Politcal and celebrity sex tape scandals
Archive for February, 2009
Edison Chen in Hong Kong sex-photo scandal
Feb 24th
A Vancouver-born actor and singer appeared in B.C. Supreme Court in Vancouver Monday morning to testify about his role in a Chinese celebrity sex scandal.
Edison Chen apologized last year after admitting he took the photographs which later were circulated on the internet that showed him and several Chinese stars engaged in sex acts. See all the pictures at Pamporn.Com
The photos touched off a media firestorm that rocked the Hong Kong movie industry and led to a massive police investigation into the publication of the photographs on various websites.
Chen has since refused to return to Hong Kong to participate in the trial of Sze Ho-Chun, a Hong Kong computer technician who allegedly distributed photos across the internet.
The Hong Kong court including a magistrate and several lawyers booked a courtroom at the B.C. Supreme Court on Monday to hear Chen’s testimony.
Chen testified Monday that he will not reveal anything of an intimate nature regarding any of the women in the photos.
“They have suffered enough. I believe it’s wrongdoing to them for me to state facts that I believe are irrelevant to this case,” Chen said in testimony for a trial taking place in Hong Kong.
Dressed in a black suit, black tie and tan dress shirt, the singing and acting star was greeted Monday by a crowd of fans and photographers as he entered the courthouse.
The scandal began when the performer sent his laptop computer to a shop for repair.
The computer contained approximately 1,300 photos of Chen and a bevy of female Chinese celebrities either posed suggestively or engaged in sex acts, according to police.
Someone then allegedly stole and subsequently published the images on the internet in January 2008.
Chen testified Monday that after he saw the pictures circulating on the internet with file names that matched those on his computer, he concluded the pictures had been stolen.
Police in Hong Kong, Taipei and mainland China eventually arrested several people in the distribution of the photographs over the internet. At least one person has since been convicted for the distribution of the images.
Authorities also called on Chinese internet service providers to filter or delete the images should they come across them.
Spitzer Prostitution Wiretaps Released
Feb 19th
U.S. District Judge Jed S. Rakoff ordered prosecutors Thursday to release documents detailing calls on cell phones used by a prostitution ring whose clients included the former governor Eliott Spitzer.
The New York Times sued late last year to get the material unsealed. The newspaper has agreed to allow the government to withhold the names of 67 customers named in the documents.
Spitzer resigned last year after details were revealed of a tryst with one of the ring’s prostitutes in a Washington hotel.
Investigators had been looking into the governor’s affairs after noticing payments made to prostitutes directly from his bank accounts.
Ohio teacher has side job as prostitute and used school computer
Feb 11th
Authorities say an Ohio fourth-grade teacher had a side job as a prostitute, and even skipped class after using a school computer to arrange an afternoon tryst at a motel.
Logan County sheriff’s officials say 35 yo Amber Carter was arrested Tuesday at a motel parking lot in Bellefontaine in central Ohio.
She’s been charged with misdemeanour prostitution and a felony, unauthorized use of school property.
Miley Cyrus makes two apologies
Feb 11th
Miley Cyrus made a second apology over her racially offensive photograph.
The ‘Hannah Montana’ star who last week spoke out about the picture of her slanting her eyes, but was later blasted for being disingenuous, has issued a more serious and heartfelt apology.
Miley writes: “I want to thank all of my fans for their support not only this week, but always! I really wanted to stress how sorry I am if the photo of me with my friends offended anyone. I have learned a valuable lesson from this and know that sometimes my actions can be unintentionally hurtful. I know everything is a part of GOD’s ultimate plan, and mistakes happen so that eventually I will become the woman he aspires me to be. Peace and love, Miles.”
The picture, which was leaked on the internet, sees the singer slanting her eyes with her fingers.
Her apologies follow claims from an Asian American advocacy group that Miley was “mocking and denigrating individuals of Asian descent”.
The truth about America and Sex.
Feb 9th
“Did you hear the video game industry has changed the ratings of the game Grand Theft Auto to an adult-only rating after pressure from media watch dog groups and politicians because the game had hidden sexual content?
Politicians felt the sex would have a negative effect on the children. See that shows you how up tight we are in this country about sex. Apparently a game when you’re stealing cars and killing cops is okay — it’s the sex we’re worried about.” –Jay Leno
Miley Cyrus photo scandal
Feb 4th
Here are the Miley Cyrus lesbian pictures that “shocked” the world.
Honestly, I do find it shocking for a 15 year old to act this way.
Where in the world are her parents? She is apparently totally out of control. Will she end up like Britney?
Miley Cyrus lesbian kiss
Miley Cyrus a lesbian?