Playboy model ‘offered £4,000 bribe to get boyfriend out of jail’

A Playboy model allegedly 'offered a £4,000 bribe' to get her boyfriend out of jail, according to reports in Hawaii.

Shannon Teresa Marie Schwartz has been charged by police after a federal criminal complaint was filed on 18 March, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.

She allegedly offered a federal agent $5,000 (£4,000) to convince the judge to release her boyfriend, Lewis Huntzinger, who is being held at Honolulu’s Federal Detention Center.

Instead, the model was charged with one count of bribery of a public official and one count of obstruction of justice.

Facebook/Shannon Schwartz

Meanwhile, Huntzinger has been charged with possession of 205 rounds of Remington .223-caliber ammunition.

Court documents have alleged that Schwartz sent agent Daniel K. 'numerous missed calls, text messages and voicemails'.

It's also being claimed that the model wanted to meet up with the agent in person to see if Daniel K. 'was serious' and could be payed off.

In an apparent text exchange, Schwartz allegedly wrote: "I can help with whatever you need $ not sure what your services cost," on 22 February.

Although Daniel K. was never interested in the bribe, he agreed to meet with Schwartz to trick her to contact on her on his 'personal phone', which was, in fact, a device that would monitor every exchange and notify police.

In a meeting on 5 March, she allegedly agreed to pay the agent $5,000 (£4,000) for his services and for the release of her boyfriend.

He was allegedly offered $2,500 upfront and the $2,500 upon her boyfriend's release.

During a second meet on 7 March, the girlfriend arrived at the Inouye International Airport with a white lunch bag containing '25 $100 bills for a total of $2,500'.

Shortly after the meeting, she was said to have been arrested.

Facebook/Shannon Schwartz

If found guilty, she could face up to 15 years in prison.

In the UK, we have the Bribery Act, which came into force on 1 July 2011.

The law states: "A person is guilty of an offence if they offer, promise or give an advantage, directly or indirectly, to another person, intending that a person is rewarded for, or induced to, perform a relevant function or activity improperly.

"The person whom the advantage is offered, promised or given does not need to be the same person as the person who is to perform or has performed the relevant function or activity improperly.

"There must be an intention to induce improper performance of a relevant function or activity and the prosecution would need to be able to demonstrate this."

LADbible has contacted Shannon Teresa Marie Schwartz for comment.