Arrests Made in Lopez-Anthony Wedding Video Scandal
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Hollywood.com Staff
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Friday, December 30, 2005
HOLLYWOOD - Authorities say two men have been arrested for trying to sell Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez’s stolen wedding video back to them for $1 million. The two stars were married in June 2004.
Tito Moses, 31, and Steven Wortman, 49, were arraigned late Wednesday in Manhattan Criminal Court on charges of conspiracy, attempted grand larceny and possession of stolen property.
According to a criminal complaint filed against them, Moses and Wortman sought and failed repeatedly to capitalize on the video, shopping it to media outlets including Us Weekly and People magazines and the TV show Access Hollywood.
After no deals were made with the media, according to the filed complaint, the two men contacted Marc Anthony Productions in a ploy to sell it back to Anthony. The complaint states that an NYPD officer posed as Anthony’s associate, negotiating with the two men between Dec. 20 and Dec. 27.
During that time, Moses and Wortman demanded $1 million for the video—which was contained on a laptop stolen from Anthony’s car in Linden, N.J., last October. When the detective balked at the demands, the men threatened to destroy the video, the complaint says.
The two men were finally arrested Tuesday, during a sting operation in which they allegedly thought they were selling the video for a cheaper price.
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