You didn’t need to be Olivia Pope to realize that this latest attempt at blackmail would crash and burn—and, ultimately, backfire.
A post-coital pic of NHL star Jaromir Jagr asleep while a model snapped a selfie has been making the rounds after someone reportedly tried to blackmail the two-time Stanley Cup champ.
According to Czech tabloid Blesk, someone attempted to extort Jagr by threatening to leak the photo of him in bed with a hot young lady who was only referred to as “Catherine from Moravia.”
It is not exactly clear if Catherine from Moravia was the one attempting blackmail.
The U.K.’s The Mirror reported that she was the alleged blackmailer—and also identified Catherine from Moravia more specifically as Kateřina Provazníková.
The New York Daily News also reported that the model was the blackmailer.
However, Yahoo! Sports reported that Blesk claimed the “image had been making the rounds on Czech social media. Someone came across the photo, and had the bright idea to attempt to extort Jagr.”
The New York Post reported that “Though the photo in question was originally in the brunette bombshell’s possession, like most sexy snaps, this one made the rounds through the social sphere in the Czech Republic before landing in the laps of the extortioners.”
Multiple articles have noted that the model in the photos is reportedly dating Czech junior player Dominik Rudl.
If that’s the case, one would think that Catherine from Moravia would perhaps have an incentive to keep the photo under wraps.
While outlets are reporting that Jagr shrugged his shoulders at the blackmail attempt, some claim that he made the insanely ballsy move of literally saying “I don’t care” when faced with the photo threat.
Here’s the quick list of problems with this attempt to scandalize Jagr fans. First, Jagr is single: no ring and no girlfriend, as far as we know. Second, while Catherine is a lovely young thing, she’s not that young. At age 18, she’s legal.
“At the end of the day, I really believe people want you to be honest. Then they’ll root for you on your comeback. Look at Michael Vick and Kobe Bryant. Bill Clinton.”
At 43, Jagr is a hefty 25 years her senior, but single men sleeping with attractive women who are less than half their age doesn’t transform hockey fans into purse-lipped pearl clutchers.
While Jagr is known for being a devout Orthodox Christian, no one in America expected him to live as a virginal Tim Tebow or Lolo Jones.
Thus, it is little wonder that Jagr reportedly told the blackmailers to puck off when they asked for—wait for it—the Czech equivalent of $2,000.
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The alleged Jagr blackmailer simultaneously overestimated the “scandal” on their hands while being pathetically unambitious in their financial demands.
By the way, Jagr makes $3.5 million a year. With the NHL’s 82 games for the regular season, he would make $2,000 in well under five minutes on the ice.
Yet, Jagr apparently knew this scandal was such a nothing-burger that he wouldn’t spare his loose change.
The Daily Beast reached out to Jagr’s agent, Peter Svoboda, who seemed surprised we were even asking about the selfie and the alleged blackmail attempt. When asked if Jagr would comment, he replied, “I don’t know. I wouldn’t even ask him about it. I don’t think he’s too concerned about it.”
That may be an understatement. If anything, Jagr should be celebrating the scandal that wasn’t.
The most bizarre part of an admittedly strange extortion tale from an Eastern European tabloid is that Jagr has only risen in hockey fans’ esteem.
Catherine from Moravia’s bed picture has become its own meme with the hashtag #JagrSelfie, according to Greg Wyshynski at Yahoo! Sports Puck Daddy blog.
Fans have started taking selfies with the pursed lips and peace signs next to sleeping bedmates, stuffed animals, and, my personal favorite, a bottle ofJagermeister (Jagr, Jager—get it?).
(thedailybeast.com)
