Mini-Me Sex Tape Suit Settled
Troyer must grant approval before tape is distributed, but has no plans to do so.
By: Sherri L. Shaulis
Posted: 07/21/2008
LOS ANGELES - The $20 million federal lawsuit filed by Verne "Mini-Me" Troyer against TMZ, online rental company SugarDVD and celebrity sex tape broker Kevin "KB" Blatt has been settled, according to court documents filed Friday.
As part of the settlement, Blatt and SugarDVD agreed not to distribute the tape featuring Troyer and then-girlfriend Ranae Shrider without Troyer's permission, which he has no intention of granting his attorneys told various news outlets.
Troyer filed the suit last month after a 25-second clip of the 50-minute tape, which was filmed over Easter weekend 2007 at a Beverly Hills hotel, were posted on the celebrity news website TMZ.com. Initially, a judge ordered the clip taken down, but reversed that order after Shrider signed documents stating she had given TMZ permission to post the clip.
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