Court won't free Stamos case pair during appeal

MARQUETTE (AP) -- A court has denied a request by a Michigan couple convicted of trying to extort $680,000 out of "Glee" actor John Stamos to be released from prison while their case is on appeal. The Mining Journal of Marquette reports the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals last week issued the decision in the case involving Allison Coss and Scott Sippola. They were each sentenced to four years in prison. Attorney Sarah Henderson, who is representing them on appeal, argued that they should be freed in part because the convictions were for nonviolent offenses. Coss and Sippola were convicted in July of conspiracy and using e-mail to threaten a person's reputation. They threatened to sell old photos of Stamos with strippers and cocaine. The FBI said such photos didn't exist. Published: Tue, Mar 1, 2011