When you sleep with someone aspiring to be the next Kim Kardashian, you take your chances.
That’s the lesson NFL star Von Miller is learning the hard way as he works overtime to prevent the distribution of a tape filmed several months back during a vacation in Mexico.
The Smoking Gun reports that the 27-year-old Super Bowl MVP is doing his best to issue a restraining order barring his sex partner from selling the tape.
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And who is she? A certain smoky beauty named Elizabeth Ruiz, who was indeed issued a temporary restraining order barring her from distributing, copying, or releasing the footage filmed on her smart phone.
She did, at least, offer to sell Miller the tape for $2.5 million, which is the polite thing to do under such circumstances.
Miller has a lot to lose with the release of a sex tape, including endorsements from Microsoft, Best Buy, Adidas, Old Spice, and Beats by Dre, and one of the NFL’s top-selling jerseys. As one of the NFL’s most loved stars, his fanbase is wide-ranging — he even got slimed last July during the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Sports Awards.
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According to court papers, Miller and Ruiz met during a Cancun vacation in late June. Ruiz filmed the act “while they were alone in doors” and the plaintiff “insisted at all times that the recording be kept private.”
Ruiz and Miller spoke on the phone after he returned to the states, and he took that opportunity to reiterate that he would very much appreciate it if she kept their intimate moment together private and special.
“Gotcha,” she reportedly said. Which isn’t such a vote of confidence under the circumstances.
Two months later, after Miller’s new nine-figure contract was announced, an L.A. businessman named Kevin Blatt contacted Miller to discuss the sale of his sex tape with Ruiz who, he revealed, had lofty dreams of becoming the next Kim Kardashian.
The bottom line is Ruiz wanted $2.5 million “to transfer ownership of the recording,” or else she’d release it.
She’s described in court papers as “itchy” (?) and someone who “could care less about the law.”
Ruiz was unwilling to talk to The Smoking Gun about any of the legal documents, which portray her as a wily con artist seeking to “shame and humiliate” Miller.
Pithily, Miller’s lawyers allege that while Ruiz “desperately craves fame and fortune,” she’s at least “willing to settle for fortune if she could not also achieve fame.”
As they say, it’s all who you, erm, know.
Xzamilloh
Heh… it must not show him at his “lengthiest”… that or there’s some butt stuff happening
Brian
How stupid can a man be to hook up with some “woman” in Mexico who allegedly tapes their sex act and then threatens to blackmail him? Stupid, stupid, stupid.
Men can be so stupid when choosing women. I’d recommend that Miller go to bed with a man next time. Men generally don’t blackmail. They’re also cheaper and less trouble than women.
Bob LaBlah
@Brian………..What I’m trying to figure out is if she was trans. No where in the article does it say that so why is this here is what I can’t figure out.
ErikO
@Brian: Have you ever had sex or dated a man?
Jack Meoff
The article states that he knew their sex was being recorded so he has nobody to blame but himself. This is another example of a high profile celeb with much to lose who was still stupid enough to allow him to be recorded having sex. Bottom line is if you don’t want images of yourself naked or having sex out on the internet then don’t allow them to be recorded in the first place. And that goes for non famous people as well.
PrinceofReason
Sex tape. Yawn.
Hebrew_Slave
Assume that any picture or video of you will be seen by the whole world. You can’t trust anyone…reason why I don’t participate in sending nudes or video taping