A deeper investigation into the story that a sex-tape of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe had been sold to an anonymous New York collector, shows that the sale of the tape is most probably a hoax.
The New York Post's Hasani Gittens broke the story after speaking with Keya Morgan, a memorabilia collector who claimed to have sold the 15-minute reel of a young Monroe performing a sex act on an unidentified male.
However, Morgan is well known in Monroe memorabilia collector circles as being hungry for press to promote his upcoming documentary on the silver screen starlet.
Morgan did not give details or the name of who he sold the alleged tape to, and has not been able to provide evidence that the sale of the tape even occurred.
Further investigation by Defamer.com revealed that the tape was allegedly a bootlegged copy of an FBI classified video - but Defamer suggest if Monroe was a young starlet at the time the video was produced, the FBI would have had no interest in her.
Defamer also suggest that if the FBI video was classified, the sale of a bootleg copy would be illegal.
Monroe was embroiled in a lawsuit involving a hoax pornography ring in the early 1950's. She fought to protect her reputation from accusations that she was associated with the ring, and gave permission for nude photographs to be sold via mail.
Monroe won the case, and the two men involved in the hoax were found guilty of misdemeanor charges.