LOS ANGELES — The battle over a sex tape featuring Verne Troyer has reignited after that actor sued his ex-girlfriend for $20 million, claiming she allowed snippets of the tape to be released. Troyer’s lawsuit also claims that ex-girlfriend Ranae Shrider was abusive and inflicted emotional distress on the “Austin Powers” actor. The new lawsuit comes roughly two weeks after Troyer settled with a porn distributor and broker and successfully blocked the release of the 50-minute tape of him and Shrider having sex. The new suit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court, is an outgrowth of that original claim.
In late June, celebrity gossip site TMZ revealed that the tape existed and was being marketed. The site later disclosed in court documents that Shrider granted it permission to air portions of the tape. Troyer originally claimed in court papers that the tape had been stolen. His lawsuit states that detail was included because Shrider tearfully told Troyer that she did not know how the tape became public and that it must have been taken from their home.
Troyer is best-known for his role as Mini Me in two of the “Austin Powers” movies. His current lawsuit claims that the dissemination of the tape is an invasion of privacy, misappropriation of his name, voice and likeness, and a copyright violation. He is asking a federal judge to grant a temporary injunction, barring Shrider and others from trying to sell the tape. Troyer is also seeking the return or destruction of all copies of the video. The lawsuit also names another woman, Holly Bannon, who Troyer’s attorney claims is trying to broker the tape along with an attorney, Okorie Okorocha. Okorocha said he has never seen the tape and simply tried to negotiate a deal between Troyer and a client who has since dropped him.
The obvious questions here are: Is there actually a market for this type of thing and does he live up to his name?
Something very disturbing about that first picture.
I’m with Troyer on this. Private material should not be held as a bargaining tool by either side in a breakup. Nor should thieves be allowed to profit.
Something of this nature, where someone obviously intends to profit, should require releases from both parties.
Now off to google for Troyer sex tapes.
As long as you’re going there, answer the second question for me…
One has to wonder why he doesn’t want this out. Does he hump her leg?
Anyone who’s seen the Austin Powers movies knows that he’s “built like a tripod”.
That first picture IS pretty creepy.
Mini-Me could SUFFOCATE if he were pressed into that cleavage !!!
I wonder if he ever gets the feeling that he might fall in
…and does he live up to his name?
What, is he fresh and “spring-like”?
#3, McCullough
Just for you
And Verne doing something very nasty. Note, it loaded very slowly for me. Your mileage may vary depending upon how much Comcast is still throttling the tubes.
#9. I appreciate the effort Fusion, But it never materialized dammit.
A literal interpretation of affixing a board to your butt to keep from falling in.
Just leak it to the internet already. Usenet, bit torrent, web, email spam. Come on I want to see a chick with furry brows get banged by a bald midget, thats one on my to do list that hasn’t been checked off yet.