EXCLUSIVE: Jeweler Made More Than $35,000 Off Sale Of Lindsay Lohan Surveillance Tape

Posted on Mar 06, 2011 @ 08:19AM

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The jewelry store that sold the video surveillance tape of Lindsay Lohan has made more than $35,000 from the sale, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.

RadarOnline.com broke the story late Saturday that Kamofie & Co. sold the surveillance tape that is the key piece of evidence in the felony grand theft case against Lindsay.

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Now we’ve learned that the move was not only brazen but also lucrative – well in excess of $35,000.

Both the prosecution and the defense are extremely unhappy that the jewelry store sold the tape, one source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com. "Neither side wanted it released. Neither side sanctioned this sale."

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Kamofie & Co. sold the tape to multiple outlets, getting various amounts for different rights. One sale was to a media broker who then shopped it.

“The tape was sold in the U.S. and abroad,” a source told RadarOnline.com exclusively.

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“The jewelry store wanted a bidding war to maximize profits.”

Still photographs from the tape are online and you can see them here.

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“They chopped up the sale to different outlets to make as much money as possible,” the source told us.

Lindsay is accused of stealing a necklace worth $2,500 from the store.

But now that the store has profited from the tape many questions have been raised including: Will the sale of the tape damage the prosecution’s case, because the store has profited from the situation, possibly creating a credibility issue for the store’s assertion the necklace was stolen while Lindsay maintains it was loaned?

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Will a judge or jury now consider the possibility that a desire for publicity and financial gain taint any testimony from people associated with the jewelry store?

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i hope the guy that gave her the 25k in jewelry still wants her after she gets out of jail. at this point 3 years and probation plus restitution is not out of the question shes a train wreck looking for a place to happen

by ted409
Posted Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:45pm

i guess the jeweler wants to keep lindsay company in jail
lilo knew dang well what she did. i see her going down the same road sheen is on
ruined career the whole shot

by ted409
Posted Sun, 03/06/2011 - 9:41pm

how can the DA press charges when the jewelry store doesnt want to? makes zero sense

by pooky
Posted Sun, 03/06/2011 - 8:53pm

how can the jerelwe OWN the rights to a tape with an unpaid actor and no contract for using her image? Only person making this company look bad is themselves. toss this case and punish the store. All for a crappy $900 necklace

by pooky
Posted Sun, 03/06/2011 - 8:51pm

Case dismissed.

by nacholulu
Posted Sun, 03/06/2011 - 6:27pm

Why would the jewelry store consider selling the tape to be a positive move for their store? Seems like most people woulde =be interetsed in integrity, reputation, etc when purchasing jewelry.

by misspriss
Posted Sun, 03/06/2011 - 5:17pm

Did the jewelry store's lawyer contact Lohan's lawyer first to ask them not to release their copy of the video? If this is true as is being reported, then that looks doubly bad for the store.

by JosephP
Posted Sun, 03/06/2011 - 3:23pm

She said it was a loan. Then she said she forgot she had it on and no one else noticed either. Can't have it both ways, hehe.

by poppy
Posted Sun, 03/06/2011 - 3:19pm

This is disgusting . Every one wants a peice of her . She did not steal . Hope now the case is thrown out and LIndsay can go back to her life and work . That is all she has wanted since July 6 .

by libraiis
Posted Sun, 03/06/2011 - 2:47pm

Well said ! She should never have got that outrageous sentence on July 6th by that pathetic Judge.
If the D.A doesn't do the right thing and drop this in light of recent developments then LL should take it to trial and clear her name.

by Chill
Posted Sun, 03/06/2011 - 3:42pm