Al Unser, Jr., has had some legal troubles before: driving under the influence, hit and run, to name a few. But his latest mention in the news is just flat out bizarre.See, it turns out that Unser is named as a potential (read: alleged) extortion victim in some sort of really oddball prostitution ring case in Albuquerque.
The District Attorney's Office says the suspect, 47-year-old Bobby McMullin, allegedly tried to blackmail Unser with claims of a "compromising" video in February and March 2004.There are, quite obviously, a few very weird things about this case. First of all, I suppose that this is a relatively new case and that McMullin has really bad book keeping skills, but how can the DA's office not know how much money Unser paid to this guy?
Prosecutors say the video was not connected with the suspected prostitution ring and that Unser was not a client of McMullin's.
McMullin allegedly asked Unser for $750,000, or he would release the tape to the public, according to the 137-count indictment against McMullin.
[...]The District Attorney's Office doesn't know how much money Unser paid to McMullin. It's unknown whether video even exists.
And, um, to take that one step further ... if Unser's video had nothing to do with said prostitution ring and he wasn't a client of this alleged pimp, why did Unser pay him money? Yes, I know, it does seem a little ridiculous.
