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Top 10 Most Shocking Celebrity Stories of 2008

Hollywood celebrities are hardly separated from spotlight, love, money, sex, and scandal. Just like adding ingredients and spices to cook the perfect dish, blending those components into dough will create interesting and sold out headlines, which many times people find shocking yet entertaining to read and follow. Looking back to the year 2008, AceShowbiz presents its readers the Top 10 Most Shocking Celebrity Stories that have happened throughout the past 12 months.

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Verne Troyer's Sex Tape on Sale

Apparently, the legal steps that Verne Troyer have taken to fight the public release of his sex tape with former girlfriend, model Ranae Shrider, are useless as the clip is now unleashed. E! News reported that the sex tape has been sold and can be purchased through a website called SexWithMiniMe.com.

The site, which is decorated in a 1960s "Spy Who Shagged Me"-inspired theme, features a headline on its very top part that read "Sex with Mini, Let's Shag." Below the statement there's a warning and also pictures of Verne and Shrider, side by side, with their heads being cut off.

Ex-Girlfriend Sold Verne Troyer's Sex Tape to a Private Collector for 5,000 Dollars

His lawsuit against her is still ongoing, but Ranae Shrider has proven to Verne Troyer that nothing could stop her from doing what she wants. The model is claimed to have sold her sex tape with the so-called "Mini Me" actor to a private collector for $5,000.

Shrider claims she sold the footage to a random man who approached her outside her house. "He just said, 'Here's some money,'" Shrider's manager, Holly Bannon, told the Los Angeles Times. "She just wanted to be rid of it, so she said OK." Bannon moreover said that the transaction was a simple "cash deal" and no legal paperwork was involved, adding that she assumed the buyer has given her client a false name.

Verne Troyer Sues Sex Tape Partner for 20 Million Dollar

The legal case is rolling yet again. Has settled his $20 million lawsuit against the parties which attempted to make public his sex tape with ex-girlfriend, Verne Troyer is now suing the then girlfriend and sex tape partner, model Ranae Shrider, who leaked the tape to TMZ.

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, July 31 in Los Angeles Superior Court, the so-called "Mini-Me" actor branded Shrider's action of leaking the tape as "perhaps the most flagrant violation of an individual's personal privacy rights." He also sued her for intentional infliction of emotional distress and battery.

Verne Troyer Settled Sex Tape Lawsuit

The case is dissolved. Verne Troyer has reached a settlement in the sex tape lawsuit he filed against porn broker Kevin Blatt, distributor SugarDVD and celebrity gossip website TMZ, in a bid to prevent them from distributing his sex tape with ex-girlfriend Ranae Shrider.

The so-called "Mini-Me" actor dropped his $20 million lawsuit against the three parties Friday, July 18 after they signed agreements which stated that they will not make public the sex video or any images from it without the actor's approval. Edwin F. McPherson, one of Troyer's attorneys, said "We got what we wanted: a permanent injunction."

Judge Permitted TMZ to Repost Verne Troyer's Sex Tape, Co-Star Actively Shopping It Around Town

The judge has a change concerning an early order prohibited TMZ from broadcasting the snippet of Verne Troyer's sex tape. The actor's co-star in the tape, model Ranae Shrider, has informed a federal court that she was the one who leaked the footage, a revelation which prompted a Los Angeles judge to finally allow TMZ to repost the sex tape.

Troyer's then girlfriend Shrider signed a declaration filed in federal court in Los Angeles stating the sex tape was created with her digital video camera. Claimed herself as the owner of the tape, she then allowed celebrity website TMZ to broadcast snippets of the tape and in the meantime is shopping the full 50-minute tape around to the highest bidder.

Federal Judge Granted 'Mini Me' Verne Troyer Temporary Shut Down of His Sex Tape

Verne Troyer scored a winning as a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday, June 27, stopping distribution and online airing of his sex tape. U.S. District Judge Philip Gutierrez granted the actor the restraining order his attorneys requested, seeking to prevent porn distributors from taking orders for the full version of the tape and prevent TMZ from broadcasting any more clips.

TMZ has on Wednesday, June 25 posted a snippet of Troyer's sex tape which starred him and his then girlfriend, 22-year-old model Ranae Shrider. The site claimed "a third party has snatched up the tape" added that sex video broker, Kevin Blatt, "is entertaining a $100k offer from SugarDVD" to distribute the footage.

Verne Troyer Filed Multimillion Dollar Lawsuit Against TMZ for Posting His Sex Tape

The legal battle saga starts. Verne Troyer a.k.a. "Mini-Me" has filed a federal lawsuit, worth $20 million, against TMZ for posting the clip of his sex tape on its site and airing it on TMZ TV.

Troyer filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles Thursday, June 26, alleged TMZ violated his rights to privacy and publicity, infringed upon his copyright and trademark and misappropriated his name and likeness. He thus is seeking damages and as well asking an injunction prohibiting the wide spread of the video.

'Mini-Me' Verne Troyer Has Sex Tape, Already Hit the Net

The latest Hollywood celeb whose sex tape hits the Internet is Verne Troyer. And the footage the actor and stunt man, who's probably most noted for playing the character of Mini-Me in the Austin Powers movies, stars in already hit the Internet.

Verne's sex tape was shown in a snippet on the TMZ website which first broke the report. The video, despite being branded "sex tape", simply shows him and his former live-in girlfriend at their apartment, kissing.

"Mini" Verne Troyer Misbehaves on Reality TV Show

The "mini" actor, Verne Troyer, shocked his housemates during their first day on reality TV show The Surreal Life. What he'd done? He rode around on a scooter in the nude and then meshed up in the floor.

This action, of course, horrified Adrianne Curry, Christopher Knight, Chyna, Jane Weidlin, and Marcus Schenkenberg all of whom were Troyer's house mates. Before this disgraceful action, Troyer had also ever be seen getting drunk and showing off his birthday suit in the Surreal Life first episode of the fourth season premiere that will be launched on music channel VH1 on Sunday.