Celebrity Justice
Miss New Jersey Blackmail Drama Continues

Beauty pageants can be a real bitch! Miss New Jersey Amy Polumbo's blackmail troubles continued yesterday when a second package containing a threatening letter -- and possible additional racy photos -- were sent to the Jersey beauty.

Polumbo's problems began several days ago when a mysterious blackmailer threatened to release around a dozen sexy shots of the pageant winner to the press -- if she failed to step down from her post. So far, Polumbo refuses to submit to the shakedown.

Police are in the process of questioning the runners-up to determine if the wannabe queens have anything to do with the crime. Polumbo's lawyer, Anthony Caruso, said that the Jersey tomato "doesn't think that any of the runners-up have anything to do with this," and that she is "deeply distressed that this blackmail scheme is affecting the lives of other contestants."



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31. Who really cares?

Posted at 2:35PM on Jul 8th 2007 by Al

32.
Hef, please call this girl so that she can stretch her 15 minutes of fame out a little bit longer.

Posted at 2:39PM on Jul 8th 2007 by candleinthe wind

33. Being from New Jersey, is Amy Polumbo connected to the Sopranos?

Posted at 2:45PM on Jul 8th 2007 by smarmy

34. She wants those pics out....Miss New Jersey title ain't gonna lead to no where!

Posted at 2:46PM on Jul 8th 2007 by TJ

35. The issue is not really the pictures--it is the blackmail and extortion attempt and good for her that she is fighting it. What creeps these blackmailers and extortionists are!! No one should ever make the mistake of yielding to them.

Posted at 3:12PM on Jul 8th 2007 by Cassie

36. The real issue is the pictures. We want to see the pictures!

Posted at 3:27PM on Jul 8th 2007 by big fat bald perverted middle aged white guy

37. NJ deserves a shot at the Miss America title. Amy needs to step down.

Posted at 3:47PM on Jul 8th 2007 by Bob P.

38. If she were a woman trying to live a low key life and had made a bad decision and someone were trying to jeopardize her ability to get a regular okie dokie job, I'd be on her side. But you can't decide to live large and run in a nationwide contest and have these indiscretions in your background and not expect to be outed. One of my former bosses use to say to me repeatedly, "What you do today affects what you can or cannot do tomorrow." Same goes for everyone showing their butts on their webpages. Don't be surprised when you're 30 and ready to get really serious about the future, your cyber pranks come back to haunt you. So to this beauty queen, I say "so what". Next!

Posted at 11:25AM on Jul 9th 2007 by zzzmess

39. Janice from New Jersey doesn't believe people with fat asses should have opinions - a rather strange way of thinking. If there's nothing wrong with the photos, why hasn't Amy released them and put an end to this? The people of NJ, both fat and skinny, deserve a Miss New Jersey who can compete for the Miss America title, a role model, a woman who reflects a traditions of style, sophistication and service. Amy is not that person - she can no longer compete.

Posted at 3:47PM on Jul 8th 2007 by bob of new jersey

40. Post # 30 Rockhard.She is a bright girl.....What the hell have you accomplished in your life.
This girl is from a good family. A very affluant community. There are jealous people like you out there that have nothing better to do with thier lives all day long but tear other people apart to serve thier own sick satifactions. GO DO SOMETHING POSITIVE TODAY. HELP SOMEONE FOR A CHANGE.

Posted at 3:44PM on Jul 8th 2007 by Janice from jersey

41. DUH Why do these girls do this? If it was just some angry hard-ons spreading nasty lies about her she could ignore it. Someone is jealous of her and unfortunately they have photos to back it up.

Posted at 3:47PM on Jul 8th 2007 by Homo Soprano

42. I did hear this am on a news show a guest say the "captions" to the
photos were "doctored up" to make the photo's appear more scandalous
then they were... Huh? Seems a bit more panic going on then for some dirty added captions.
If the public saw the photo's did not match up with the captions, Dont you think people would see it was indeed doctored up to humiliate her? So why all the drama? Something is not right about this story.

Posted at 3:55PM on Jul 8th 2007 by ~V~

43. #39 Bob from New Jersey.....Do you Know her personally? Have you seen the Photos?
Why do you think she should not be Miss New Jersey? I feel she has had to do something right to have gotten her this far. I do not know her. But it sure sounds like you do. Did you have something to do with this?

Posted at 4:17PM on Jul 8th 2007 by Janice from jersey

44. So much drama! Her press conference looked like a walk to the hangman's noose, hugging her parents and being so very brave.
I feel like I'm being spoon fed bits of truth mixed with BS

I read some post's who claim this pageant is for "college money" but then go on to say the woman are from affluent community's!

Please name some pageant winner's who have went on to graduate from college.

Posted at 4:27PM on Jul 8th 2007 by JennA

45. So if the pictures are not racey or otherwise why not trump the blackmailer and release them herself?

Posted at 4:35PM on Jul 8th 2007 by Hermy

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