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'19 Kids and Counting': extortion target speaks out!

If you think back to earlier this month, you will remember a story about a woman named Teresa Hunt who was arrested for trying to extort the famous Duggar family from "19 Kids and Counting" -- basically saying that if she was not paid a hefty sum of cash, she was going to release a photo as proof that family cousin Amy Duggar, 25, was having an intimate relationship with 56-year old musician James Garrett.

Now, the photo at the center of the drama has been released -- and you can see it over at E! News. The picture really seems to be just about as innocent as a picture inside a restaurant can be, and Garrett himself said that he "laughed" after hearing the allegations before describing what else happened with this extortion story:

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"I had just returned from New Zealand and when I got off the plane at LAX, there was an urgent message from Amy to call immediately. She went on to tell me someone had sent an extortion letter to the Discovery Channel detailing an affair between the two of us, complete with photos.  Amy and I just busted out laughing because we knew there were no pictures and absolutely nothing to back up the claims."  

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Matt Carter is a poet, journalist, and screenwriter from Dallas, TX. A former reality and game show contestant, he published his first book, "Storms of Change," in May 2008. He can be reached here.

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