Last Monday, John de Mol reported attempted threats, a form of extortion, the Public Prosecution Service confirms to NU.nl on Wednesday. De Mol recently received a letter with a proposal for a settlement on incriminating information in an upcoming book.
Last Monday, John de Mol reported an attempted threat, a form of extortion, the Public Prosecution Service confirms to NU.nl on Wednesday. De Mol recently received a letter with a proposal for a settlement on incriminating information in an upcoming book.
De Mol’s spokesperson has also confirmed the report to NU.nl. Threats are extortion that does not involve violence. Usually it involves defamation, such as the disclosure of a secret.
The founder of Talpa has filed a complaint against Karim Aachboun and Ed Aerts, the legal advisors behind the letter.
According to De Telegraaf, that duo represents the interests of Shima Kaes, Johnny de Mol’s ex-girlfriend. In the book De Mol: The most powerful media family in the Netherlands, which should be published on Thursday, she would accuse her ex-fiancée of assault.
The presenter is said to have reported the crime together with his father. Lawyer Peter Plasman states in the report, which De Telegraaf has seen, that Johnny de Mol and Kaes had a turbulent love affair, but that there was no mistreatment.
‘This biography is about the whole family’
Mark Koster, the author of the book about the De Mol family, tells NU.nl when asked that he has enough evidence for what he describes in his book and says that he had not responded to requests for the material in his book at this time. in any way whatsoever.
According to Koster, the 608-page book contains only a small piece about this affair. “Chapter 92, out of my head. It describes how John de Mol himself attempts to leash Johnny’s wives. But this biography is about the whole family. Four generations. Starting in 1931, ending in 2020.”
Koster has been able to process the imminent legal battle in his book, which will be published on Thursday.
According to author Koster, no money is asked
“I went to De Mol because I had sent him 45 questions to check things. At the time, his lawyer showed the writ that is being written about today in De Telegraaf. He called it an attempted extortion at the time. That is now a has become an attempted threat, a somewhat milder variant in a legal sense. ”
According to Koster, the writ does not ask for money. “I think the writ says something along the lines of, ‘I am aware that the book is coming. Maybe we can reach an amicable settlement, which may make it less harmful.”