TOM AND KATIE STOLEN WEDDING PHOTOS SAFE
July 26, 2007 Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' private wedding photos will remain private, the actor's lawyer said today. An Arizona man who allegedly demanded more than $1 million not to publish stolen pictures from the 2006 Italian wedding was arrested Tuesday. David Hans Schmidt, known for brokering deals involving compromising celebrity photos and videos, approached Cruise's representatives about six weeks ago with photos from the actor's wedding, attorney Bertram Fields said. The FBI was contacted. "He was looking for money, lots of money," Fields said. Schmidt is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, according to jail records. Bond was set at $100,000. It was not immediately clear if Schmidt had a lawyer or how he obtained the photos. Schmidt has also been trying to auction off Paris Hilton's diaries, along with semi-nude pictures of her. Hilton's publicist, Elliot Mintz, has said the belongings were "illegally seized" from the storage facility. "
