Cameron Diaz sex video loose on the Web

LOS ANGELES: A steamy sex video featuring a young Cameron Diaz in a variety of sado-masochistic scenes has gone on sale over the Internet despite the Hollywood star's bid to block it in court.

The movie went on sale for approximately US$40 (RM152) Wednesday on the website Scandal-Inc. By Thursday the site had been swamped by web users and was unavailable.

The 30min video was shot in 1992 and features the then 19-year-old Diaz wearing leather bondage gear and pretending to subjugate a male "slave."

Diaz had tried to block the footage shot by cameraman John Rutter, claiming that he forged her signature on the release form and was demanding over US$3mil (RM11.4mil) to give her the original footage.

Scandal-Inc said that it bought the rights to the footage sometime last year.

Diaz's camp claimed that a Los Angeles judge issued permanent injunction last November that prohibiting the dissemination of the video and that Rutter would face criminal charges.

Rutter is due to stand trial July 21 for attempted grand theft, forgery and perjury -- all charges relating to his battle with Diaz over the photos and video.

He has filed a US$10mil (RM38mil) lawsuit against Diaz, claiming fraud and breach of contract. -- dpa