The electrician used his contacts in the adult film industry to sell the tape online. 45 calibre rifle, a Mossberg shotgun, a Rolex, a gold and diamond Cartier watch, gold and emerald cufflinks, a ruby and diamond cross, the white bikini Anderson had worn to their beach wedding, and a collection of family photographs. He later broke into Lee and Anderson’s home and stole the contents of their safe, which included the eight-minute sex tape.Īccording to a police report, the contents of the safe also included an AK47 assault rifle, a. Gauthier, a former adult film star, had become disgruntled with the couple after they allegedly refused to pay him what they owed. Lee had fired an electrician, Rand Gauthier, who he owed a reported $20,000. The sex tape was reportedly made during the couple’s honeymoon, and was later stolen from Lee’s Malibu mansion, which was being renovated.

The couple each got tattoos of each other’s names on their ring fingers, and Anderson’s mother only found out about the nuptials in the tabloids. Ahead of the show premiering on Disney Plus in the UK on 2 February, here’s some background on the real story behind the series.įor the barefoot ceremony in Mexico, Anderson was wearing a white bikini and Lee wore board shorts. The leaking of the tape has inspired a new Hulu drama, Pam & Tommy, starring Lily James and Sebastian Stan as the celebrity couple.

While the couple went on to have two sons, before divorcing in 1998 when Lee was sentenced to six months in jail for assaulting her, to this day they are best known for one thing: their sex tape.

Lee had proposed at a nightclub string bikini contest. Two months later, after a four-day romance on the beach in Cancún, Mexico, they were married. Baywatch star Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee met on New Year’s Eve 1994 at the Sanctuary nightclub in LA.

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