“I wanted the money only to enable me to see movie stars," he reportedly said The first extortion letter was written on Feb. 6, 1943. It was addressed to Betty Grable — then 26, a rising Hollywood ...

At the height of her fame, movie star Betty Grable was targeted in a 1940s extortion scheme Screen Archives/Getty Movie star Betty Grable was a victim of extortion in the 1940s The extortionist, ...

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