Kim Kardashian‘s infamous intercourse tape with former boyfriend Ray J made greater than one million {dollars} in income inside its first six weeks of launch, in accordance with newly revealed monetary information.
Ray J has sparked a feud with Kardashian, who he dated greater than 15-years in the past, and her mom and enterprise supervisor Kris Jenner by claiming Jenner oversaw its launch with grownup movie manufacturing firm Vivid Leisure.
And paperwork completely obtained by TMZ counsel the movie made a unprecedented amount of cash over a relatively quick time period following its distribution in 2007.
Not dangerous: Kim Kardashian’s infamous intercourse tape with former boyfriend Ray J made greater than one million {dollars} in income inside its first six weeks of launch, in accordance with monetary information
An e-mail to Kardashian, purportedly from Vivid Leisure CEO Steve Hirsch, claims the specific tape raked in $1,424,636.63 in income, together with $1,255,578.50, from DVD gross sales.
Dated April 31, 2007, the correspondence would seem to have been despatched simply two months after Kardashian filed a lawsuit opposing its launch on February 21.
The tape, reportedly shot in Cabo San Lucas, was subsequently launched by Vivid Leisure on March 14, with Kardashian’s lawsuit dismissed on April 27 – simply 4 days earlier than she was knowledgeable of its gross sales figures.
Within the cash: An e-mail to Kardashian, purportedly from Vivid Leisure CEO Steve Hirsch, claims the specific tape raked in $1,424,636.63 in income
Ray J says that Jenner chosen one among three intercourse tapes he shot with Kardashian for launch of the 2007 grownup movie Kim Kardashian, Famous person.
The 41-year-old musical artist stated that mom and supervisor Jenner, 66, watched the three intercourse tapes and determined to launch one which was shot at a resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.
Ray J, whose actual identify is William Ray Norwood Jr., stated that two of the grownup motion pictures had been shot in Cabo San Lucas, and one was filmed in Santa Barbara, California.
In a bombshell interview with DailyMail.com in Might, Ray J claimed the notorious intercourse tape was ‘launched like an album’ by Kardashian herself – who additionally saved the one copy of it stashed in a Nike shobox underneath her mattress together with different steamy tapes she made with him.
The newest: Ray J, 41, says that Kris Jenner chosen one among three intercourse tapes he shot with Kim Kardashian for launch. He was snapped in LA this previous June
In an Instagram Dwell clip that prolonged 44 minutes, Ray J stated that Jenner labored on making ready the tape for launch with Vivid Video, and that Kardashian was within the loop on all levels of the enterprise transaction.
He added that Kardashian’s handwriting was on the contract with the grownup movie firm describing the intercourse tapes.
Jenner finally picked one of many tapes filmed in Cabo San Lucas primarily based on which made Kardashian look the most effective, Ray J stated.
Jenner has denied any involvement within the launch of the tape, which boosted the household’s high-profile, finally resulting in unprecedented success in actuality TV, and paving the trail towards its advertising empire.
Jenner just lately handed a check on The Late Late Present, as a polygrapher stated she was truthful in saying she didn’t organize for the discharge of the intercourse tape.
Cabo intro, Cabo intercourse, Santa Barbara: On the web page itemizing the deliverables [what they were selling] of the contract, Ray claims it was Kim who personally handwrote the record of the three tapes as a result of she needed to hurry alongside the method for him
Check: Jenner just lately handed a check on The Late Late Present, as a polygrapher stated she was truthful in saying she didn’t organize for the discharge of the intercourse tape
Doubling down: Ray J uploaded a collection of movies on his Instagram earlier on Saturday doubling down on claims that Kris Jenner was concerned in releasing his and Kim Kardashian’s intercourse tape in 2007
On Saturday evening, Ray launched a 44-minute video sharing quite a few Instagram DMs he exchanged with Kim, 41, in April.
‘You recognize what we did! Your mother managed this complete intercourse tape cope with Joe Francis and [Vivid CEO] Steve Hirsch – it was her concept to place out the tape with Vivid. All I did was agree,’ Ray wrote on April 14.
‘Now you need to make it look like I am doing it once more with out your management. All these pretend tears. Your followers trusting you to be sincere and honest but it surely’s all pretend for the cameras. I used to be taking part in my half till you began doing all of this!
‘What are you making an attempt to smash me when I used to be only a participant on this! You must cease believing you personal lies! I’ve to let the world know the true [because] you have taken it too far now. Any person wants to clarify the play you might be doing to me ASAP or I’ll haven’t any alternative however to guard my model and household and expose actual.’
Kardashian replied that she did not say a single dangerous factor about him within the episode, which depicted the “new footage” that was allegedly going to be leaked by Ray’s supervisor Wack 100.
‘My soul hurts’: On Saturday evening, the youthful brother of Brandy Norwood launched a 44-minute video sharing quite a few Instagram DMs he exchanged with the 41-year-old SKIMS CEO in April
‘Your supervisor threatened to launch one other tape that does not exist’: Kim first wrote that she did not say a single dangerous factor about him within the episode, which depicted the “new footage” that was allegedly going to be leaked by Ray’s supervisor Wack 100
Kardashian wrote: ‘It was upsetting to must cope with and I’m positive can perceive how that feels. My “burn them to the bottom” remark was a generalization to anybody threatening to carry this over my head 20 years later. We’re each mother and father now with younger youngsters and careers and I am positive you need to transfer on from this identical to I do. However your supervisor is the one that introduced this all up out of nowhere and I’ve a proper to share the way it affected me. ‘Subsequent week’s episode airs the place Kanye brings me the pc and he says he bought again from you, which reveals you in a constructive mild for giving that to him. Thanks for doing that. Simply spoke with my workforce. We’ll get one thing out tomorrow morning to make clear that this was a joke and that you’d by no means gave completed one thing like this. Hope this helps and I am sorry [too]’
‘The present filmed in actual time the day in hell that I had with my attorneys when your supervisor threatened to launch one other tape that does not exist – and my son who was 5 years previous on the time seeing an advert with my cry face emoji that stated “Kim’s new intercourse tape” as click on bate in Roblox,’ Kardashian wrote.
‘It was upsetting to must cope with and I’m positive can perceive how that feels. My “burn them to the bottom” remark was a generalization to anybody threatening to carry this over my head 20 years later. We’re each mother and father now with younger youngsters and careers and I am positive you need to transfer on from this identical to I do. However your supervisor is the one that introduced this all up out of nowhere and I’ve a proper to share the way it affected me.
‘Subsequent week’s episode airs the place Kanye brings me the pc and he says he bought again from you, which reveals you in a constructive mild for giving that to him. Thanks for doing that. Simply spoke with my workforce. We’ll get one thing out tomorrow morning to make clear that this was a joke and that you’d by no means gave completed one thing like this. Hope this helps and I am sorry [too].’
The School Hill: Celeb Version star replied that he felt like ‘everybody wins however me’ as a result of he is the ‘dangerous man each time.’
The School Hill: Celeb Version star defined that the narrative Kim was pushing was ‘extraordinarily complicated’ for the general public and he or she replied: ‘Since you grew up and have a household and other people change their minds’
‘Belief me it’s going to all go away’: Ray emphasised that he hadn’t spoken to Kardashian on the cellphone or seen her in 12-15 years and wished they could possibly be talking in particular person and he or she replied ‘completely’
‘That was, like, some gothic darkish s***, dawg’: Ray then watched the episode the place her estranged third husband Kanye West retrieved the intercourse tape laptop computer and advised Kim he’d ‘by no means allow them to extort us once more’
‘I am bored with taking part in that position because the villain. I did it for us to start with however now with out your assist it f***s me over dangerous,’ he wrote.
The Kardashians star replied: ‘Wow I had no concept that that was alleged to be non-public. I used to be filming my regular days and that simply occurred and I had no clue and I really thought you and Wack had been working collectively [because] on his [Instagram] it says he is your supervisor in his bio.
‘So this complete time I assumed [you were] working collectively and I used to be so confused on the assertion you set out saying [you had] nothing to do with it. I simply suppose that story above is highly effective and [shows] that we’re working collectively for the way forward for our kids and households to get this out of the Web.’
Ray responded: ‘However are we actually making an attempt to do it? Steve will not permit it – so we are able to fake to do this but it surely nonetheless most likely will not occur. Plus, will not folks say, “Why is Ray J making an attempt to get it off the Web once I’m the one who put it out of their minds? Would not it get extraordinarily complicated?’
Ray replied that he by no means leaked something, she and her momager Kris Jenner did: ‘I am watching you cry about one thing you set out – and it is not even actual tears. How will you cry about one thing you set out?’
Kardashian continued: ‘Since you grew up and have a household and other people change their minds. Let my name the workforce one sec. I simply needed to be clear with you if you happen to needed it on the market that we spoke. I do not need to create any drama at house. However the story that we are going to work collectively to talk to Vivid to get it pulled off the air is a much bigger story and [shows] unity and that there is not any extra dangerous blood or drama.’
Ray emphasised that he hadn’t spoken to Kardashian on the cellphone or seen her in 12-15 years and wished they could possibly be talking in particular person.
‘I respect you for at the very least making an attempt to make it higher after it bought approach worse. Can we communicate once more tomorrow after the episode comes out? And determine the proper plan for each of us transferring ahead?’ he requested.
The aspiring lawyer replied: ‘Completely! If it is higher that it simply goes away that is high quality too. Belief me it’s going to all go away. Please perceive I did not need this to come back again up and thought you probably did since Wack stated he bought it from you. Let’s focus on tomorrow for positive. Both approach it will likely be constructive.’
‘I bought 12.5%. Kim bought 12.5%’: At this level, Ray confirmed his unique intercourse tape contract, which stipulated that they each obtained $400K
Ray then watched the episode the place her estranged third husband Kanye West retrieved the intercourse tape laptop computer and advised Kardashian he’d ‘by no means allow them to extort us once more.’
‘And I am like, “Thanks. That is the thanks I get?”…Abruptly they, like, play a n****. That was, like, some gothic darkish s***, dawg,’ the Celeb Huge Brother alum stated within the video.
‘I am simply exhibiting you all this as a result of I am placing this all out for my youngsters. I am bored with taking part in video games. I do not give a f***. I am not that n**** that they are saying I’m. I’ve by no means been, dawg. I am bored with motherf***ers considering that “It is simply this dangerous little factor up to now you probably did, but it surely’s okay and we’ll look the opposite approach.”
‘Nah, we ain’t trying the opposite approach. F*** that. So long as my identify cleared, everyone getting sued as a result of all of them motherf***ing placing out pretend tales. Look, so I see this s*** and I am like, “Y’all wanna play video games with me? Okay let’s play.”‘
Receipts: Ray shared a handwritten notice he obtained from ‘Kimmie’ to match with the record of deliverables he claimed she wrote out herself, and alleged that he had the notice scanned for fingerprints that matched the contract
Evaluate it for your self: Right here is one other pattern of Kim Kardashian’s handwriting from one among her 2019 papers for her regulation research
Christmas household portrait: Ray – who owns a wi-fi audio model known as Raycon – stated he is telling all for the sake of his four-year-old daughter Melody and two-year-old son Epik from his four-year marriage to Princess Love, which resulted in 2020
After Ray wrote that DM on April 28, Kim’s texts went from cordial to combative.
‘What are you speaking about? I am not gonna take this s*** from you threatening me. Do regardless of the f*** you wanna do,’ Kardashian wrote.
‘You advised me do not do something and look ahead to the episode to come back out. So I did simply that and have not seen on story about it! I may have tried to manage the narrative however you stated wait and so [I] adopted your lead. So do not come at me when your supervisor put this footage out and was leaking clips to geet press. I did not begin this! Do no matter [you] need to me. I do not care anymore.’
Ray replied that he by no means leaked something, she and Jenner did.
‘Imma allow them to see’: The TV character acknowledged in his clip on Instagram that he will likely be ‘going via receipts tonight’
Detailed caption: Ray J wrote out a protracted rant hooked up to his clip, stating that it’s the ‘largest rant of my life to clear my identify…’
‘And now you wanna try to tear black males down and kill careers with all of your lies you and your mother are doing! [Shaking my head] – do no matter I need to you? No have a look at what you have completed to me!’ Ray wrote.
‘Why are you such a liar? I’d suppose you’ll sluggish it down after you lied your option to fame. I am watching you cry about one thing you set out – and it is not even actual tears. How will you cry about one thing you set out? Joe Francis and [your] mo are the true gamers on this! You’ve got defamed my identify and tried to kill my profession however God did not permit you to. Now you making an attempt to do it once more. I am ashamed of myself for letting you do that to me for therefore lengthy. You may by no means deny what you probably did.’
At this level, Ray confirmed his unique intercourse tape contract, which stipulated that they each obtained $400K.
‘There is no approach I may use Kim Kardashian’s identify on this contract if she wasn’t part of it, proper?’ he stated.
‘Expose’: The singer shared one other publish on his Instagram, calling the person behind the lie detector check a ‘fraud’ and wrote, ‘ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!’
Launch: Ray J just lately claimed that Kris, ‘masterminded’ the discharge of his and Kim’s 2002 intercourse tape
‘I bought 12.5%. Kim bought 12.5%. She’s bought the identical precise contract as I bought so after we go to court docket, guess what? They gotta pull that up as a result of we gotta see that.’
On the web page itemizing the deliverables [what they were selling] of the contract, Ray claims it was Kardashian who personally handwrote the record of the three tapes as a result of she needed to hurry alongside the method for him.
Ray additionally alleged that he had the notice scanned for fingerprints that supposedly matched the fingerprints on the contract.
The handwriting does, in truth, look just like previous samples of her handwriting on papers from her regulation research.
Alleged messages: In one other 30 minute video he shared on Instagram on Saturday, Ray J claimed Kanye West, Kim’s ex-husband, requested for the tapes through direct messages
Able to sue: In his longer video, the star was heard saying he ‘desires to sue’ not solely Kris Jenner, but additionally ‘each community’
Ray – who owns a wi-fi audio model known as Raycon – stated he is telling all for the sake of his four-year-old daughter Melody and two-year-old son Epik from his four-year marriage to Princess Love, which resulted in 2020.
The TV character beforehand uploaded a brief, black and white clip, the place he was heatedly heard saying, ‘You could have f***ed with the unsuitable particular person.’
He then went on to say, ‘I used to be simply gonna deal with this s**t legally and simply hit you in court docket and get what I deserve from all of y’all being foul and making an attempt to defame me, making an attempt to make me look dangerous.’
The star concluded his quick reel by calling out to Jenner and Kardashian that, ‘We’re going via receipts tonight,’ including, ‘Every thing that I bought, Imma allow them to see.’
Different claims: In a caption to his publish from Saturday, Ray J alleged that each Kim and Kris ‘stole’ cash from his ‘mother and sister’
Denial: Whereas taking a lie detector check on The Late Late how With James Cordon on Thursday, Kris denied that she ‘helped’ launch Ray J and Kim’s notorious intercourse tape; the 2 seen on the 2022 Met Gala collectively
Ray J added an intensive rant within the caption of the clip in an effort to ‘clear my identify’ and emphasised that ‘that is for my youngsters.’
Ray J started his assertion by clearly expressing that each Jenner and Kardashian have messed with the unsuitable particular person, and acknowledged that the 2 allegedly ‘stole’ cash from his household.
‘AND NOW ITS ABOUT TO BE A EASY WIN ON YOU DEVILS AND CON-ARTIST — YOU STOLE ALL THAT MONEY FROM MY MOM AND SISTER — OVER 800k and YOU HAD TO PAY IT BACK BECAUSE YOU WERE GUILTY AND THE JUDGE ORDERED IT!! —- YOU TRIED TO TO BURY THAT JUST LIKE YOUR TRYING TO BURY ME!!’
He then referenced to John Grogan, who was the person working behind the lie detector machine, on James Cordon’s late evening speak present.
After Jenner stated she didn’t help within the launch of the intercourse tape, John concluded that she was telling the reality.
His claims: It comes after Ray J claimed Kris ‘masterminded’ the discharge of his and Kim’s intercourse tape, advised ‘false tales’ about him, and tried to ‘smash’ his household
For his youngsters: On the finish of his fiery rant on his Instagram video on Saturday, he concluded by saying, ‘That is for my youngsters’
‘John Grogan is a pretend. He’s not a polygraph examiner. He’s fairly precisely generally known as the polygraph parasite. He’s been convicted of twenty-six counts of fraud and had his P.I. license pulled from him, and he merely turned a world-known polygraph examiner,’ Ray J typed.
The singer added in all caps, ‘THIS IS THE DUDE KRIS JENNER HAD TAKEN HER LIE DETECTOR TEST TO MAKE ME LOOK LIKE A LIAR! AND WHATS MORE SAD IS THE NETWORK ALLOWED IT TO HAPPEN!!’
After sharing the clip, he uploaded a separate publish, the place he particularly centered on John and claimed he was a ‘fraud,’ whereas including, ‘Nothing can cease the RAIN KIM!! NO NO NO KIM!! NO NO NO KIM!! — ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!— WAIT TILL THEY SEE YOUR HANDWRITING AND FINGERPRINTS ON MY CANTRACT!! and WAIT UNTIL THEY SEE YOUR CONTRACT YOU SIGNED THE SAME DAY AS ME!’
He concluded his rant by writing, ‘YOU THOUGHT KIM AND KRIS STORIES WAS TRUE SO YOU RAN THE STORY!! FACTS ARE ITS COMPLETELY FALSE – I CANT WAIT TO SHOW YOU THE TRUTH!!’
Different drama: In a ShadeRoom publish, Ray J commented, ‘You telling folks false tales about me, making the black man look horrible, on your acquire’; Kris and Kim seen in 2015
Relationship: The fact star and singer started courting in 2002, till they went their separate methods in 2006; the exes pictured with Paris Hilton and Serena Williams
‘IM GOING ON THE BIGGEST RANT OF MY LIFE TONIGHT TO CLEAR MY NAME OF THIS NEGATIVITY AND SHOW YOU HOW THESE PEOPLE ARE F***ING DEVILS — AFTER THIS FINALE!!! THEN WE CAN BE DONE WITH THIS- IM FIRED UP TONIGHT!! THIS is FOR MY KIDS!!’
Shortly after the reel was uploaded, Ray J shared a for much longer video that lasted for half-hour, detailing related claims in his earlier rant, alleging Kardashian and Jenner are spreading ‘false narratives’ and that he cannot ‘even defend himself.’
When discussing the intercourse tape, he doubled down on his claims that Jenner was certainly concerned in its launch, stating, ‘You watched it. And decided and you then get on no matter present you was on and take a lie detector check with a fraud.’
As he appeared immediately into his cellphone’s digital camera, the star acknowledged, ‘I need to sue you. I need to sue each community. I need to sue the dude that did the lie detector check…’
In the direction of the tip of the video, the singer confirmed alleged textual content messages between himself and Kardashian’s ex-husband. One of many messages claimed that Kanye, often known as Ye, was asking for the intercourse tapes and contracts.
On his Instagram profile description, Ray J wrote out, ‘John Grogan is a fraud and so is KRIS AND KIm!! Sombody goes to jail!’
Nevertheless, in current weeks, Ray J has alleged that Jenner was the ‘mastermind’ behind the intercourse tape’s launch, however the media character has now hit again on the allegations.
Throughout the lie detector problem, James, 44, requested Jenner: ‘Did you assist Kim launch her intercourse tape?’ His query was met by gasps and sounds of shock by the group, however Kris didn’t shrink back from answering the query.
She stated: ‘It is OK. No, no.’
After James’ colleague John, who was working the lie detector machine, confirmed that she was in truth telling the reality, Kris stated: ‘We cleared that up!’