Paris Hilton Sex Tape!

Paris Hilton’s sex tape was one of those things that you always knew was coming; it was just a matter of when. The hard-partying heiress unwittingly played part in what would become an award winning sex tape. It has been distributed as “1 Night in Paris” and won multiple recognitions through the AVN Awards. It took home the top prizes for the following categories: “Best Selling Title of the Year,” “Best Overall Marketing Campaign: Individual Project,” and “Best Renting Title of the Year.” So far it has sold a whopping 600,000 copies and been downloaded countless times.

That said, the Paris Hilton sex tape is often ridiculed for the simple fact that during the shooting, Paris is well… acting like Paris. She answers her phone during the recording and also poses constantly for the camera with dark almost kohl-rimmed eyes. The quality of the initial sex tape was very grainy due to the poor quality night vision camera recording technique and was off-putting to some viewers who wanted to see a little more. For that reason Rick Salomon, the boyfriend featured in the tape, signed a distribution deal with Red Light District Video which led to the development of a much better quality edited dvd which would come to be known as “1 Night in Paris.” Initially, Salomon claimed that his roommate had stole the Paris sex tape to sell, but as he became more and more invested in the business aspect of the sex tape, it became apparent that perhaps that was not quite true. Saloman also claims to own online casinos and the peddling of sex tapes is a popular side job for entrepreneurs in the gambling business.

Paris sued Red Light Video in an attempt to halt distribution of the video; an attempt which was unsuccessful. It is rumored that she received a fairly large settlement of $400,000 in addition to a percentage of the sales for each copy of “1 Night in Paris.” It’s never been officially proven, but it does seem that something kept Paris from pursuing further legal action against Red Light Video. It might have even been the right choice. Since then, her career has continued to expand and she’s easily known worldwide, despite her numerous poor choices which have landed her in trouble prior to and since the sex tape incident.