Alleged Rihanna 'sex tape' declared a 'hoax'

The internet has been buzzing this week after news broke of a sex tape allegedly starring Barbadian singer Rihanna leaked online. Photo / AP

The internet has been buzzing this week after news broke that a sex tape allegedly starring Barbadian singer Rihanna had leaked online.

The 13 second video clip, featuring sex tape veteran Paris Hilton-esque night vision footage, stars a woman who purportedly bares a striking resemblance to Rihanna (if you squint your eyes and abandon all reason) in a series of, well, shall we say, compromising positions. *Yes, we've clapped eyes on the said salacious video (to spare your blushes, obviously), and it's made us die a little inside. The perilous things we do in the name of research. Sorry mum.

Bow chica bow wow

The man in the alleged clip is not visible, therefore making a positive I.D of the male protagonist impossible. I.e. we can't point the finger at a certain former boyfriend.

Rumours have been swirling for months that an alleged sex tape featuring former couple Chris Brown and Rihanna existed. Last month the Umberalla star was left red-faced after a series of candid snaps allegedly featuring the singer in the nuddie leaked online.

At the time, the Barbadian beauty issued a statement through her record company lawyers, referring to the publishing of "unauthorised photos purported to be...Rihanna," calling the photos a violation of "the Artist's rights". But, curiously, they never questioned the authenticity of the snaps, nor did they confirm nor deny if the lady in the snaps was really Rihanna.

It wasn't long after the naked snaps scandal before rumours of a sex tape allegedly featuring the singer surfaced. And here we are.

Video: Rihanna, Umbrella

The alleged sex tape is no doubt another attempt to discredit Rihanna's reputation and character. The person behind the footage rather cryptically claims more footage will be released on June 22 - which also happens to be the same day as Rihanna and Chris Brown's court hearing. My my, what a smelly coincidence...

Total tabloid fake

According to several sources and news reports, Rihanna can be spared her blushes, for the whole thing looks likely to be a big fat fake. News website Livenews.com.au reports that the lady starring in the video clip is not Rihanna, but a well-known porn star called

Lavish Styles

.

And while the wild woman in the clip does vaguely resemble Rihanna, she doesn't have any of Rihanna's tattoos, nor her infamous piercings.

The biggest red flag has to be the suspicious reference to a music act on MySpace, KokoFreshKilla, emblazoned on the video clip. The act's Myspace page features the kind of music that makes your eardrums weep, and promos the release of a megamix on June 22 - also the day of Brown's court appearance. Coincidence? We don't think so.

It all smacks of fakery and an engineered act of promotion to drive traffic to some dodgy music website. Case closed.

Meanwhile, Rihanna looks likely to testify against ex-boyfriend Brown, who is alleged to have assaulted her after a pre-Grammy Awards party, at the court hearing on Monday.

Brown's lawyer has just been

denied a request

to intervene or delay the preliminary hearing, so the show will go on.

No word from Rihanna's camp on the sex tape. We doubt they'll even bother.

Watch this space...

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