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‘McSteamy’ Sex Tape Suit Cools off With Settlement

Posted on July 31, 2010 by pogowasright.org

Matthew Heller reports:

Acting couple Eric Dane and Rebecca Gayheart have dropped a $1 million lawsuit against Gawker.com for publishing a videotape featuring them in a nude threesome with a friend after the gossip website agreed to take down the much-viewed posting.

Gawker got plenty of mileage from the tape after posting it in August 2009. The posting was its most popular of 2009, generating more than 3.4 million hits -– many of them after “Grey’s Anatomy” star Dane and wife Gayheart sued for copyright infringement.

Read more on On Point.

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