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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 today 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.
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