<![CDATA[It appears that the Kanye West sex tape saga won’t go away with Sex.com already offering $1 million to the anonymous person who has the alleged tape. While the authenticity of West’s sex tape remained uncertain, lawyers for the Chicago-bred rapper inadvertently provided confirmation with a cease and desist letter that is being served to various media outlets. In the letter, West’s team alleges that the footage is contraband as it was illegally taken and/or stolen from the rapper’s computer.
A lawyer for Kanye West issued the demand today, claiming the sex tape in question was “stolen” from Kanye’s computer.
“Be advised that the Screen Shot, as well as the Tape from which the Screen Shot was taken, were illegally obtained and believed to have been stolen from Mr. West’s computer,” Kanye’s lawyer Lisa M. Buckley of Pryor Cashman said in a legal document sent to AllHipHop.com.
“Your posting, advertising, marketing, displaying and otherwise disseminating the stolen Screen Shot and/or other materials on the Tape constitute actionable violations of Mr. West’s rights of privacy and publicity,” Buckley said.
Buckley warned a variety of media outlets against posting the images from the Kanye sex tape, or there could be serious legal percussions.
“We hereby demand that you: (1) immediately cease and desist from posting, advertising, marketing, displaying and disseminating the illegally obtained Screen Shot of Mr. West,” the notice reads.
Kanye West’s lawyer is also seeking information on who is shopping the tape to various media outlets, since the tape is in high demand.
Vivid Video’s honcho Steve Hirsch , who released Kim Kardashian’s original sex tape with Ray J., said that Kanye’s could be the most valuable sex tape ever sold on the market.
“It depends on the quality of the tape, the length, the lighting, the sex,” Hirsch said. “But something like this could go for a couple of million dollars. I don’t think there has ever been a sex tape with a star of this magnitude. Tommy Lee was big, but this is a different world and Kanye is a special guy. He’s everywhere.”]]>
