Cameron Diaz in court over photo extortion

Thursday, November 20, 2003

LOS ANGELES -- A photographer accused of trying to extort $3.3 million from actress Cameron Diaz for topless photos taken before she was famous threatened to sell them to a European group for $5 million, an investigator testified Tuesday. An investigator in the district attorney's office testified that Diaz, 31, told him she feared the photos would "hamper her ability to land certain family movie roles."

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