What was the Amir Khan sex tape scandal, what has Faryal Makhdoom said about it video leaked to a porn website?
AMIR Khan's marriage to Faryal Makhdoom was rocked by the leaking of a sex tape filmed just weeks after their wedding.
The couple both publicly announced their split in 2017, seven months after the film showing him performing a sex act on himself while in conversation with a female model on Skype emerged online.
What was the Amir Khan sex tape scandal and what did Faryal Makhdoom say about it?
A clip of the Olympic boxer wearing a T-shirt and boxer shorts while performing a sex act on himself was released online in January 2017.
The footage shows the famous sporting face in conversation with a female model through the video call service Skype.
It is said to have been made weeks after he married Faryal Makhdoom.
Despite being said to be "disgusted" by the leak, she back the boxer, taking to Snapchat to share pictures of him training ahead of his next fight.
The woman in the footage is thought to be from Arizona, US.
She is thought to have first had a fling with the former world champion in 2010.
During an interview on ITV's This Morning, he said: “I love my wife, and I love my family. The marriage is brilliant, it’s going really well.
“Everything is fine between with us.”
Faryal added: “It’s just the past that’s coming back to try and bring us down.
“But our focus is now the next fight.”
But privately Faryal was said to be "absolutely disgusted" by the tape.
Following their public split when Khan accused her of cheating on him, she appeared to revisit the sex tape scandal.
She said: "Actually trying to ruin someone’s life like this is a low blow. Especially someone who’s been there through every cheating scandal and stuck by your side when your own parents screwed your over.
“It’s ok. I’ll stay quiet. I won’t let YOUR dirty laundry out in the public. Because I’m better than that.”
How does the Skype trap work?
Celebrities are approached on social media by a profile which shows an image of an attractive woman.
If the targeted man follows the woman in return, she will send a direct message suggesting webcam sex.
They then use a video call service, usually Skpe.
The pair will call each other and the video is secretly recorded while the celebrity performs sex acts.
Videos are then sent to an anonymous drop box before being uploaded to porn sites.
Who else has had their videos leaked to porn websites?
As well as Amir Khan and Louis Smith, The Sun revealed that an international X-rated website published intimate videos of 2008 Britain’s Got Talent winner George Sampson, 23, and current Celebrity Big Brother contestant Calum Best, 35.
Gold medallist diver Chris Mears, Coronation Street’s Shayne Ward, ex-Strictly Come Dancing contestant Ben Cohen, The Only Way Is Essex star Kirk Norcross and X Factor hunk Sam Callahan also had intimate recordings put online.
Olympic silver medallist Louis Smith also had an X-rated video of him performing a sex act on webcam made public.
The X-rated video, first revealed in 2012, resurfaced after celebrity sex tape specialist Celebrity Busted had one of their accounts hacked.
Louis was suspended from gymnastics after The Sun revealed a video of him and a pal mocking Islam while at a boozy wedding.
Celebrity Busted, a website which specialises in celebrity sex tapes, posted links to leaked videos of British reality stars including Celebrity Big Brother’s Stephen Bear, Charlie Healy from X Factor band The Risk and The Apprentice candidate James Hill.
All the celebrities in the videos are engaging in solo sex acts while in a two-way conversation with female glamour models who are not identified in the online postings.
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