Poor John Stamos. He’s the latest to be the target of an extortion scheme, although, according to his publicist, the blackmailers had nothing to leverage except pictures of John posing with fans. John’s spokesperson, Matt Polk, said, “Since this is a pending federal criminal prosecution, John is not at liberty to discuss the matter at this time.” So I’m not sure we can expect that to get cleared up anytime soon. [CNN]

John seems to be in good company. As the famous and fabulous family of extortion targets moves over to make room for their new member, let’s look back at some recent cases of celebrities in the same boat. Maybe these folks could give John some advice from experience?