Another one of the old news, lost in the shuffle stories, this one shook me up a bit and I decided to bring you this follow-up because, well...
As we reported a while back, one David Hans Schmidt tried to extort over $1 million from Tom Cruise, after he came into possession of photographs of the movie star, and future Thetan's, ultra-secret wedding. He threatened to sell the pictures to the black market if he did not receive the money and was busted by federal authorities. He was on house arrest and was due in court this very day to plead guilty.
On September 30th, 2007, David Hans Schmidt was found dead in his Arizona home from an apparent suicide.
Now, if you are anything like me (and you could do worse), you probably have mixed emotions toward this particular event. Schmidt is the guy who released Tanya Harding's wedding night video and tried to blackmail Paris Hilton over the heiress' diaries; this guy was a real piece of shit. But did he deserve to die?
Well, you might want to brace yourself:
I can't say he didn't, you know?
Come on now, regardless of what you think about Paris Hilton, Tom Cruise, or ancient aliens from another world, David Hans Schmidt was a bottom-feeding extortionist who was more than comfortable ruining other peoples' careers and lives, or at least threatening to. He did not have any marketable talents or skills of his own, so he threatened and extorted those who did in order to make money off of theirs. His life and behavior were inexcusable and a possible 2 years in prison was little more than a slap on the wrist for the emotional, mental, and career-related damages he has - and would have - caused others, and the only reason I can fathom for such a lenient sentence is jealousy of movie stars and other celebrities. Most people feel they "got what they deserve" when they get caught doing the very same things everyone else does.
The fact that Schmidt took the easy way out is testimony to the fact that he was a talentless, shifty, low-down coward who refused to take responsibility for his own actions. That being said, I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea. Though I don't know what that wrong idea would be.
As we reported a while back, one David Hans Schmidt tried to extort over $1 million from Tom Cruise, after he came into possession of photographs of the movie star, and future Thetan's, ultra-secret wedding. He threatened to sell the pictures to the black market if he did not receive the money and was busted by federal authorities. He was on house arrest and was due in court this very day to plead guilty.
On September 30th, 2007, David Hans Schmidt was found dead in his Arizona home from an apparent suicide.
Now, if you are anything like me (and you could do worse), you probably have mixed emotions toward this particular event. Schmidt is the guy who released Tanya Harding's wedding night video and tried to blackmail Paris Hilton over the heiress' diaries; this guy was a real piece of shit. But did he deserve to die?
Well, you might want to brace yourself:
I can't say he didn't, you know?
Come on now, regardless of what you think about Paris Hilton, Tom Cruise, or ancient aliens from another world, David Hans Schmidt was a bottom-feeding extortionist who was more than comfortable ruining other peoples' careers and lives, or at least threatening to. He did not have any marketable talents or skills of his own, so he threatened and extorted those who did in order to make money off of theirs. His life and behavior were inexcusable and a possible 2 years in prison was little more than a slap on the wrist for the emotional, mental, and career-related damages he has - and would have - caused others, and the only reason I can fathom for such a lenient sentence is jealousy of movie stars and other celebrities. Most people feel they "got what they deserve" when they get caught doing the very same things everyone else does.
The fact that Schmidt took the easy way out is testimony to the fact that he was a talentless, shifty, low-down coward who refused to take responsibility for his own actions. That being said, I don't want anyone to get the wrong idea. Though I don't know what that wrong idea would be.
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