Monroe sex tape sold

A silent, 15-minute black-and-white Marilyn Monroe sex film will be kept from public view by a New York businessman who has bought it for $1.5 million.


Memorabilia collector Keya Morgan said he recently arranged the sale of film from the son of a dead FBI informant who possessed it to a wealthy Manhattan businessman who wants to protect Monroe's privacy.

SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) Keya Morgan, memorabilia collector saying:

"It's a great investment, number one. Number two, documented and verified by the FBI, by Joe DiMaggio who saw it and was very upset. He tried to purchase it for $25 thousand back in the 1960's but they did not want to sell it. It's been verified not only by me as one of the number one experts in Marilyn Monroe and the producer of this documentary, but also by Joe DiMaggio the FBI and many agents."

Monroe was rumored to have had an affair with U.S. President John F. Kennedy, and Morgan said then FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, a Kennedy rival, went to great lengths to try to prove it was Kennedy in the film. However, the man in the sex tape has not been identified.

Jon Decker, Reuters.