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''Kim Kardashian, Superstar'' (also known simply as ''Kim K Superstar'') is a 2007 pornographic film featuring American television personality
Kim Kardashian Kimberly Noel Kardashian (formerly West; born October 21, 1980) is an American socialite, media personality, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after the s ...
and singer-actor
Ray J William Ray Norwood Jr. (born January 17, 1981), known professionally as Ray J, is an American singer, actor, and television personality. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Carson, California, he is the younger brother of recording a ...
. It depicts the pair having sexual intercourse in October 2003 while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.


Background

The film features
Kim Kardashian Kimberly Noel Kardashian (formerly West; born October 21, 1980) is an American socialite, media personality, and businesswoman. She first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton, but received wider notice after the s ...
and
Ray J William Ray Norwood Jr. (born January 17, 1981), known professionally as Ray J, is an American singer, actor, and television personality. Born in McComb, Mississippi, and raised in Carson, California, he is the younger brother of recording a ...
in October 2003, in a luxury Esperanza resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, for Kardashian's 23rd birthday. Ray J filmed much of the holiday with a handheld camcorder, capturing him and Kardashian "goofing around" and also having oral sex and sexual intercourse. Kardashian was relatively unknown before the tape's release. She was known mainly as the daughter of
Robert Kardashian Robert George Kardashian (February 22, 1944 – September 30, 2003) was an American attorney and businessman. He gained recognition as O. J. Simpson's friend and defense attorney during Simpson's 1995 murder trial. He had four children with h ...
, who was O. J. Simpson's defense attorney during Simpson's 1995 murder trial. She was also known as a friend and personal stylist for
Paris Hilton Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, and entertainer. Born in New York City, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California, she is a great-granddaughter of Conrad ...
after she appeared in three episodes of Hilton's show ''
The Simple Life ''The Simple Life'' is an American reality television series starring Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. It depicts the two wealthy socialites, as they struggle to do manual, low-paying jobs such as cleaning rooms, farm work, serving meals in fast ...
'' in 2006. She met Ray J in 2002 while working as a personal stylist to his sister,
Brandy Norwood Brandy Rayana Norwood (born February 11, 1979), better known by her mononym Brandy, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress and model. She is known for her distinctive sound, characterized by her peculiar timbre, voice-layer ...
. In December 2018, Kardashian claimed she had been on the drug ecstasy (MDMA) while the tape was recorded.


Release

The film was released on March 21, 2007, by
Vivid Entertainment Vivid Entertainment Group is an American pornographic film production company,
. According to a
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they issued, they purchased the tape from a "third party" for $1 million. In February 2007, before its release, Kardashian sued Vivid Entertainment for invasion of privacy and for the profits from and ownership of the tape. She dropped the suit in late April 2007,
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with Vivid Entertainment for $5 million. In April 2016,
Ian Halperin Ian Halperin (born August 17, 1964)Michael M. MillerThe Halperin & Fish Family Descendants ver. 0014, May 1st, 2009at posluns.com (archive version), access date 5 August 2015 is a Canadian investigative journalist, writer and documentary filmmake ...
alleged in his book ''Kardashian Dynasty'' that Kardashian and her mother,
Kris Jenner Kristen Mary Jenner ( Houghton , formerly Kardashian; born November 5, 1955) is an American media personality, socialite, and businesswoman. She rose to fame starring in the reality television series ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'' (2007†...
, deliberately leaked the sex tape to Vivid Entertainment. According to Halperin, "A mutual friend of Kim and
Paris Hilton Paris Whitney Hilton (born February 17, 1981) is an American media personality, businesswoman, socialite, model, and entertainer. Born in New York City, and raised there and in Beverly Hills, California, she is a great-granddaughter of Conrad ...
had advised her that if she wanted to achieve fame, a sex tape would be the way to go ... Kim had discussed the idea of producing a tape with her family beforehand ... It was Kris who engineered the deal behind the scenes ith Vivid Entertainmentand was responsible for the tape seeing the light of day". On the release of ''Kardashian Dynasty'', a representative for Kardashian and Jenner denied all of Halperin's assertions.


See also

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Celebrity sex tape A celebrity sex tape is typically an amateur pornographic video recording involving one or more famous people which has, intentionally or unintentionally, been made available publicly. Such videos have often been released without the consent of t ...
* Sex scandal


References


External links

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