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Posted: 2008-04-29 19:18:39

LOS ANGELES (April 29) - A videotape said to show rock guitar great Jimi Hendrix having sex with two women was released for sale on the Internet Tuesday, following a wave of stars, alive and dead, showing up in homemade porn.

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Verne Troyer, better known as "Mini-Me" from the 'Austin Powers' films, filed suit on Thursday against TMZ for a host charges related to the celebrity news site's reporting of the existence of a sex tape starring the actor and posting a clip from said tape on the Internet.

The 11 minutes of footage of a man resembling Hendrix cavorting with two unidentified brunettes in a dimly lit bedroom is packaged in a 45-minute DVD distributed by Los Angeles adult-film studio Vivid Entertainment.

Vivid, which also distributed the notorious sex tape of actress Pamela Anderson and rocker Tommy Lee, among others, said in a press release that its Hendrix footage was shot about 40 years ago in a hotel room and was unearthed by a rock 'n' roll memorabilia collector.

Hendrix, considered one the greatest rock guitarists of all time with such hits as "Hey Joe," "Purple Haze" and "Foxy Lady," died in 1970 at age 27 in London.

"This new movie shows that Jimi Hendrix could have been as great a porn star as he was a rock star," Vivid co-chairman, Steven Hirsch, said in the release.

The film's authenticity, however, was immediately challenged by some. The musician's longtime girlfriend during the 1960s, Kathy Etchingham, told the New York Times after viewing still photos taken from the footage: "It is not him."

"His face is too broad and nose and nostrils too wide for Jimi," she was quoted as telling the Times via e-mail.

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Charles R. Cross, author of the noted Hendrix biography "Room Full of Mirrors," also disputed the identity of the man in the tape, who sports a large Afro hairstyle and head band.

"It doesn't add up to Jimi," Gross told the Times, saying he had encountered the film during his book research and dismissed it, as have others, as a fake.

But Vivid said it consulted with several experts to authenticate the footage, including Pamela Des Barres, author of the book "I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie," and Cynthia Albritton, better known as Cynthia Plaster Caster, famed for making plaster molds of celebrities' genitals, including those of Hendrix.

Both women appear on the DVD, titled, "Jimi Hendrix the Sex Tape," offering their commentary.

"They both immediately had the same reaction: 'I can't believe it, it's Jimi Hendrix,"' Hirsch quoted the two women as saying when they first viewed the footage.

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Vivid bought the tape from an individual distributor, Howie Klein, who had approached Vivid after purchasing it from the collector who found it, Hirsch said.

Hirsch told Reuters that private investigators hired by Vivid's lawyers later tracked down the man who claimed to have shot the footage in 8-millimeter color film, and Vivid struck a deal with him for rights to commercially distribute it.

"That's why we believe in fact that we own the copyright," he said.

Bob Merlis, spokesman for Experience Hendrix, the Seattle company owned by the musician's relatives that controls rights to his music, said, "We're in no position to verify" the tape's authenticity. He declined further comment, saying only that rights to Hendrix's likeness remain an unsettled legal issue.

The sex tape DVD, which retails for $39.95, was available for sale online at www.hendrixsextape.com and will be available in stores starting next Tuesday, Hirsch said.

Distribution of the Hendrix tape comes two weeks after a New York businessman purchased a 15-minute film of Marilyn Monroe engaging in oral sex. But the broker of that deal said the buyer planned to keep the film out of public view.

2008-04-29 07:12:04

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lefergus001 09:17:34 AM May 01 2008

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Are we next going to see sex tapes of Roger Clemens coming to news stands. Hendrix and others were a constant draw for groupies in the 60.s and I wouldn't be surprised at any other names that might turn up in the same situation.
I traveled with a band in that same era and girls were all over everybody in the band and it wasn't about money just being seen with the band and having something to talk about with the girls and bragging rights.
Not much has changed over the years with girls doing the same thing today with the exception of girls taking off their tops at a drop of a hat was unheard in the 60's.
For the guys today its a power trip and with money and booze comes the girls but you need the drugs of today to make your "come alive" as one sports figure told me.

komenyay 09:02:12 AM May 01 2008

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The 60's, like Jimi Hendrix; are DEAD (thankfully). I'm sure he had sex. I'm sure he had sex a LOT. But someone, somewhere, will fork over BIG bucks to watch a dead guy having sex. Thinking all the while, "I've got a piece of history here." Spare me. Losers all. The man made a lot of noise with his guitar. He made a lot of money with his guitar. His ignorance and the entertainment of the times killed him at 27. What a waste. Gosh, he's certainly someone I want to look up to...............NOT.

Ctwhite 08:26:11 AM May 01 2008

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Jimi was a Playa watch the film "A Movie about Jimi Hendrix" and you'll see what a sex symbol he was in the 60s!! I guarentee that plenty of ladies wanted to "Stand next to His Fire"

whatever560es 07:52:27 AM May 01 2008

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Your, Ma Ma.

tomcatt702 04:30:39 AM May 01 2008

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Move over Rover and let Jimi take over!

tropicalfiji100 03:53:34 AM May 01 2008

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eeeww who in there right mind would want to have sex with a rock n roller whos scrawny ugly as hell from head to toe if i were born in the 60's (which im not) even if i were drunk drugged up i get rid of myself before messing around with some ugly azz guy ewwwwwwwwwww back then id rather remain a virgin be bury me 6 feet under

jramon007 01:49:58 AM May 01 2008

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Give me the fortune without the celebrity it seems even after death someone will try to make money off of the name you spent your life time making.... People shouldn't be allow to **************** who isn't alive to defend themselves nor make money from that slander wthether it's true or false!

jimi5a3 01:17:51 AM May 01 2008

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"I'll meet you in the next world.....and don't be late "

Jannyharson 12:11:14 AM May 01 2008

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You want to know your time of death?
visit the website:tombclock. com

crrtynd 11:50:02 PM Apr 30 2008

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Maddonna is ugly and old , she should put some clothes on.

syno789 11:15:40 PM Apr 30 2008

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That ain't too cool.

jewelcitytalent 11:02:33 PM Apr 30 2008

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I've seen the whole enchilada and it ain't bad, especially if you're into the whole retro thing. You can get it cheapest here...
http://track.vivid.com/vc/ppj/191/131055/exposed

Crshlndg 10:42:57 PM Apr 30 2008

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My hero if it's really him...still my hero if it's not. Could care less who gets the money. I'd buy an un-discovered recording but I'm not intersted in this.