A photographer accused of trying to extort $3.3 million from Cameron Diaz for pictures taken before she became famous must stay jailed or pay a high bail amount.
Superior Court Judge Ann Jones on Wednesday said John Rutter of Los Angeles must remain jailed in place of $250,000 bail.
In a related matter, Diaz has sued Rutter in civil court to keep the photographs from being published. That case begins Friday in Santa Monica Superior Court before Judge Alan B. Haber.
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The photographs taken around 1992 are being held in a safe deposit box. Diaz's lawyers have declined to describe the photos and are asking for an injunction to keep them from being made public.