Celebrity Justice
Imagine -- Yoko Ono, Extortion Victim

Posted Dec 13th 2006 9:32PM by TMZ Staff

Yoko OnoTMZ has learned that Yoko Ono's personal driver has been arrested in New York City for allegedly trying to extort the widow of John Lennon. Now, the driver is saying he's the victim.

Police sources tell TMZ Koral Karson allegedly told Yoko Ono that he had photos and tapes of her that were highly embarrassing and that for $2 million the tapes would never surface. Today, New York cops obtained a warrant and searched Karson's home. Karson was arrested and charged with attempted grand larceny in the first degree.

Karson made some fiery accusations of his own on his way out of the police station yesterday, telling reporters that the only reason Ono pressed charges was "to stop me from pursuing a sexual harassment case." Ono's publicist, Elliot Mintz, has denied the claim saying, "That is completely false. She's the victim here,"

Sources say Karson allegedly confronted Ono with his ultimatum this past weekend, the anniversary of John Lennon's death.

Mintz tells TMZ his client was "shocked by what happened and did what any citizen would do -- she went to the cops."

Karson is currently in custody and will be arraigned Thursday.

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1. GOOD. I CANNOT STAND THIS BITCH.

EITHER COULD JOHN LENNON.

Posted at 9:38PM on Dec 13th 2006 by Denise

2. Wait, we've already seen her naked. What could be more embarrassing than that?

Posted at 9:44PM on Dec 13th 2006 by Lenn K

3. SHE IS TRIPLE UGLY WITH OR WITHOUT CLOTHES INSIDE IN OUT.

Posted at 9:49PM on Dec 13th 2006 by Sammy

4. embarrasing tapes? like of what, her with another man or woman, shes done all that stuff already... or maybe she was caught saying the Pledge of Allegiance,? Wait I know, like most rich women, Curic, Marlo Thomas, Liza, caught being rude to the Butler.

Shes done nothing since her husbands passing to carry on anything of good for the World except if it was for her own little world.

Bring it on...lets see/hear what the Driver had

Posted at 9:57PM on Dec 13th 2006 by Joe Citizen

5. Angelina Jolie's role model ...almost forgot the ugly biatch was still alive...........Julian please drag her back to court get her away form us..................

Posted at 10:01PM on Dec 13th 2006 by Miapocca

6. HE WAS A FOOL TO THINK HE COULD EVER SHAME THIS WOMAN.

Posted at 10:02PM on Dec 13th 2006 by poc

7. I don't want to imagine her any which way. She's a nobody and
an ugly one at that. Her only claim to fame is Lennon period.
She lucked out in that respect. Otherwise she'd be doing nails.

Posted at 10:10PM on Dec 13th 2006 by Prnzez

8. That woman has ALWAYS had Bad Karma. Ask Bobby Dylan. He told George, who then told John, but.... alas he didn't want to know.
Too bad he died. And too bad he died before he could divorce her.

Posted at 10:15PM on Dec 13th 2006 by h

9. http://articles.absoluteelsewhere.net/Articles/2_mrs_lennons.html

H, you think maybe teh same message could be passed on to brad pitt.................even after years, yoko is still managing to wreak havoc..she was toxic to Lennon's family...did not make for a good realtionship between her son sean and cynthia son Julian...................

Posted at 10:34PM on Dec 13th 2006 by Miapocca

10. Yoko going for more publicity. What else is new?

Posted at 10:41PM on Dec 13th 2006 by joyce

11. So Yoko Ono and Paris Hilton have the same publicist (Elliot Mintz). That's a "six degrees" connection I never expected....

Posted at 11:38PM on Dec 13th 2006 by Jessica

12. WOW!!!!! That say's it all to have Angelina in the same boat with Yoko. It definately paints the full picture of "no-class" at its best, huh! Karma will take care of those deserving it though. You just wait and see.

WOW!!!!! That say's it all to have Angelina in the same boat with Yoko. It definately paints the full picture of "no-class" at its best, huh! Karma will take care of those deserving it though. You just wait and see.

WOW!!!!! That say's it all to have Angelina in the same boat with Yoko. It definately paints the full picture of "no-class" at its best, huh! Karma will take care of those deserving it though. You just wait and see.

Posted at 1:20AM on Dec 14th 2006 by Jenny

13. Just goes to prove, you can't out dig a professional gold-digger.

Posted at 1:40AM on Dec 14th 2006 by Gavin

14. Nothing is shocking enough to make Ono feel any shame. Have you seen what she calls art, seen how she dresses and heard what she thinks is normal and fair? Boy that driver was a loser to think he could get cash for any bad publicity about her, or to threaten exposure as she lives for making shocked controversy news.. haha

Posted at 1:53AM on Dec 14th 2006 by JTD

15. I cant believe ALL you. You talk sooo much and soo bad about her, you'd think you knew her on a personal level. You ALL feel sooo safe behind your little keyboards typing up how ugly she is, I wonder what you look like? if you listen to Johns songs from his solo days, you can see that it was infact Yoko who opened up the real John. Go listen to your Nick Lachey/ Justin Tinkerbells cd and quit sippin on the haterade.

Posted at 2:21AM on Dec 14th 2006 by Jil

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