John Stamos takes the stand in blackmail trial

Hot-tub weekend?

July 13, 2010 at 5:10PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Stamos' accusers head to court
Stamos' accusers head to court (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

When you look ahead to the weekend, planning your ideal respite, remember this: you do not want to end up in an AP story containing the line "Two women who worked as strippers eventually showed up in the room with a bag of cocaine." It is entirely avoidable. But people can make up stuff, especially if they're trying to shake down someone who appeared on TV and thus must have gobs of money sitting around. Which brings us to ER star John Stamos. Have you heard of this? No? Then you find an eyebrow raised by this:

Stamos went straight to the FBI after the alleged extortion attempt was first made. The entire story, with allegations of underaged hot-tub canoodling, is here.

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