there's still the little matter of public sex and a secret abortion....