A report at CNN.com/Europe states,  “Germany's richest woman Susanne Klatten has said she is being blackmailed by former lover who threatened to release pictures of them together if she did not pay him millions of euros (dollars).”

Apparently, she is a pretty wealthy woman: Klatten is the daughter of BMW magnate Herbert Quandt, and shares a 46-percent stake in the company with her mother and brother. She also owns a majority share of a chemical company, as well. All told, she’s got a supposed value of about 7.8 billion Euros (that translates to about 15 billion American dollars), and Forbes places her at #55 on their list of the world’s billionaires.

According to an article at NineMSN.com,  the 46-year-old married mother of three fell for the smooth-talking charms of 41-year-old Helg Sgarbi in mid-2007 and entered a steamy affair. (Aw heck, what mother of three doesn’t occasionally need a little pick-me-up?) Even though she ended the romance soon after, she didn’t realize he had an accomplice recording their escapades onto videotape. (Eeeuuw, creepy!)