A U.S. District Court Judge in Detroit today approved a temporary restraining order against Red Light District filed by Kid Rock, calling for the company to stop airing clips on the Internet of a sex video showing Rock and fellow rocker Scott Stapp.
The order, signed by Judge John Feikens, bars Red Light owner David Joseph from showing clips of the video on the company’s Web sites.
Attorneys for Kid Rock sued Red Light Tuesday after the company announced it had obtained the tapes of Rock and Stapp engaging in sex acts with groupies during a tour nearly six years ago.The suit seeks a permanent court order banning the sale or distribution of the tape.
William Horton, who represents Rock, told the Detroit Free Press that his client doesn’t deny the authenticity of the tapes, but said they were being used without his client’s consent.
“They’re using this without his permission to drive the sales of their other products,” Horton said.
The court order, which covers only a 40-second clip of the tape, remains in effect until a court hearing is held on Friday. The company had withdrawn the clip last week when it received a similar order from Stapp’s lawyers, the company said.
“We did that as a courtesy,” Joseph said, adding that he had not seen Rock’s court order.
“We haven’t heard or seen (the court order) so I can’t really comment. All we know is what a reporter in Detroit told us.”
Red Light lawyer Ray Tamaddon said that while he had not seen Rock’s lawsuit, he believes the company is within its rights to sell or market the tape.
According to documents, Rock, whose real name is Robert Ritchie, said that the video would remain in Stapp’s possession and not be displayed publicly. In the suit, Rock says the video was shot near Miami in 1999.
Joseph has said he obtained the tape from a third party.
