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You just don’t mess with people’s kids.

According to TMZ, Cindy Crawford was targeted for extortion, over a photo of her daughter which showed the daughter bound to a chair and gagged. Documents were filed in federal court saying that Edis Kayalar, a friend of a former nanny of Crawford and husband Rande Gerber, was threatening to sell the photo of the couple’s 7-year-old daughter.

Crawford’s rep says the photo was taken as part of a game of cops and robbers, without Crawford’s knowledge. The docs say the nanny took the photos as a “prank” and that Kayalar stole the picture from her.

Crawford and Gerber went to the cops, who turned it over to the FBI. According to legal docs, Gerber paid Kayalar $1,000 for what he thought was the original photo. But Gerber claims Kayalar came back a few days later, claiming he still had a copy and demanded more money.

And Randy, why didn’t you just go to the cops in the first place if the photo was stolen?

Gallery Info: Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber at the AFI screening of A Single Man on November 5, 2009