Saying he expects it to become the best-selling video of all time, adult industry veteran Kevin "KB" Blatt has been hired by Red Light District Video to promote 1 Night in Paris, the infamous video starring Paris Hilton and her then-boyfriend, Rick Salomon.
The video will hit the stores June 9.
"I can?t wait until the public sees this video," Blatt said announcing the video and his hiring to represent Red Light District. "It is not the grainy, infrared tape that people saw all over the Web and the news, but rather a full color, beautifully shot video that could rival the cinematic skills of Tommy Lee," the latter an allusion to the infamous Pamela Anderson/Tommy Lee honeymoon sex video. "The special features also include a 'cleaned up' version of the famous infrared tape, never-before-seen footage of the two, and great bonus sex scenes - the running time on the video is one hour and two minutes," he said.
Blatt most recently handled public relations for Marvad Corp., whose SexBrat.com became notorious when it was revealed they didn't have the rights to the Hilton video, a video that provoked several rounds of litigation including suits between Salomon and the Hilton family. The flap brought Blatt attention enough from the mainstream media, including Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, The Howard Stern Show, 20/20, and other outlets.
The tape was brokered to SexBrat by Salomon's former roommate, Donald Thrasher. Salomon is suing Marvad for a reported $10 million.
Red Light District president David Joseph said in a statement that 1 Night In Paris could become a million seller "based off the initial sales orders we have seen." He also said Red Light was excited to have Blatt handling the public relations side of the release.
"We know that KB has a real affinity regarding this tape and is very motivated to get the word out about Red Light District Video," he said. "We are very confident that his abilities combined with our great reputation will make this video a huge success".
In February, Marvad filed court papers charging that Hilton herself directed the video, and that Salomon's suit against them should be thrown out because he wasn't the sole copyright owner as he had first claimed. Marvad argued the Salomon suit against them should be thrown out because Hilton, too, holds rights to the tape and the tape was put into cyberspace without her approval.
Salomon's attorneys filed papers in April asking to drop a suit Salomon filed against Hilton's family last November, accusing the family and the heiress of mounting a campaign to paint him as a rapist who took advantage of Hilton.
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