April 2008
A US pornography company said it was releasing a 40-year-old amateur sex video allegedly starring legendary musician Jimi Hendrix and two women.
"Jimi Hendrix, the iconic rock-n-roll guitarist, will be seen in a new role — as an adult film star — in 'Jimi Hendrix: The Sex Tape'," said Vivid Entertainment, the world's biggest producer of adult films, in a statement.
The Los Angeles-based company said it obtained the footage from a collector, and said it had been authenticated by experts, including Pamela Des Barres, a former groupie and lover of Hendrix.
Cynthia "Plaster Caster" Albritton, "famous for creating plaster molds of the penises of rock stars, including that of Hendrix," was also cited as authenticating the video.
Bob Merlis, a spokesman for Experience Hendrix, which manages the guitarist's estate, said it had no comment on the alleged video.
However, Kathy Etchingham, one of Hendrix's steady girlfriends in the 1960s, told the New York Times the man in the tape "is not him. His face is too broad and nose and nostrils too wide for Jimi."
Hendrix, whose repertoire included Foxy Lady and Hey Joe, died of an overdose in 1970 aged 27.
Celebrity sex videos are highly lucrative part of the adult movie industry, with hotel heiress Paris Hilton and actress Pamela Anderson among those who found themselves unwitting porn stars. |
