TMZ REINSTATES VERNE TROYER SEX TAPE

The woman in the sex tape featuring Verne Troyer, best known for his acting role in the "Austin Powers" movies, says she allowed celebrity Web site TMZ to broadcast snippets of the disgusting tape.Troyer's ex-girlfriend, Ranae Shrider, signed a declaration filed in federal court in Los Angeles California stating the tape was created with her video camera. Her statement prompted a judge to allow TMZ to reinstate a post featuring snippets of the tape.The judge had temporarily barred TMZ from showing or broadcasting any portion of the tape on its Web site or television show. The post was restored by Tuesday evening.The judge has still barred a porn distributor named in a $20 million lawsuit filed by Troyer from distributing or taking orders for the 50-minute tape.

NEW SEX TAPE FOR AUSTIN POWERS STAR

Verne Troyer

The man who helped turn socialite Paris Hilton into a huge sex tape star is now hoping to do the same for midget actor Verne Troyer. Footage from a sex video featuring the "Austin Powers" star and a former girlfriend has appeared online after a third party got hold of the sex tape, which was shot in the apartment Troyer shared with his ex. TMZ. has obtained an extract from the video, claims sex tape dealer Kevin Blatt, who brokered the deal for Hilton's "One Night In Paris" romp, is in negotiations to distribute the racy footage.

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