Iggy Azalea Signs Away Rights to Sex Tape, Ex-Boyfriend Claims
Iggy Azalea has apparently signed off her sex tape. Her ex-boyfriend and former manager claims that she not only knew about her homemade porn video, but also gave the rights away to him.
The 24-year-old Australian rapper first denied that there was a sex tape starring her and Hefe Wine, who was also her manager. Her camp later claimed that even if there exists such video, she was underage when it was taken and she didn’t know that she was being filmed.
Steven Hirsch, the boss of porn film production giant Vivid Entertainment, has already offered Wine a seven-figure amount to distribute the tape. Iggy’s lawyers fired off a letter, threatening to sue Vivid if they mention “Iggy” in their future marketing stunts for the sex tape. They claim that “Iggy” is protected by U.S. trademark, and the “Fancy” hitmaker is the only one who can use it for business.
Wine was adamant that she knew about the video and she was of legal age when it was taken.
A legal document obtained by TMZ apparently shows that Iggy – whose real name is Amethyst Amelia Kelly – signed her rights to the sex tape away to Wine on Feb 16, 2009. The lengthy agreement gives her ex the exclusive rights to “manufacture, sell, distribute and advertise ‘any’ recording embodying visual images.”
The doc pertains to record pertains to music recordings and videos, and does not specifically mention sex videos, but Wine apparently believes that he just has to put a music bed under the sex tape and he would have the right to sell it.
It’s not the end of the legal fight for Iggy, though. According to entertainment attorney Domenic Romano, Wine’s contract may not cover the sex tape.
“When the parties to a contract are mistaken as to the scope or nature of the agreement, courts will either fill the gaps with reasonable and customary terms or modify the contract to express the true intentions of the parties,” he told FOX411.
“If Iggy Azalea did not expect that her contract would govern their sex tape, then she could argue that a more customary term should be inserted instead, like the one suggested above.”
Iggy could also argue that Wine’s contract only specified videos within the realm of the music industry, and which usually means videotaped performances of a recorded popular song.
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