Kim Kardashian West and her mother deliberately leaked her sex tape to make her famous, a new book has claimed. The year-old reality star signed a contract with Vivid Entertainment in to leak the raunchy film she made with then-boyfriend Ray J in after being "advised" by a friend it would be a quick way to find fame, and allowed her mom and manager Kris Jenner to finalize the deal that led to the footage being made public. Author Ian Halperin quotes a source in his new book 'Kardashian Dynasty' as saying: "A mutual friend of Kim and Paris [Hilton] had advised her that if she wanted to achieve fame, a sex tape would be the way to go.

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By Oli Coleman. They took a handheld camcorder with them and filmed themselves goofing around for the camera, and also having sex. On later occasions, they filmed themselves in bed again. Kardashian initially had sued to prevent it from being released, but ultimately settled the suit.
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Kardashian first gained media attention as a friend and stylist of Paris Hilton but received wider notice after a sex tape , Kim Kardashian, Superstar , with her then-boyfriend Ray J was released in Kardashian has developed an online and social media presence, including hundreds of millions of followers on Twitter and Instagram. Her relationship with rapper Kanye West has also received significant media coverage; the couple married in , and they have four children together. Time magazine included Kardashian on their list of 's most influential people , [13] while Vogue described her in as a " pop culture phenomenon. Simpson during his murder trial. Simpson is Kardashian's godfather. Kardashian got her first stint in show-business as friend and stylist of Paris Hilton , appearing as guest on various episodes of the Hilton-starring reality television series The Simple Life , between and In , she made her feature film debut in the disaster film spoof Disaster Movie , in which she appeared as a character named Lisa. Kardashian was the third contestant to be eliminated. In , Kardashian ventured into several new endorsement deals, including endorsing various food products for Carl's Jr.
In Kim Kardashian was an obscure name but by the end of she was a household name and now she's one of the biggest stars in the world - all thanks to one infamous sex tape released a full ten years ago this month. But our paparazzi told all the other paparazzi. It was a mess. According to Page Six, Kardashian's attorney, Marty Singer insists that Kardashian has never planted stories about herself in the tabloids or tipped off paparazzi about her whereabouts. Ben Widdicombe - who broke the news of the sex tape in his "Gatecrasher" column in the New York Daily News - noticed Kim in a photo with Paris Hilton and remembered her name because she was so beautiful.