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Records released in 'sugar daddy' extortion scheme

When Dawn Jessop failed to meet Dent in person, Dent cut her off financially, and that led Christopher Jessop to start threatening him, according to police reports.

Christopher Jessop said he needed a way to keep up his now lavish lifestyle. The Jessops told police they spent about $200,000 on jewelry, fine dining and a Range Rover sport utility vehicle between November 2008 and February 2009­ -- all money obtained from Dent legally and illegally.

By this time, however, the FBI and Greenwich Police noticed that Dent was transferring large sums of money by wire and had asked him to come in and tell them what was going on, according to police reports. Dent wore a wire during a meeting with Christopher Jessop, and minutes later, police arrested him and his wife at a local hotel in March