Movies This article is more than 18 years oldFarrell wins restraining order in sex tape case
This article is more than 18 years oldActor Colin Farrell has won the first round of a legal fight to stop a two-and-a-half-year-old, 14-minute video of him having sex with then girlfriend, former Playboy model Nicole Narain, from going public.
A Los Angeles judge issued a restraining order that temporarily blocked the public release of the sex video yesterday, a day after Farrell's lawyers filed the suit.
In the suit, the 29-year-old Irish star of Alexander and Phone Booth said that he and Narain, 31, had a verbal agreement that the tape was only for their private enjoyment.
Apart from the temporary restraining order, Farrell is also seeking general and compensatory damages as well as an injunction prohibiting the sale and exploitation of the videotape. A hearing is scheduled for August 10.
Named as defendants along with Narain were David Hans Schmidt, a publicist and agent, and Paul Nash, who is described in the suit as the marketing director of Internet Commerce Group, which owns pornographic websites. The suit alleges that the defendants intended to "commercially exploit" the tape.
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