Carrie Prejean's Sex Tape Forced Her To Drop Lawsuit

Thursday November 5, 2009 12:21 p.m.

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Verena von Pfetten

Carrie Prejean's sudden decision to settle her suit against the against pageant officials may have been prompted by an "extremely graphic" sex tape.

According to TMZ, the lawyer for pageant officials showed Prejean the sex tape, at which point the former Miss California agreed to settle.

The video the lawyer showed Carrie is extremely graphic and has never been released publicly. We know that, because TMZ obtained the video months ago but decided not to post it because it was so racy. Let's just say, Carrie has a promising solo career.

We're told it took about 15 seconds for Carrie to jettison her demand and essentially walk away with nothing.

CNN reports that "a source with knowledge of the settlement talks told CNN those details were accurate."

Settlement details were not made public, but TMZ claims that Prejean walked away with nothing.

Prejean's Miss California contract was terminated in June for being "uncooperative" and refusing to meet her obligations. Prejean filed her lawsuit in August, claiming she was terminated for religious discrimination due to her now infamous stance on gay marriage.

Read more from TMZ here and CNN here.

There are 38 comments

36.
Marc Schroeder

CQpate, your story about the two little girls being taken away from their parents because of "pot parties" is heartbreaking. It shows the dire consequences of America's ridiculous marijuana laws and the need to change them. Bob on the knob, Carrie is a freak because she criticizes gays and babbles about Jesus while performing in porn.Just like Sarah Palin preaching family values then using the man who impregnated her 16 year old daughter as a prop during a election. So you would like to know whether or not I spank the monkey? Are you one of those self loathing closeted homosexual republicans?

35.
HH911Hoax

This is no surprise. Neocon Religious-Nut = hypocritical scumbag.

34.
blackjack

Sounds like they blackmailed her.

33.
SkeeterVT

Dum, dum, dum . . .A hypocrite bites the dust!
SLAP!
Dum, dum, dum . . .A hypocrite bites the dust!
SLAP!
And another one gone . . .
And another one gone . . .
A Hypocrite bites the dust . . .
SLAP!
Hey, they're gonna getcha, too,
A Hypocrite bites the dust!
SLAP!

32.
LiberalIconoclast

Playing my violin for Carrie. In her honor, I'm playing "pizzicato!" Aye, there's the rub!

Thank you...thank you. You're too kind. I'm playing the We Sca.lpem P@le.face Casino this weekend...

31.
blogbob

@Marc Schroeder @25

I just searched the term "masturbation" and found that better than 95% of men and between 60 and 76% of women have "pleasured themselves" during their lifetimes, according to various studies conducted c. 1950-2007. This reminds me of what my high school health teacher said in a classful of tenth-grade boys: "Fellas, 95 out of 100 of guys masturbate,...and the other five are liars." Judging from the nervous laughter that twittered around the room after he made that statement, I'd say he was probably correct.

Thus, Marc, you are either one of the five liars or you will admit that you have pleasured yourself too? Does this mean that you too are a "freak" along with Carrie?

The filming is a separate issue. I feel sorry for her that her self-esteem was so low that she thought that the only way to keep the guy was to make the tape. No doubt he saw a fast way to make a buck by selling it.

And finally, this is a life lesson for Ms. Prejean. She has learned that she cannot get up on a public soapbox and profess one set of "values" while knowing that her closet has such a huge skeleton in it. But then we are all models (no pun intended) of inconsistency; we all do things that humiliate us later. In the grand scheme of things, this is a relatively insignificant issue, compared to, oh I don't know, a president and his senior staff lying us into a war to steal someone else's oil for the multinational corporations.

29.
cqpate

hey marc, this Christian nut and wife adopted 2 little girls who were taken away by the state because they interfered with the moms pot parties and dads booze. what a nice liberal home they could have grown up in.
prejean said on hannity that she did a tape for a boyfriend years ago and he held it until now. she said it is embarassing and advises girls to avoid such things.
women are stupid----' i just know he will love me forever if i give him a special video!'

28.
Plasma001

@ 26. tiffany

"She is not cute and I hate hearing about her."

Really? Really? Even when AA uses a bad pic of her, she's still an 11 on a 1-5 scale.

I won't buy her book but I'll sure as anything buy that video....

27.
Plasma001

I just hope the quality is better than "One Night in Paris"....

26.
tiffany

Carrie is a hippocritical dog who is no better than anyone else. I can't believe she has implants ...she still looks like she has two back.
She is not cute and I hate hearing about her.
tiff

25.
Marc Schroeder

LOL!, I love it! ANOTHER Cristian nut exposed as the freak they are! Have any of you out there noticed how many christians have been getting arrested for raping, kidnapping and murdering children lately? It is getting so bad I don't want my kids going over to their friends with Cristian parents homes because they may be molested.

24.
getmad54

If Carrie can sing, act, or dance she can follow in the steps of Vanessa Williams, the 1984 miss America,
Who was stripped of her crown for nude photos taken with another female.

Well at least we know that Carrie can act. And who was that lucky sob, was it a male or female that shot the video ?

23.
f u bush2

@ 21. Captain John Schenck

LOL

I say give her back the crown in exchange for releasing the tape.

22.
Kenneth Seward

That the woman is an idiot and a hypocrite is obvious... but reading between the lines here there is some suggestion that her claims to morality are undermined by having made a home sex-tape... meaning that there is something immoral about having a private life where you might do such a thing.
Really, if the progressive stance was for a person's right to do what they want in the privacy of their own bedroom then the same folks who disagree with her position on gay marriage should be defending her right to make a sex tape and not have it used to brand her as immoral.
Rather than just point at this one woman's foolishness we should be calling out the inanity of 'beauty pagents' and the values they promote.

21.
Captain John Schenck

#14 fubby

Booyah!
That's my only interest in this entire story.

20.
Antillectual

Peter North would make a great Republican senator if only he were gay.

19.
Antillectual

FU makes some good points, but I think pageant contestants are not suppose to be porn stars until after they win the pageant and have completed their obligations.

I have never seen the agreement pageant contestants sign, but I think this issue is addressed in it.

If you want to participate in certain groups, lots of times there are conditions. I am doubtful Peter North could ever become the Pope.

18.

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17.
mrboffo

It's so perfect. She's a bigot and this is perfect.

I believe Schadenfreude is not an inappropriate emotion when one hears of this. This should put her in the pantheon of conservative hypocrites. This is what you deserve when you pander to the Neanderthal morality police.

Sarah Palin may get jealous. She's in danger of losing her title as the #1 conservative porn fantasy.

16.
Mara5525

@ 11, Uffdaguy,

Very good analyses of the whole deal! Thanks for that! I agree w/all your points. I just find the whole "purity" issue of the sponsors and of Miss America so darn sickening. But that does not negate a thing you say.

15.
eillah

''And you know what, I think in my country, in my family, I think that I believe that a marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offense to anybody out there, but that's how I was raised." that was her answer. Nothing about religion, perhpas that came later, I really didn't follow her story.

The innuendo in this line:" Let's just say, Carrie has a promising solo career." I hesitate to ask but who makes a tape of themselves masturbating for their own pleasure. Should we think that is how she was raised. ? Also interesting is that TMZ had the tape for months.

I'm glad she got knocked off her high horse...she's a phoney. Would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall at that meeting.

P.S. I don't think contestants should be allowed to compete after having cosmetic surgery; I feel it is similar to taking performance drugs for atheletes.

14.
f u bush2

So we can't see the tape?

13.
f u bush2

I guess I was thinking about the pageant side of it. But her specific argument concerning gay rights coming from a religious right perspective along with the premarital sex does seem like just another example of right wing hypocrisy. I mean being the pageant winner makes her a public figure and taking that stance makes her a right wing public figure. As we have seen, many of these people talk as though they were sexless individuals living the perfect christian life. And then you get a peak at what's really going on and you realize it's all "do as I say, not as I do."

I guess I just don't think these contests should put so much emphasis on "purity". I didn't think a sex tape should be part of any debate about whether she should keep her crown. But the wild sex she is having does suggest her beliefs towards sexual rights are hypocritical.

Let's just hope Donald Trump isn't in the video with her.

12.
hufflarry2000

She is the perfect spokesperson for the religious right. They love kinky sex on video among some other perversions. It is the forbidden fruit that they just cant keep away from. Besides, they can indulge in any perversion they want. Jayzuh will forgive them.

11.
Uffdaguy

@7 fu bush2

Granted, there is something quirky about a beauty pageant extolling "traditional" family values, yet having a competition where the contestants strut around in skimpy bathing suits. Are they trying to say that this is what the perfect American woman should look like, but she damn well better not wear something this revealing in public?

Once again, it all hinges on advertising. Miss USA, Miss America, Miss Universe and the rest are all being chosen to be spokesmodels, and as such, they are being chosen to represent various companies to sell their products. In return, the spokesmodel gets a token scholarship, and a boost into show business, which is an avid consumer of beautiful young women for its own purposes. Part of the bargain for any spokesperson of either sex is that if they engage in any kind of behavior that would perhaps tarnish the image of their employer, (the advertisers), then they can expect negative repercussions. Michael Phelps lost some sponsors after his little escapades, despite the fact that it had no effect on his ability to win gold medals. How many sponsors did Michael Jackson lose in the wake of his child molestation trial, despite the fact it had no influence on his ability to sing and dance? Remember, the only people who seem to skate when bad behavior crops up is repub politicians, people like David Vitter, who retained his Senate seat and was even given a standing ovation by his repub colleagues when he returned to the chamber, despite admitting he committed a crime by repeatedly soliciting prostitution. Or John Ensign, who allegedly paid hush money, and got his parents to pay hush money, to his mistress and her family.

Unless Ms. Prejean aspires to be a repub politician, (and if they can tout a dimwit like Palin for president, why can't sweet, innocent Carrie at least get a seat in congress), then she has to live by the rules that the rest of us in society have to live with.

10.
Mara5525

Anyway, what a hypocrite that woman is. Preaching against gay sex, but making a graphic sex tape. No doubt she is on her knees, right now....praying....to be forgiven. In her mind, the Lord can forgive a graphic sex tape, but gay sex, even within the dignified privacy of one's own home, w/No camera going, is a terrible, horrible sin.
So, yeah, I'm glad she's not going to be able to sue. Very glad.

9.
Mara5525

I have to admit, F U Bush makes some good sense, there.
However, Ms Prejean, apparently, was dropped from the pageant for being "uncooperative" whatever that means.
I do think that using this sex tape against her is a form of blackmail, but I also think she probably was uncooperative.
And, as Uff says, if it's in the contests rules that the contestant be as pure as the driven snow, then I suppose a sex tape would tend to mess w/that image.

Personally, I see no contradiction between being religious and making a sex tape. I am not bothered by it, but then, I'm not running a beauty pageant, either. They seem so old-fashioned, but I suppose the little miss jon-benets out there need someone to look up to, and we can't have sex tapes floating around.

At least, not until After you win the crown.....then pose for playboy....and so forth....

8.
dtaylo75

Hahahahaa! I wonder if the religious-right will stop making her a spokesperson for their cause?

Damn if that isn't some poetic justice wrapped up in a karma sandwich!

7.
f u bush2

@ 3. Uffdaguy

I see what you are saying but when we hear "sex tape" I don't think that automatically means something was made for public distribution. I mean you could make a private tape for your own enjoyment and if someone gets their hands on it to leak it, that should not reflect on the person who made the tape.

But I imagine the pageants want the contestants to promote an image of virginity. LOL

6.
Wulfbrande

I believe the pageant has rules about things like sex tapes, if I'm not mistaken, and they are asked explicitly if there's anything like that in their backgrounds before they are allowed to compete. A sex tape done prior would put her in violation of her contract in the first place, and exposed her as a liar, BEFORE the anti-gay issue came up.

5.
Uffdaguy

@4 john belcher

If you think Prejean's private life should have no bearing on her being fit to be the pageant winner, then I'm sure you'll agree that having sex with Monica had no bearing on Clinton's ability to be president, right? After all, it wasn't "germain" to his ability to do the job, by your logic.

4.
John Belcher

Wow. 1st time I have agreed with F U Bush. You are right. Her tape (whatever it happens to be) is unrelated. If it were dug up to pressure her to drop her lawsuit and is not Germain to the lawsuit, that is blackmail.

Maybe there is some light at the end of the tunnel after all.

3.
Uffdaguy

The reason this is a big deal is the the pageant is trying to promote an image, and having a winner that on one hand claims to be very religious, and on the other hand, has filmed a graphic sex tape, promotes an image of hypocrisy at best, duplicity at worst. I'm no fan of beauty pageants, haven't watched them for years, but I know that they are, like everything on tv, built on selling advertising. If you're an advertiser, you don't want to be associated with a product that is represented by a duplicitous spokesperson, which is what a pageant winner is.

The tape was not blackmail. Miss Prejean apparently made it willingly, for whatever purpose. It was not made secretly by the pageant to get her to drop the lawsuit.

2.
f u bush2

I'm no fan of hers.

But why does a person's private sex life have anything to do with pageant results?

I mean this is sort of like Letterman. Letterman's story is about blackmail. But somehow the sex becomes the story. Letterman is in the right and Prejean is wrong in my opinion. But both have the right to argue and holding up evidence of sex should have nothing to do with the right to argue.

As a matter of fact, if the tape is being used to threaten Prejean into dropping the suit, that is blackmail.

Again I'm not defending her claims. But there are two issues here.

1.
blogbob

Which reenforces the old maxim: people in glass houses...

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