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- Later, when the couple saw the tape being sold and rented in video stores, they sued Warshavsky in federal court, saying the original agreement had duped them
- This time, they won: In 2002, a judge ordered IEG to pay Anderson and Lee $740,000 each
Consequently, What happened to the guy who sold the Pam and Tommy tape? Rand Gauthier, the man who stole and sold Anderson and Lee’s infamous sex tape in 1995, found himself working as a collector for their gangster investor, Louis “Butchie” Peraino (Andrew Dice Clay)
How much did Rand Gauthier make from the tape? Rand Gauthier’s reported net worth is $200,000 It was also reported that the joint sales made from the tape copies between Gauthier and Ingley were over $77 million within the first year of sales
Besides How accurate was Pam and Tommy? Going by some major sources (including the 2014 Rolling Stone article upon which the show is based and some excerpts from Tommy Lee’s autobiography, Tommyland), Pam and Tommy is surprisingly faithful to real life
Was barbed wire a hit? Against a production budget of $9 million, Barb Wire only earned $38 million in the United States and Canada The film was also a commercial flop, and its overall quality was not simply the driving force behind such reception
How factual is Pam and Tommy?
While much of the show stayed true to real life, there was one scene in particular that was a total fabrication: the one where Mötley Crüe loses their studio to Third Eye Blind “Mötley Crüe and I’ve never been in the same studio,” Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins told Variety in February
Did Pam and Tommy win the lawsuit?
Penthouse won the real lawsuit shown in Pam and Tommy
What happened to the guy who stole Pam and Tommy’s tape?
Rand Gauthier, the man who stole and sold Anderson and Lee’s infamous sex tape in 1995, found himself working as a collector for their gangster investor, Louis “Butchie” Peraino (Andrew Dice Clay)
Did Pam and Tommy Sue?
In March 1996, Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sued Penthouse magazine for $10 million in damages and filed a restraining order against the magazine The Penthouse lawsuit brought the sex tape scandal into further public awareness, as both the fictionalized and real Anderson feared
Did the contractor from Pam and Tommy go to jail?
Did Rand Gauthier go to jail? Surprisingly, no! Gauthier nor his accomplices were ever charged for stealing the safe or distributing the tape Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee filed multiple lawsuits once they discovered the tape was being sold but failed to legally stop the sale and distribution of the tape
How much money did the Pam and Tommy tape make?
Pornographer and Internet Entertainment Group founder, Seth Warshavsky, burned Gauthier and sold the DVD rights to Vivid Entertainment for $15 million and the tape went on to generate $77 million
Is Rand Gauthier a real person?
Seth Rogen stars in Hulu’s Pam & Tommy as Rand Gauthier, a real-life figure who was integral in releasing Anderson and Lee’s infamous sex tape
What happened to the guy who sold Pam and Tommy’s tape?
Rand Gauthier According to Rolling Stone, he still runs an electrical services company, telling the magazine in 2014 “I made his [Tommy Lee] career, is what happened” At the end of Pam & Tommy, it is revealed he will occasionally tell people he stole the tape, but almost no one believes him
