In the world of The Fappening, it’s no longer uncommon to see celebs’ most private moments stolen and distributed to the world. There are people out there whose entire lives revolve around finding (either by hacking or some other method) sexual images and videos of the most famous people in the world and then selling them to news outlets. Kinda crazy, huh?

Needless to say, the business of selling private videos is a real thing, and according to the man who sold Kevin Hart’s sex tape, there’s nothing wrong with it – it’s just business.

Via TMZ:

Kevin Hart‘s alleged sex tape extortionist says he didn’t do anything wrong — he was just trying to make some money and happened to have a “newsworthy celebrity sex tape” worth selling.

According to new legal docs … Hart’s former friend, Jonathan Jackson — who’s facing 2 felony counts for attempted extortion and extortion by threatening letter — denies ever contacting Kevin about the sex tape or threatening him in any way.

Instead, Jackson claims he was contacted by a man who said he was a “Hollywood sex tape broker” and offered him $10k for the video. Jackson says he declined but began negotiation for a higher price … but they never struck a deal.

Jackson claims the truth is there was never any extortion attempt or threat … just a guy with a sex tape trying to “lawfully and legally engage in the sale of information to news outlets.”

As we reported … Jackson was an actor and a close friend of Hart’s for more than 15 years. After it was revealed he was the alleged extortionist, Kevin tweeted …  “Mind blown … Hurt … at a loss for words and simply in complete disbelief at the moment. WOW.”

 

So it may be time to think to yourself, do YOU have a friend who would steal your sex tape and sell it? Cause that friend should probably get purged from your social circle… STAT.