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Most Famous Sex Tapes
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A public sex tape scandal can either make or break a celebrity’s career. To see if some of the most famous ones came out in the wash, let’s take a look back.
Many believe the infamous sex tape between Kim Kardashian and ex-boyfriend Ray J helped launch the mogul’s career.
In 2002 the former couple recorded a roll in the hay using a hand-held camcorder while they were vacationing in Cabo for Kardashian’s 23rd birthday.
Five years later, the tape was released to the public as a 41-minute film called “Kim Kardashian, Superstar” by porn company Vivid Entertainment.
Kardashian, who at first sued to prevent the tape’s release, ultimately settling — opened up to Oprah in 2012 about regretting ever making the tape, saying she felt “humiliated.”
Among former “Teen Mom” star Farrah Abraham’s escapades is a sex tape with celebrity porn star James Deen in 2013.
Rumors swirled that the video was intentionally leaked for publicity when Abraham and Deen were spotted holding hands outside of Vivid Entertainment (the company also responsible for releasing Kardashian’s sex tape).
Abraham initially denied the rumors, later admitting she was behind the whole thing, which said she made to immortalize her young figure. The film reportedly sold for nearly $1 million .
Colin Farrell made a sex tape with Playboy Playmate Nicole Narain in 2003, and, two years later, the footage leaked for the world to see.
Narain had allegedly struck a seven-figure deal with Internet Commerce Group (ICG) to release what Farrell claimed was intended only for their eyes only. He sued Narain for attempting to sell the footage , and they reached a settlement in 2006.
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee had no idea a video they made together of … marital bliss while on their honeymoon would one day become the watershed moment for celebrity sex tapes. But after they locked it away, in 1995, a disgruntled electrician stole the safe that contained the footage and released the tape, making an estimated $77 million in less than 12 months .
Anderson has since revealed that she and Lee never made a penny off of the video.
“I made not one dollar,” the actress told Andy Cohen on “Watch What Happens Live.” “It was stolen property. We made a deal to stop all the shenanigans. I was seven months pregnant with Dylan. And I was thinking it was affecting the pregnancy, the stress. I said, ‘I’m not going to court anymore, I’m not being deposed anymore by these horny, weird lawyer men.’ I don’t want to talk about my vagina anymore.”
Hulk Hogan was caught up in years of legal battles after a sex tape of him with the wife of his best friend, Bubba “The Love Sponge” Clem, was leaked.
A now-infamous 1-minute-41-second clip shows the wrestler engaging caught in the act with Heather Cole. Hogan claims the encounter was filmed without his knowledge.
In 2012 Gawker published the tape on their website and Hogan, bankrolled by Gawker enemy Peter Thiel , sued for invasion of privacy. Hogan was eventually awarded $140 million, causing Gawker to declare bankruptcy .
Hulk can’t deny the situation has been lucrative: He was awarded $110 million from a lawsuit against Cox Radio over the sex tape in March.
Paris Hilton and ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon made one of the most talked-about sex tapes to ever exist.
In a grainy video, some of which was recorded in “night vision,” Hilton is seen engaging in sexual intercourse with Salomon.
In 2004, Salomon sold the sex tape shortly after Hilton’s reality TV show “The Simple Life” debuted, causing a media storm.
The film, titled “One Night in Paris,” was distributed by Red Light District. The rights to the video have since been bought by Vivid.
Hilton claimed she was “out of it” during the making of the sex tape, causing Salomon to sue her for defamation. The hotel heiress then counter-sued him for releasing the tape, and she was awarded $400,000, which she planned to donate to charity.
Hilton has since revealed she “Never received a dime from the video.”
Rob Lowe nearly ruined his career with a sex tape in 1988.
The actor, then 24, was filmed having sex with a 16-year-old woman he met at a nightclub. At the time, the legal age of consent in Georgia was 14 (later raised to 16) but her appearance in the tape was illegal.
Lowe made the tape the night before he came out to support Mike Dukakis at the Democratic National Convention in Atlanta. Another chunk of footage with Lowe and his friend Justin Moritt engaging in sexual intercourse with a model was also leaked at the time.
The scandals put Lowe’s career on hold for the better part of the following decade. In 2019, he said it was the best thing that ever happened to him because it helped him sober up.
Kevin Hart was embroiled in a sex tape scandal in 2017 when a woman he engaged in sexual activity with claimed she had no idea the couple’s act was being recorded.
Montia Sabbag reportedly threatened to extort Hart with the footage but he refused to pay and publicly apologized to his children and wife — who was pregnant at the time.
In September 2019, Sabbag filed a $60 million suit against the comedian, claiming he filmed her without her knowledge. The case was dismissed in early May.
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There's nothing bad, wrong, or dirty about a celebrity making a consensual sex tape. Unfortunately, sometimes those tapes get stolen or leaked. Here, the stories behind some of the most infamous videos you weren't meant to see. (And, no, we won't be linking to them.)
In 2007, Vivid Entertainment released "Kim Kardashian, Superstar," a 41-minute tape purchased from an unidentified third party for $1 million. Kim sued to prevent its release, but eventually settled for a rumored $5 million. "This tape, which was made three years ago, and was meant to be something private between myself and my then-boyfriend is extremely hurtful not only to me, but to my family as well," Kim told People at the time. "I am filing legal charges against the company who is distributing this tape since it is being sold completely without my permission or consent."
Vivid cochairman Steven Hirsch responded, "We are comfortable that we have the legal right to distribute this video, despite what others may say. We have been around for 20 years and if we didn’t feel comfortable putting it out, we wouldn’t. We would like Kim and Ray J to be a part of it and hopefully we can work that out."
Speaking to Oprah in 2012, Kim said she wasn't "naive to the fact" that she was "introduced to the world" via her sex tape, and that since it was a "negative" introduction, she had to work "ten times harder to get people to see the real [Kim]."
She also addressed rumors that she leaked the sex tape herself. "Why would anyone put that humiliation on their family like that?" she said.
In his 2016 book Kardashian Dynasty , Ian Halperin claimed that Kris Jenner orchestrated the whole thing, quoting an insider who said, "It was Kris who engineered the deal behind the scenes and was responsible for the tape seeing the light of day." She, too, has denied having anything to do with the sale of the tape.
"I feel embarrassed and humiliated, especially because my parents and the people who love me have been hurt," Hilton told the Associated Press after the release of her sex tape in 2003. "I was in an intimate relationship and never, ever thought that these things would become public."
The release of the tape via the Seattle-based company Marvad Corp. was followed by several lawsuits: according to People , Salomon filed a $10 million suit against the company for distributing the footage without the legal rights, and Marvad filed a breach of contract suit against Salomon's roommate, claiming - per People - that the roommate "misled the company into believing he owned the rights to the video." According to People , Salomon also filed a $10 million slander suit against Hilton, her parents and publicist, claiming their response to the tape suggested he had non-consensual sex with Hilton. (His suit against Hilton was later dropped.)
Hilton did not sue Salomon, but she did file a $30 million invasion of privacy lawsuit against Kahatani Ltd., a Panama-based Internet company that distributed the video, which was later dismissed .
Salomon eventually sold the tape himself to Red Light District Video, where it got the infamous name One Night in Paris . It's been reported that Hilton collected a percentage of the profits as well as a $400,000 payment, but she claims she's "never made a dollar" off the tape.
"I wish I had never met him," Hilton told Marie Claire of Salomon in August 2017." That is actually the one regret in my life. I wish that I had never met that guy. I could not leave my house for months. I was so depressed, humiliated. I didn't want to be seen in public."
Perhaps the most infamous celebrity sex tape of all time, this 1996 video was stolen by the couple's disgruntled electrician . From there, a member of the Italian mob paid $50,000 to cover manufacturing and distribution of the tape over the Internet, the idea being he'd get a cut of the sales - but a wave of copycat websites upended the business plan. With the video spreading fast, Anderson and Lee filed a $10 million civil lawsuit against everyone they thought might have a copy of the tape.
They got nowhere legally until the tape made its way to 25-year-old Internet whizkid Seth Warshavsky. After a judge refused to issue an injunction that would keep him from airing the video on his site Club Love, Anderon and Lee decided to settle. From there, Warshavsky cut a deal with Steven Hirsch, owner of Vivid Entertainment, to manufacture VHS, DVD and CD-ROM copies. Though there are rumors that Anderson and Lee cut a deal of their own to share in profits made off the video, both deny ever making money off the tape.
For years, Lopez's ex-husband of eleven months shopped an intimate video of life with his ex-wife, reportedly including nudity and private footage from their honeymoon (so this one's not quite a "sex tape"), that he called "How I Married Jennifer Lopez: The J.Lo and Ojani Noa Story." The video was reportedly in violation of the confidentially agreement he signed after his separation from Lopez, and her lawyers fought its release accordingly. As of 2011, the tape was literally locked up by the court in a safe deposit box.
Farrell and Playboy model Nicole Narain dated in 2003 and recorded a 14-minute sex tape. A couple years later, the tape was released and, according to People , Farrell accused Narain of "trying to distribute the tape through an intermediary," which she denied. "I try not to let too many things get to me, but this is definitely stressful," she said of the claims in 2005. "I really would like my name to be cleared. I have nothing to do with this."
Farrell and Narain reached an "amicable settlement" in 2006, though the terms remained confidential.
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As we've pointed out time and time again (opens in new tab) , people have sex! And it's normal, and most of the time fun and great! And sometimes, people want to document that fun and great time they're having for a whole range of reasons. Maybe you and your partner want to watch it later and do some play-by-play review. Maybe just the knowledge that a camera is rolling makes the act hotter than hot (opens in new tab) —even if you never watch the video afterwards. The point is that making a consensual sex tape in the privacy of one's own home is nothing to be ashamed of.
But, when you're a celebrity, things get a little (and in some cases a lot ) more complicated. First and most obviously, there's always the possibility that said tape might get leaked, stolen, or sold without your approval. This is why there are so, so *many* celebrity sex tapes lurking on the internet—none of which we will be linking to, btw. Watching a sex tape that you know was released without the informed, enthusiastic consent of all participants is not something anyone should be watching. But the stories of how these sex tapes were released, why they were released, and how the celebs in question dealt with their release is a fascinating chapter in pop culture worth delving into. Shall we begin?
Obviously, Pam's most famous sex tape is her iconic romp with Tommy Lee, but Anderson also made a sex tape with her ex-boyfriend, Bret Michaels. The Poison musician spoke out about his efforts to stop the film's release in 1998, when he went to court and obtained a temporary restraining order against Internet Entertainment Group (I.E.G.) from releasing the tape, which the company said they were given by a friend of Michaels'.
Michaels reportedly spent at least $100,000 fighting the tape's release and expressed frustration that Anderson wasn't fighting harder alongside him in the crusade.
"What I'm jonesing to find out, and I can not figure out for the life of me, is why Pamela is not A) stopping this tape, or B) writing to these guys to stop the tape," Michaels told MTV News (opens in new tab) at the time. "It makes no sense to me. I can not figure out. I have the original copy. I have it. No one's ever touched it. No one's ever gotten to it. I have it, period, end of story, and it's never gone out, so I'm anxious to find out who gave them this tape or a copy of this tape and now they're forced to disclose it. And no, I've never taken a cent, not a penny. These guys have cost me a lot of money, and they're going to pay for it."
Dustin Diamond, aka Screech from Saved by the Bell , gave the world the sex tape it never asked for in 2006. The, um, film , which Diamond directed and released himself, had the cringiest name: Screeched – Saved by the Smell . The movie felt like a huge stunt when it was released and that's probably because, well, it was. Years later, during an interview for "Where Are They Now?" on the Oprah Winfrey Network (opens in new tab) , Diamond even claimed to have used a body double in the film and to have edited his own likeness into the footage after the fact.
"In my stupidity, I thought I could totally fake this. I could get a stunt person to take my place," he explained. "It’s my face but nothing else. Looking back now in my 30s, I realize that was really dumb."
So why make the video? The money, of course. Diamond explained during the interview that the idea came to him when he heard that Paris Hilton earned $14 million off the release of her infamous One Night in Paris sex tape.
"The sex tape is the thing that I’m most embarrassed about," Diamond explained. "And my buddy said, ‘$14 million? Holy smokes, where’s the Screech sex tape? You got to be worth at least a million.' And I thought, ‘Yeah — yeah, maybe.’ And that’s as simple as it was."
Turns out, however, that there wasn't enough of a market for Screech porn to make the whole ordeal worth it, financially.
"I definitely got some money off of it but it definitely wasn’t worth what the fallout was,” he said. "People to this day look down on me. There’s a lot of people [who think] ‘how disgusting of you’ — and I didn’t really do it."
In 2008, KISS legend Gene Simmons was the star of a celebrity sex tape (opens in new tab) that made the rounds on the internet. The video featured the musician and an Austrian energy drink spokesmodel named Elsa (her last name is never stated on camera) and was set to the soundtrack of Foreigner's, "I Want To Know What Love Is."
Simmons issued a statement (opens in new tab) about the tape on his personal website at the time, writing, "You may have heard or seen garbag
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