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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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.
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Kardashian has always maintained that no one in her family was involved in the leak , herself included. In fact, she initially sued to prevent Vivid from releasing the tape. But there have always been naysayers.
Kim Kardashian West and her mother deliberately leaked her sex tape to make her famous, a new book has claimed. The year-old reality star signed a contract with Vivid Entertainment in to leak the raunchy film she made with then-boyfriend Ray J in after being "advised" by a friend it would be a quick way to find fame, and allowed her mom and manager Kris Jenner to finalize the deal that led to the footage being made public. Author Ian Halperin quotes a source in his new book 'Kardashian Dynasty' as saying: "A mutual friend of Kim and Paris [Hilton] had advised her that if she wanted to achieve fame, a sex tape would be the way to go. And another friend of Kim's told the author: "It was Kris who engineered the deal behind the scenes and was responsible for the tape seeing the light of day," although he added this had been long rumored in the showbiz world. Story continues below. According to the New York Post newspaper, Halperin then posed as a porn peddler wanting to sell another celebrity sex tape in order to speak to the adult film company's spokesperson. He claims the representative said: "When it comes to selling a sex tape, both parties need to sign off.