Los Angeles- MARTY Singer, the heavyweight Hollywood lawyer who’s trying to stop Colin Farrell’s sex tape from seeing the light of day, has done an about-face.
In 2003, Singer repped Paris Hilton’s sex-tape co-star Rick Salomon, who was fighting Hilton’s objections to releasing “One Night in Paris” for huge profits. But now Singer’s client is the one who wants a sex tape buried for good.
“There’s absolutely no inconsistency,” Singer insists. “This is a different issue altogether. The tape can’t be released without [Farrell’s] consent. They have no legal ground. He has a right to privacy.”
Singer helped Salomon fight Internet porn sites that were showing clips of the Hilton tape without permission and without paying. The lawyer also went after Hilton’s former publicist, who claimed the sex was not wholly consensual.
As we first reported in July, the steamy 15-minute Farrell video recorded two years ago starts with naked Playboy Playmate Nicole Narain in her living room and ends with Farrell pointing the camera at her white cat and saying, “Baby, you have the most beautiful [kitty].”
In between, Narain, who was Miss January in 2002, displays her pierced tongue as she looks up at the camera and winks. And Farrell, who had a shaved head for his role in “Daredevil,” reciprocates, saying, “I could do this breakfast, lunch and dinner.” Narain, who has a tattoo on her backside, also goes through several docking positions.
Singer quickly filed a lawsuit to block Narain from releasing the tape, arguing that it was made “solely for their private use and enjoyment.”
However, David Gingras, the lawyer representing the Internet Commerce Group, which says it’s working with Narain to release the tape, has filed a motion to dismiss Farrell’s suit.
Gingras argues that under the federal Copyright Act, co-owners of the copyright to any work, including a sex tape, cannot stop each other from exercising their right to copy, distribute and/or license the work. A Federal court hearing is slated for Nov. 21.
“If the judge follows the law as it is written, I don’t see how we cannot prevail,” Gingras told PAGE SIX.
However, Singer says that Narain has “no intention of releasing the tape,” which is obviously news to ICG.