Celebrity sex tape - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia"Sextape" redirects here. For the Deftones song, see Sextape (song). is typically an amateur pornographic video recording involving one or more celebrity famous person(s) which has been, intentionally or unintentionally, made available publicly. Such video tapes are often released without consent of their subjects and could potentially damage celebrities' careers. In 1988 a sex tape caused significant damage to Rob Lowe's career. former Senator and Presidential candidate, had a sex tape surface in early 2010. The tape depicts Edwards having sex with his mistress Rielle Hunter, reportedly while Hunter was pregnant with their love child. The tape was discovered by former Edwards aide Andrew Young among a box of personal items left at his home by Hunter. On 5 February 2010, Judge Abraham Penn Jones ordered the tape must be turned over to the court as part of a case to determine if hush money paid to Hunter by Edwards' 2008 Presidential Campaign constituted a violation of campaign finance laws.
