Kim Kardashian West is no stranger to success. The year-old is a reality TV star, a multimillionaire courtesy of her many successful businesses , and is pursuing a career in law. But, before she was an uber-popular celebrity, she was best known for being friends with Paris Hilton and being the daughter of Robert Kardashian, who served as the defense attorney for the O. Simpson case.

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By Jaclyn Hendricks. I did it again, I made a sex tape. Kardashian wed music producer Damon Thomas in when she was 19 years old. He filed for divorce in In , Kardashian became a household name after her sex tape with then-boyfriend Ray J, now 37, was released. She also recounted the time when she and pal Paris Hilton slept on rafts in the ocean after departing a party in Ibiza at 7 a.
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Fill out the form below, or call us at Kardashian was still a nobody when the sex tape went viral in Which raises the question again…and again : was the leak a marketing ploy to change all that? Others, meanwhile, praise the reality star for redefining norms and breaking down boundaries and using the sex tape—dubbed Kim Kardashian, Superstar by pornography distributor Vivid Entertainment—to get famous. Love her or hate her, Kardashian has been one of the most influential people on this planet for years. Having amassed more than million followers on Instagram, she has shaped the pop culture landscape for quite a while. Everything Kardashian touches turns to gold—and the Kim Kardashian sex tape is no exception. Night Cap. In fact, even the horrifying Paris robbery , when Kardashian was tied up and held at gunpoint in the French capital in , somehow prompted Internet users to watch the sex tape online. After all, every click and view brings more money to Kim K, her ex-lover, and all the people involved in the distribution of the X-rated footage.
It depicts the pair having sexual intercourse in October while on vacation in Cabo San Lucas , Mexico. Ray J filmed much of the holiday with a handheld camcorder, capturing him and Kardashian " goofing around " and also having sexual intercourse. Kardashian was relatively unknown before the tape's release. She was mainly known as the daughter of Robert Kardashian , who served as O. Simpson 's defense attorney during Simpson's murder trial. Kardashian was also known as a friend and personal stylist for Paris Hilton after Kardashian appeared in 4 episodes of Hilton's show, The Simple Life , from to The film was released on March 21, by Vivid Entertainment.