Friday, TMZ.com was ordered to take out the clips from Verne Troyer’s sex tape. The federal judge issued a temporary restraining order against TMZ and interdicted promoter Kevin Blatt and SugarDVD to sell or distribute the 50-minute video, reported the Los Angeles Times. All copies of the tape must be returned. he jude actor was " reported that Troyer's

U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez said that the release of the tape would cause damage to the actor’s image. Tracy Rane, Troyer’s attorney said that her client was satisfied with the judge’s decision. The Associated Press reported that Troyer’s publicist Melissa Bergera said the actor was “extremely distraught by the recent exploitation of his private life.”

Troyer said that the tape, which showed the actor and his ex-girlfriend Renae Schrider having sex, was stolen from his home several months ago and was not supposed to become public. Wednesday, TMZ broadcast several clips from the sex video and also posted some on its website. Friday, the clips were removed by TMZ, from the judge’s orders.

This order is temporary and expires on July 7.

Troyer isn’t the first to deal with this kind of scandal. His predecessors Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee, Paris Hilton, Colin Farrell, they all have been through this type of exposure. Some of them (Anderson and Lee) actually agreed to have the tape released.

The Los Angeles Times reported that SugarDVD’s website stated that it was in possession of “one of the most shocking and controversial celebrity sex tapes to date,” but it also said that the tape would not be made public unless “Verne gives his consent.”

Troyer’s recent movie was “The Love Guru,” where he played the part of Coach Punch Cherkov. Other projects are “Run for the Money,” “Bubble Boy” and some short appearances in “Half & Half,” “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch” and many others.