Foster City law student jailed for extorting man seeking cross-dressers

Foster City law student jailed for extorting man seeking cross-dressers

June 28, 2014, 05:00 AM Daily Journal Staff Report Emmanuel Darabi A Foster City law student was sentenced Friday to six months in jail and 90 gambling addiction meetings for attempting to extort $40,000 from a Belmont businessman by threatening to expose his advertisements for cross-dressing men with whom to have sex. Emmanuel Darabi, 28, must provide the court proof of attendance at the Gamblers Anonymous meetings and is prohibited from gambling or going to such establishments. On top of his six-month jail term, Darabi must also spend three years on supervised probation and repay the victim $8,553. Darabi pleaded no contest in April to one felony count of attempted extortion of the man who said he didn’t know Darabi. On Jan. 9, the victim’s grown daughter found an envelope on her car which was parked outside her father’s Belmont home. Inside, she found a Craigslist ad by her father seeking cross-dressing men for sexual encounters and a note demanding $40,000 dropped at Central Park in San Mateo to protect the secret, according prosecutors. The man acknowledged his predilection to police and his family but said it was always with adults. Police hid cameras at the park and saw a man later identified as Darabi. When the victim did not arrive at the park, Darabi reportedly sent him an angry email. The victim said $40,000 was too much and the extortionist agreed to take $15,000 dropped off at the post office. An undercover detective posing as the victim made the drop in the bushes near the post office and police arrested Darabi when he picked up the bag. Police reported finding inside his car papers with the victim’s contact information. Darabi said he wanted the money because of a gambling problem, said Chief Deputy District Attorney Karen Guidotti. Darabi remains free on $25,000 bail until his July 26 surrender date.  http://www.smdailyjournal.com/articles/lnews/2014-06-28/foster-city-law-student-jailed-for-extorting-man-seeking-cross-dressers/1776425125739.html In the comment section: Arnie Wexler · Harren High School GAMBLERS WILL DO ANYTHING WHEN THEY NEED TO KEEP GAMBLING AND ADDICTED TO GAMBLING ! ARNIE WEXLER 561 249 0922 cell 954 501 5270 New book All Bets Are Off: Losers, Liars, and Recovery from Gambling Addiction === OUT THIS FALL Written by Steve Jacobson AND Arnie Wexler Arnie Wexler's compulsive gambling spiraled out of control . . . now after forty-plus years in recovery he is a nationally known expert on gambling addiction and helps others to "quit the bet." All Bets Are Off chronicles Wexler's life as a gambler that began on the streets of Brooklyn, New York, flipping cards, shooting marbles, and playing pinball machines. At age fourteen he found the racetrack, a bookie to take his bets, and started playing the stock market. His preoccupation with gambling accelerated until a fateful day in 1968 when it all came crashi...ng down. Wexler's gripping narrative leads us through the dungeon of a compulsive gambler's world—chasing the big win and coming up with empty pockets—and how his addiction drove him and his wife, Sheila, to the edge of life. With help, they managed to escape, and together they have devoted themselves to helping others with the problem they know so well ========================== Steve Jacobson was a sports reporter and columnist for Newsday for 44 years beginning in 1960. He was awarded first prize by the Associated Press of New York and Top Five Sports Columnists numerous times by the Associated Press Sports Editors, and has been twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, among other accolades. In 2004, he created, conducted interviews for, and helped script the documentary Jackie's Disciples for ESPN Copyright © 2014 Central Recovery Holdings, LLC. All Rights Reserved. CRP and Central Recovery Press are trademarks of Central Recovery Holdings, LLC. 3321 North Buffalo Drive, Suite 275 | Las Vegas, NV 89129 | 702-868-5826 Arnie Wexler Aswexler@aol.com WWW.ASWEXLER.COM HELP LINE 888 LAST BET 561 2490922 CELL 954 5015270 Arnie and Sheila Wexler have provided extensive training on Compulsive, Problem and Underage Gambling, to more than 40,000 gaming employees (personnel and executives) and have written Responsible Gaming Programs for major gaming companies. In addition, they have worked with Gaming Boards and Regulators, presented educational workshops nationally and internationally and have provided expert witness testimony. Sheila Wexler is the Executive Director of the Compulsive Gambling Foundation. They also run a national help line (888 LAST BET) and work at Recovery Road, a treatment facility in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida that specializes in the treatment of those suffering with gambling addiction. Product Details ORDER IT AT AMAZON OR BARNES AND NOBLE