Drugs gang blackmailing Gareth Bale’s family threaten to release ‘compromising’ pics and video of Wales ace’s four-year-old daughter Alba
Security around the couple, who also have eight-month-old daughter Nava Valentina, plus Emma’s family has been tightened
FOOTIE superstar Gareth Bale’s four-year-old daughter has been caught up in a £1million blackmail plot.
Gangsters have threatened to circulate a photo of little Alba next to a “cannabis” plant unless cash is handed over.
They have also vowed to release a video of her singing an inappropriate song, and another picture believed to have been doctored.
Police are investigating and a source said Real Madrid star Bale, 27, and fiancee Emma Rhys-Jones, 25, have been set up and the plant in the first image is not cannabis.
Security around the couple, who also have eight-month-old daughter Nava Valentina, plus Emma’s family has been tightened.
A source said: “This is all coming from a drugs gang.
“It’s a real mess. Gareth, Emma and Alba are innocent victims. They are going through hell.”
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Shortly after cars were firebombed at the homes of her grandparents and aunt Annabella Williams.
The source added: “The gang is using the pictures and video as leverage to recoup the loss.
“The aim is to step up the threats against the family, which takes it all closer to Gareth and Emma.
“The gang has threatened to circulate the images in Spain and the UK. They hope family members will pay up so the pics don’t go public.”
Sources say she has dumped a car and phone and left the country.
An expert has told cops the cannabis plant in the picture with Alba is fake.
South Wales Police said: “An investigation is under way into a complex series of events which began with an arson attack in the Cardiff area. One line of inquiry relates to threatening messages.”