James Casbolt/Police photo via BBC
A British man married to the daughter of the CEO of the Meijer supermarket chain, was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison in Britain for trying to extort $3.1 million by threatening to post sexually explicit photos online, The Guardian reports.
The paper reports that James Casbolt, 37, from St Ives in Cornwall, demanded the money in exchange for not posting the intimate pictures of Haley Meijer following a contentious break up. She is the daughter of Hank Meijer, the co-CEO and co-chairman of Meijer, the Grand Rapids-based chain.
The paper reports that Casbolt also sent threatening texts and emails to Meijer and posted bizarre, unfounded claims about her online.
Casbolt once wrote to her: “If my terms are not met, I can tickle the public interest for years, until the Meijers are so infamous in the world they will not be able to walk down the streets safely.”
