Britney and Adnan out to dinner on 1/16/08. Credit: Michael Wright / WENN
Yesterday the news came out that Britney’s ex boyfriend, paparazzo Adnan Ghalib, told UK’s Heat Magazine that he has a sex tape with Britney and that he wasn’t releasing it until he had a serious - and probably high - offer. He said “There is such a tape, but I won’t discuss prices for hypothetical enquiries. Unless there is a locked-in deal, I will go no further.” I’ve read Heat and it’s probably a legitimate quote as they do have regular interviews. It’s not a super reputable source, but I would doubt they made it up.
There were all sorts of stories earlier in the year that Adnan was shopping a sex tape, but we didn’t hear it directly from Adnan until now.
A source close to Britney has denied that there’s any such tape, while Adnan’s former photo agency - which used to post regular updates from him on their blog - says he never even worked for them. Maybe they mean that he was an independent contractor because they surely made it clear that they had ties to him when he was trolling around with Britney.
British-based Heat magazine reported earlier Monday that photographer/Spears-ex Adnan Ghalib confirmed to them he has a sex tape of himself with the pop star.
However, a source close to Britney Spears is throwing cold water on the Heat story.
“The story is completely false,” the source tells E! News.
Spears’ rep at Jive Records has not responded to calls seeking comment.
Ghalib is also playing hard to get. His cell phone number is disconnected. His former photo agency, JFX, tells E! News that Ghalib “never worked for us” and has not been able to provide any contact information for him.
[From E! Online]
JayBird mentioned in her coverage of this story yesterday that is sounds like Adnan is just trying to drag Britney down now that she’s sober and regaining some semblance of her former success. I would bet that he’s motivated more by greed, but there could be some of that.
This guy stalks celebrities for a living and I don’t doubt that he was underhanded enough to record a sex tape either with or without Britney’s consent. She was arguably out of her mind when she dated him, and even went directly back to him after her flip out in January and before her father was able to take control. That was when Sam Lutfi was drugging her food and disabling her cars and phones, essentially leading her to drive around aimlessly for hours and stay in hotels in an attempt to gain back some kind of control over her life.
If this ever does come out, I hope Britney’s people sue Adnan for his ill-gotten gains plus damages. As it is, someone should be sending him a strongly worded legal letter advising him never to sell the tape or talk about it again unless he wants to face a lawsuit.
