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Mini-Me's Milllllion Dollar Sex Tape Lawsuit

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Verne Troyer by Todd Williamson/ WireImage.com
Earlier this week, TMZ went where no website should ever go when they posted clips from a leaked sex tape starring actor Verne Troyer. Troyer, best known for his role as Mini Me in Austin Powers (and getting piss drunk every other minute on The Surreal Life), is firing back at the site and filing a $20 million lawsuit claiming TMZ violated his rights by posting snippets of he and his lady friend doing…ahem…private stuff.

Troyer claims the tape was stolen and wound up in the hands of Kevin Blatt (the brains behind One Night in Paris). Needless to say, Blatt is also named as a defendant in the suit. Besides looking to earn one 20 millllllion dollars, Troyer also wants an injunction to stop anyone else from viewing the video.

Think $20 million is slightly outrageous in the land of law suits, or should TMZ be forced to pay the price of violating the actor's rights? And does anyone else find it strangely coincidental that his sex tape just happened to leak days after his new movie opened? — Gina DiNunno


Posted by TV Guide News
Jun 27, 2008 12:31 PM
Leaked days after his movie opened, and days after the movie bombed and is desperate need of a box office boost.

Sounds a little fishy to me, too.
Posted by BobbyJoe
Jun 27, 2008 12:36 PM
Better question would be, would anyone REALLY want to see Mini Me having sex, on tape or otherwise??????? EWWWWW
Posted by iamjillian
Jun 27, 2008 1:03 PM
If it's true no amount of money is too much if it shuts down those slimeballs questionable media hounds.
Posted by CinderAngelkc
Jun 27, 2008 1:42 PM
...Kevin Blatt (the brains behind One Night in Paris).
Well, he had to be the brains-I think that was the only body part left!:OAnd I second the EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!:_|
Posted by Mr. Furley
Jun 27, 2008 1:47 PM
I see your EWWWWWWW and raise you 1 GACK!
Posted by honbun26
Jun 27, 2008 1:54 PM
:^OWell, in honor of Vernes' good buddy Mike Myers, I think we also need to throw up in one hefty HURL!
Posted by Mr. Furley
Jun 27, 2008 2:09 PM
Is there some super-squad of celeb sex tape stealers? I mean how many tapes have been stolen? And whpo would target Mini-me? I mean from what Ive read (I won't dare watch a clip, shudder) he is teeny-tiny,
Posted by cashton
Jun 27, 2008 2:34 PM
I'm almost certain TMZ, founded by a lawyer, wouldn't have published the clips unless they were on solid ground that the person they got the video from came by it legally.

Sounds more like Screech than Paris.
Posted by Sheldon
Jun 27, 2008 2:39 PM
I guess celebrities are the dumbest people around. If you don't want your sex tape "stolen" and shopped around tabloid journalism how about not making one in the first place. But if you do make one keep it in a safe place. I've never figured why celebrities have so many low life, hangers on surrounding them. Maybe if you lived a more normal life, say like, **insert name of sane celebrity that isn't always on the seedy side of the media stories**, then maybe you wouldn't end up looking like an idiot. Besides I heard Troyer had a very small part in this video.
Posted by BOZMAN54
Jun 27, 2008 2:51 PM
Besides I heard Troyer had a very small part in this video.

Rimshot!!!!:^O
Posted by bmp956
Jun 27, 2008 3:02 PM
A common sense rule to live by, IF you plan to do something unsavory or stupid--or ANYTHING you wouldn't want your grandmother to see--for crying out loud, DON'T record it, tape it or take pictures of it. One doesn't need to be a MENSA member to realize that. Because TMZ has once again sunk to their usual tacky level, (four feet underneath bottom feeders) I wish they would have to pay whatever and hopefully be put out of business--I know, wishful thinking. I guess the rest could be filed under "ain't no big thing"--all together--GROAN. (Throw in a EWWWWWWWWW for me)
Posted by PatMc
Jun 27, 2008 3:06 PM
Duck everyone! The double entendres are flying!
Posted by honbun26
Jun 27, 2008 3:17 PM
I'm sorry, I must have missed something...he has a movie coming out? Hmmm...I had no idea.
Posted by candychelle
Jun 27, 2008 3:43 PM
Yes, the Love GurEEEEWWWWWWW!!!:_|Might as well stay on topic.;)
Posted by Mr. Furley
Jun 27, 2008 3:50 PM
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