Helen Cohen Alon jailed for extorting Warne

[Slow Love™]

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/09/08/1094530696188.html

Sad, but extortion is a serious crime. Perhaps she should have been satisfied with the R100,000 that Warne's associate was willing to pay her.

 

[Langeveldt]

Good, and good riddance

 

[JASON]

Warne will not sue over alleged affair

Wisden Cricinfo staff

September 9, 2004






Shane Warne has drawn stumps on the South African saga © Getty Images




Shane Warne will not take legal action against a South African woman who attempted to extort money from him last year.

Helen Cohen Alon was jailed this week for her discredited claim that she was offered R200,000 ($A43,400) by an associate of Warne's to maintain her silence over a supposed relationship with Warne during Australia's tour of South Africa in 2002. Cohen Alon, a 47-year-old divorced mother of three, must pay a fine of $A10,800 or she will serve 18 months in prison.

But Warne's brother and manager Jason ruled out any further action. He said: "We closed the book on this quite a while ago now."

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Perhaps its a case of letting sleeping dogs lie.
[I like their caption for the picture - Shane Warne has drawn stumps !!]