Who is Helena Ingley? Daughter of porn producer who stole Pamela Anderson sex tape reveals all
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: The daughter of the man who engineered the distribution of the infamous Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape in the 1990s says that her father had spent all the money to fund his luxurious lifestyle. Milton Owen Ingley, an ex-pornstar, who went by the stage name Michael Morrison, got hold of the tape in 1995 when his pal, Rand Gauthier, another pornstar, stole a safe containing the video after a dispute with Lee.
According to the reports of The Sun, Ingley's daughter Helen Ingley said that her father's plan was just to hold the tape for ransom until Lee paid up for home repairs but the former adult entertainer, who was working as a producer at the time, saw the opportunity of earning more.
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"My dad said, 'This is absolutely pure gold, we are going to make millions off this'," Helen told the outlet. The producer died in 2006 at the age of 60. Helen added that her father spent $500 a night on champagne as well as hundreds on hotel rooms, prostitutes, and "lots of cocaine" while he hid in Amsterdam, far away from the reach of US law enforcement.
Nick Offerman played the role of Ingley in the highly controversial Hulu drama 'Pam & Tommy', and Gauthier was played by Seth Rogen. While Lee worked with the production, Pamela objected to the series.
Helen, who worked as an air hostess for the airline America West, claimed that her father reached out to her in 1995. Ingley told her to come to LA because he needed her help with a project. Helen was based in Phoenix at that time. Her father picked her up from the LAX airport and spoke about the tape. Helen said that her father fabricated the original version of the incident in order to help them distance themselves from the theft.
Ingley apparently told his daughter that he borrowed thousands from mobster Anthony 'Big Tony' Peraino in order to fund the distribution of the tape. The producer had already made copies of the eight-minute honeymoon clip which showed Lee and Anderson performing various intimate acts. Helen went on to say that Rene Gauthier did not want in on the money-making scheme.
Ingley's lavish lifestyle in Europe
Ingley moved to Amsterdam and began distributing the tape worldwide in 1997. In some cases, Ingley even earned an astonishing amount of $200 a pop, via Canada. The Vietnam veteran however was unable to sell them in the United States without Anderson and Lee signing off on it.
In his sojourn between 1997 and 2004, Ingley often showed pictures of him in the city's famed coffee shops while spending money on cigars and champagne to his daughter.
Ingley returns to the US
Ingley's business was destroyed after Internet entrepreneur Seth Warshavsky spearheaded efforts to stream the video online. He was ultimately forced to come out of his hole and moved back to Mesa in Arizona. There he died as a result of diabetes-related complications in 2006.
"Everybody was buying it. It was all over the world... You name it. Everybody wanted to see it but Pam and Tommy fought really hard to stop it," Helen said.
Ingley entered the adult entertainment business in the year 1977 as a favor to a girlfriend at the time. He set up his own adult production company, Chandler Studios in the 1980s. His catchphrase in the industry was, "Here's the deal."
Sharon Mitchell, Ingley's friend, told Adult Video News at the time of his death, "In 1997, Milton dropped out of sight. No one could find him. It was a mystery to some...but most found out later that Milton lived happily for over seven years in Amsterdam." Mitchell said that Ingley lived his life "fast and hard." "Some say Milton grew tired of life; diabetes had left him blind. He ate too much, lived hard, f****d a lot, loved a lot, and laughed more. For a man like that to be inactive is like a death sentence, I think," Mitchell said of her friend's later years.
Who is Helena Ingley? Daughter of porn producer who stole Pamela Anderson sex tape reveals all
