Celebrity Justice
Verne Troyer Sues TMZ

Posted Jun 27th 2008 9:04AM by TMZ Staff

Verne TroyerVerne Troyer has filed a $20 million lawsuit, claiming TMZ violated his rights by publishing and airing portions of his sex tape.

In the suit, filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in downtown L.A., Troyer claims TMZ violated his privacy rights and infringed on his copyright and trademark by running portions of the tape on TMZ TV and TMZ.com. He also alleges TMZ violated his right of publicity and misappropriated his name and likeness.

Troyer says the tape was stolen and ended up in the hands of Kevin Blatt, the guy who distributed "One Night in Paris." Blatt is also named as a defendant.

In addition to damages, Troyer wants an injunction prohibiting further dissemination of the video.

Calls to TMZ were not returned.

Filed under: Celebrity Justice


Tags: Midget, Mini Me, MiniMe, Sex Tape, SexTape, Vern Troyer, VernTroyer

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241. He is so little, just imagine how little his weiner is! Ha! Ha!

Posted at 11:44PM on Jun 29th 2008 by bearsfan

242. How big is it?

He looks like a lizard going in for the kill....

I would require mass amounts of crack and meth and horse tranqullizers to sleep with him. Ugh!

Posted at 10:10AM on Jun 30th 2008 by Size 0

243. Enano de mierda eso te pasa por dartela de cacherito cabron

Posted at 11:27AM on Jun 30th 2008 by chukupla

244. Civil Liberties are No More! Privacy is Non-Existing Where a Dollar Made is Possible!
If We Support this Trash with Our Vouyerism, it will Continue!
Sad, Very Sad !

Posted at 2:35PM on Jun 30th 2008 by SocialProtester

245. Oh PULEEZ!!!!!!!!!!!! It is unconstitutional to not allow free speech. If he was stupid enough to make a sex tape with a 22 year old girl, then he was asking for the publicity!!! Any any of you hypocrites on here dogging TMZ are as bad as any of the rest of us supporting them. GO TMZ!!!!!!!!! KICK ASS

Posted at 2:33AM on Jul 2nd 2008 by Minilove

246. The tiny little roach released the damn tape himself obviously! How can anyone sleep with that turd anyway? I mean aren't there laws against child molestation?

Posted at 3:44AM on Jul 2nd 2008 by Shawn

247. Hell I want to sue them for causing me nightmares! Any guy who insists on filming himself having sex is just a pervert. What are you guys a porm site now? I'll never watch your filthy show again after that travesty. Barf, gag and puke!

Posted at 9:45PM on Jul 2nd 2008 by Leela

248. After the disaster that is "the Love Guru", I would think Verne would want to milk this sex tape for all its PR value. Maybe this lawsuit is part of keeping it in the tabloids, who knows.

Posted at 1:51AM on Jul 3rd 2008 by Rick Cain

249. So, if he didnt want the tape to get out- why did he make it?? It got out, and thats his problem, NOT TMZ's.

Stupid people, but you cant be mean to him..he's only like two foot tall. :)

Posted at 1:48PM on Jul 4th 2008 by ariel

250. leave mini me alone, tmz sucks

Posted at 8:19PM on Jul 4th 2008 by paul neufeld

251. id love to see mini me naked, he looks so yummy

Posted at 8:21PM on Jul 4th 2008 by paul neufeld of bellingham

252. oh, my standing joke in stituaions like this continues to be...

Q: what is the ione thing no man ever wants to hear a woman say?

A: "Is it in yet?"

Posted at 1:05AM on Jul 13th 2008 by gross me out, pig-man!

253. normally i'd agree with celebs on the whole invasion of privacy issue. technology HAS out-paced the law on this score. However, in tiny verney's cae., this tape is just so grotesque, that I feel damaged by seeing it, so he should pay me and everybody else who has been subjeced to it.

For someone to be driving his sccoter around while buck-ass-neked & then taking a leak on the rug as vern did on Surreal Life to be complaining about anything is just too much. Hello, pot? It's me kettle!

Posted at 1:06AM on Jul 13th 2008 by gross me out, pig-man!

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