Judge Blocks Kardashian-Jenners Secret Sex Tape Deal

and  suffered a setback Monday in their legal efforts to keep details of a settlement they reached with Ray J, linked to the reality star's notorious sex tape, under wraps.

The 45-year-old reality star's sexploits from her 22nd birthday in Cabo San Lucas in 2002 with her ex, now 45, were famously released by Vivid Entertainment in a 41-minute DVD titled Kim Kardashian, Superstar in 2007. 

While the tape cemented The Kardashian family's status as household names, it has sparked legal drama between the exes - leading to a 2023 settlement.

The motions from Kardashian, and her mother, 70, were 'denied, except as to a bank account number in certain exhibits,' read a ruling issued by  Superior Court and reviewed by the Daily Mail this week.

A previous motion filed by Kardashian and Jenner earlier in March saw the reality stars claim that unsealing certain documents to the public 'would cause substantial harm to the [family's] privacy interests and undermine the strong public policy interest in favor of settlement agreement.' 

The court clarified in its ruling from Judge Steven A. Ellis that the case was not about 'Kardashian engaging in sexual activities,' as both 'parties recognize that recording has already been the subject of public disclosure.'

'Rather, the issue is whether the settlement agreement that the parties entered into in 2023 (and documents describing certain terms of that settlement agreement) should be placed or maintained under seal.'

The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for Kardashian, Jenner and Ray J for further comment on the story and has yet to hear back.

Kardashian and Jenner 'have presented no admissible evidence that disclosure of the settlement agreement and its terms would cause them any harm,' according to the court ruling.

The arguments the reality stars presented in their initial petition were 'too vague, speculative, amorphous, and unsupported to support the requested sealing order,'  the court ruling read.

Ray J's 'claim that I had a plan with my mother and others to release a sex tape, defraud the public, and file a "fake" lawsuit against the porn company that released it to "create buzz" is a lie,' Kardashian told the court; seen in March 2026