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Verne Troyer sex tape
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hTvv-1TlVbs5maqnqo5fnLg8o...
| Quote: | LOS ANGELES (AP) Verne Troyer successfully shut down the distribution of a sex tape featuring the "Austin Powers" actor and a former girlfriend
for now.
The celebrity Web site TMZ posted a 25-second snipped of the video Wednesday, but pulled the clips down Friday evening after a federal judge granted a
temporary restraining order requested by Troyer's attorneys.
The ruling also prevents any attempt by a porn distributor from taking orders for the full 50-minute video, and keeps TMZ from broadcasting any more
clips. Troyer's lawsuit also seeks $20 million in damages and the return of all copies of the tape.
U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez wrote that Troyer's motion "demonstrated that he will suffer irreparable harm to his reputation" if the tape is
distributed.
Troyer's attorney, Tracy Rane, said she, Troyer and others are "very pleased" by Gutierrez's ruling.
"Mr. Troyer is extremely distraught by the recent exploitation of his private life," Troyer's publicist, Melissa Bergera, wrote in a statement
released to the AP.
TMZ did not return calls seeking comment on the case Friday. Although the video excerpt showing Troyer kissing his then-girlfriend was removed,
another post describing the actor's lawsuit remained active.
Troyer, most famous for his role as "Mini Me" in two of the "Austin Powers" movies, claims the sex tape he made with a former girlfriend, which he
never intended to become public, was stolen from his home some months ago.
TMZ reported that the video could fetch $100,000 from a porn distributor. SugarDVD wrote in a statement on its Web site that hoped to reach a deal
with Troyer to distribute the full, 50-minute version. That statement was also removed by late Friday afternoon.
Kevin Blatt, a producer who promoted a sex tape featuring Paris Hilton, is also named as a defendant. Reached on his cell phone Friday, Blatt said he
had not been served with the lawsuit yet, but called it "baseless."
Blatt said he never had the tape and only helped try to broker a deal.
The judge also indicated he may issue a more binding preliminary injunction in the case unless TMZ and other parties demonstrate why it should be
released. His temporary order expires July 7.
Troyer is only the latest celebrity whose sex tape surfaced without consent, a phenomenon that began with the release of the infamous Pamela
Anderson-Tommy Lee honeymoon video. Since then, several others have surfaced, including Hilton, Colin Farrell, and rapper Ray-J with Kim Kardashian
the daughter of a prominent attorney who parlayed at least some of her newfound notoriety into reality-star status.
In Anderson and Lee's case, the couple actually agreed to have the tape distributed, which resulted in a federal judge tossing out their lawsuit after
the video was widely distributed on the Internet, in adult video stores, and even in hotel rooms.
Legal experts differed on Troyer's chances of long-term success keeping the video under wraps.
"I think distributing the tape is going to be very problematic," said Jack Lerner, a professor at the University of Southern California's Gould School
of Law.
"Any time you record something that has even a very small bit of original expression in it, that's going to be copyrighted," he said, noting that a
videotape would apply.
David Gringas, a Phoenix attorney who specializes in Internet, intellectual property and First Amendment issues, wrote in an e-mail that the fact that
Troyer hadn't yet applied for copyright protection could harm his case.
Troyer's suit states he intends to register the tape's copyright.
Gringas wrote that courts generally try to protect celebrities from "any conduct that's really offensive," but are also aware that the release of some
tapes actually benefits the celebrity.
"However, when a private tape is truly stolen from the owner, most times courts will do all they can to protect the rights of the celebrity to control
their name or image," Gringas wrote.
Both Lerner and Gringas said they doubted injunctions against TMZ would remain, since the site may argue it was simply reporting the news.
If past cases are any indication, Troyer's legal battle could be extremely swift or protracted: Anderson and Lee spent two years battling distributors
over their sex tape; Kardashian's lawsuit was settled less than three months later for undisclosed terms. |
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Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwz!
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I saw the preview on a different site.
I was too grossed out to repost it...
amature midget celebrity porn
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BWAHAHAHA!!!
Support the arts, shoot a rapper.
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they talked about that on Howard Stern and had a short clip, but it was only video and it was just them making out.
Earnest dies and Vern goes out and makes a porno..
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HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
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bridget the midget...ever see her?
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So it is with another midget or one of those hoes he is seen with in public??
Each aspect of the soul has it's own part to play, but the ideal is harmonious agreement with reason and control.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by clevohardcore
So it is with another midget or one of those hoes he is seen with in public?? |
full size girl
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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In the future people will no longer refer to things as "The greatest thing since sliced bread", but instead "The greatest thing since the verne Troyer
sex tape".
I wonder if its the same guy that breaks into all these celebrities houses stealing sex tapes...or if its a ring of thieves. The Brotherhood Of The
Tapes.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by barc0debaby
In the future people will no longer refer to things as "The greatest thing since sliced bread", but instead "The greatest thing since the verne Troyer
sex tape".
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Haha!
And for the record Bridget the midget is one of my all time favs.
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do you think that people that are really into having sex with midgets have some sort of pedophile thing in them?
| Quote: | Originally posted by REV.PAULIE
HONUS-as much as i can't stand a great deal of what you really like (for my own reasons that i would never hold,nor impose,against you),YOU FUCKING
RULE!
YOU,HONUS,IS WHAT MAKES THE "EDGE" COOL.
YOUR FRIEND,
PAULIE |
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Not always, I think some people just really enjoy a good novelty fuck.
I don't fantasize about midgets, but if I banged one I would brag.
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game on!
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080702/D91LVHOO0.html
| Quote: | LOS ANGELES (AP) - The woman in a sex tape featuring Verne Troyer - best known for his role in the "Austin Powers" movies - says she allowed celebrity
Web site TMZ to broadcast snippets of the tape.
Troyer's ex-girlfriend, Ranae Shrider, signed a declaration filed in federal court in Los Angeles stating the tape was created with her video camera.
Her statement prompted a judge to allow TMZ to reinstate a post featuring snippets of the tape.
The judge had temporarily barred TMZ from showing or broadcasting any portion of the tape on its Web site or TV show. The post was restored by Tuesday
evening.
The judge has still barred a porn distributor named in a $20 million lawsuit filed by Troyer from distributing or taking orders for the 50-minute
tape.
Troyer starred as Mini Me in two "Austin Powers" movies. His lawsuit alleged the tape was stolen. Shrider's statement says she believes she also owns
the tape, but so far has only given permission to TMZ to air it. |
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