Michigan couple convicted in John Stamos extortion case

(HMG) – A Michigan couple charged with conspiring to extort money from “Full House” and “ER” actor John Stamos in exchange for photos they claimed showed him with cocaine and strippers, have been found guilty of conspiracy and using e-mail to threaten a person’s reputation. Allison Coss, 24, and Scott Sippola, 31, have been convicted of trying to extort $680,000 from actor John Stamos which could land them in prison for up to five years. Attorneys for the defendants, one of whom claims she had a fling with Stamos when she was 17 during a spring break trip to Florida in 2004, had suggested in court papers that they plan to make Stamos’ sex life an issue to exonerate their clients, but the judge didn’t allow it.  Defense attorney Sarah Henderson told the jury that it wasn’t a crime to sell photos to Stamos before going to the tabloids. But the defense was unable to produce the supposed embarrassing photos, and claimed they disappeared during an FBI raid on Coss’s home.

Source: Detroit Free Press