Editing Pamela Anderson (section)

=== Stolen tape ===
In 1995, personal home videos of Anderson with her then-husband [[Tommy Lee]] filmed on a [[houseboat]] on [[Lake Mead]] were stolen and sold as a [[Celebrity sex tape|sex tape]], which resulted in a legal fight and made her the subject of controversy.<ref name=time22/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a38812754/pam-and-tommy-true-story-pamela-anderson-sex-tape/ |title=The Mad, Sad True Story of 'Pam and Tommy' & the Stolen Sex Tape |publisher=Esquire.com |date= February 9, 2022|access-date=2022-03-14}}</ref> Anderson sued the video distribution company, [[Seth Warshavsky|Internet Entertainment Group]], who posted the video on their website ClubLove in November 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-02 |title=Timeline: Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee's sex tape saga, as it happened |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2022-02-02/timeline-pamela-anderson-tommy-lee-sex-tape-marriage-divorce-hulu |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Anderson was pregnant during the trial and, fearful of the extreme stress causing harm to her pregnancy, dismissed the case. The company began making the tape available to subscribers to its websites again, resulting in triple the normal traffic on the sites.<ref>{{cite web|last=Pelline|first=Jeff|title=Pamela Lee drops video case|url=http://news.cnet.com/Pamela-Lee-drops-video-case/2100-1023_3-205848.html?tag=mncol|work=CNET News|publisher=CBS Interactive|date=December 1, 1997|access-date=August 2, 2010}}</ref> In the 2023 [[Netflix]] documentary ''[[Pamela, a Love Story]]'', Anderson states that there was no confidential agreement over releasing rights to the video, and that she never (by choice) made money from it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lowry |first=Brian |date=2023-01-31 |title='Pamela, a love story' works to help Pamela Anderson reclaim her narrative |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/entertainment/pamela-a-love-story-review/index.html |access-date=2023-02-11 |website=CNN}}</ref>

The story of the tape was later portrayed in the [[Hulu]] 2022 miniseries ''[[Pam & Tommy]]''. In her 2023 [[Netflix]] documentary ''[[Pamela, a Love Story]]'', Anderson said that she was not consulted about the production of the series. Critics, journalists, and academics posited that the series was profiting off of Anderson's trauma without her consent, and likely doing further harm to her.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2022-02-02 |title=Is Hulu's 'Pam & Tommy' Exploiting Pamela Anderson All Over Again? |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/pamela-anderson-tommy-lee-pam-tommy-hulu |access-date=2023-02-22 |magazine=Vanity Fair}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Horton |first=Adrian |date=2022-02-15 |title=Exploiting the exploited: the problem with Pam & Tommy|work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/feb/15/pam-and-tommy-hulu-series-pamela-anderson-consent |access-date=2023-02-22 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> ''Pamela, a Love Story'' verified those claims, in Anderson's own words.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |title=Pamela Anderson will 'never, never watch' 'Pam & Tommy,' source says |url=https://ew.com/tv/pamela-anderson-will-never-watch-pam-and-tommy/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=EW.com |date=February 11, 2022}}</ref> Producers of the series were able to develop the series without her participation, permission, or consent by optioning the rights to an article published by ''Rolling Stone'' in 2014.<ref name="EWJan2022">{{Cite magazine |last=Bucksbaum |first=Sydney |date=January 31, 2022 |title=How Pam & Tommy was made without Pamela Anderson's involvement (or permission) |url=https://ew.com/tv/pam-and-tommy-made-without-pamela-anderson/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220202035638/https://ew.com/tv/pam-and-tommy-made-without-pamela-anderson/ |archive-date=February 2, 2022 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> Some critics felt that this was a similar violation of privacy that mirrored the tape originally being stolen and distributed without Anderson's and Lee's consent.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lewis |first=Amanda Chicago |date=2014-12-22 |title=Pam & Tommy: The Story of the World's Most Infamous Sex Tape |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/pam-and-tommy-the-untold-story-of-the-worlds-most-infamous-sex-tape-194776/ |access-date=2023-02-22 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref>