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Actor Verne Troyer dropped his lawsuit against porn broker
Kevin Blatt after the defendant agreed not to market a sex tape of Troyer and
an ex-girlfriend, court documents filed Friday show.
Troyer filed a $20 million lawsuit against Blatt,
distributor SugarDVD and celebrity gossip Web site TMZ after fragments of the
video were released last month.
Even though attorney for Troyer, Edwin McPherson, said on
Friday that his client would never agree to sell the videotape, Blatt and
online renter SugarDVD both signed agreements requiring the actor’s permission
before selling or distributing the tape or any images from it.
“We got what we wanted: a permanent injunction,” said
McPherson.
McPherson also said that he planned to amend the suit
Monday, to try to prevent Ranae Shrider, Troyer’s ex-girlfriend who also
appears on the tape, from releasing the tape.
Shrider leaked fragments from the tape to TMZ, according to
a statement filed in federal court by the site, the Associated Press informs.
Shrider said the tape was filmed with her video equipment, so she was a partial
owner of the tape.
Troyer’s attorney said other people or companies may also be
sued to prevent the tape from being released.
Earlier this week, Troyer told E!
News that he fought so hard to win the lawsuit because he considered his
privacy was invaded.
“Just because people are seeing something that was meant to
be between me and her. That's the biggest reason that I'm, you know, trying to
stop the tape from being released,” Troyer said.
The diminutive actor, who is famous for his role as Mini Me
in two of the “Austin Powers” movies, added that he thought Shrider’s gesture
was caused by their break-up in June.
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