(NewsNation) — A man who distributed Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sex tape is trying to “clear his conscience” nearly 30 years after the tape’s release.
According to the Daily Mail, Cort St. George claimed that he sold the explicit video to Internet Entertainment Group founder Seth Warshavsky, an entrepreneur within the porn industry, in 1997.
He said that he was shown a copy of Lee and Anderson’s tape by a friend.
St. George, a former consultant to IEG, was featured in A&E’s “Secrets of Celebrity Sex Tapes” docuseries, where he reflected on his role in the explicit tape being made public.
“I was flabbergasted by what we saw. I just started working as a consultant at IEG in Seattle and I said this guy will probably want this video,” he said in the series.
Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sex tape stolen
A safe, located in Anderson and Lee’s home, was stolen in 1995 by disgruntled workers who were fired by Lee, according to the Daily Mail. The sex tape was in the safe.
St. George said he called Warshavsky to see if he’d be interested in purchasing the video.
“He said yes. I go, let me see if he’ll give us $10,000. I couldn’t really believe that Seth was willing to pay for it. Now I know why he was willing to pay for it actually, he just wanted my signature on the dotted line in case the s— hit the fan he had somebody to blame,” St. George said in the documentary.
The rocker and the former “Baywatch” star signed a release form presented by Warshavsky’s legal team, the Daily Mail reported.
Anderson said she signed the release because of pressure.
“The only reason we signed the agreement was (because) it was a week before I was due to give birth and they were making threats to me and I was very focused on much more important things,” she said in an archival interview, according to the Daily Mail.
She and Lee ended up suing the IEG head after discovering the tape was being sold in stores. Despite winning their case, with Warshavsky being ordered to pay two each $740,000, they reportedly never got their money.
Warshavsky also died in 2024.
“I feel like I’m constantly wanting to clear my conscience even though I had very little to do with the whole thing,” St. George said.
“I just happened to be at the wrong place at the right time. I feel bad about being involved in it.”