CHICAGO — Nurse Julie Patterson is suing a former male patient for allegedly trying to distribute and profit from a sex tape she says the two recorded with the agreement they would never make it public.
The lawsuit filed Monday in Superior Court seeks general and compensatory damages as well as a temporary restraining order and injunction prohibiting the sale and exploitation of the videotape.
Patterson, 24, accuses Roberto Sanches of trying to distribute the tape through an intermediary. The two had an intimate relationship 1 1/2 years ago and both agreed that the 115-minute tape that shows the couple having sex would be jointly owned by them and would remain private, according to the suit.
Sanches could not be reached for comment. A call to a phone number listed for his revealed the number had been disconnected.
A message left for Patterson's attorney was not immediately returned Monday. However; her attorney denied that any hospital equipment was used in the making of the video, except for cotton swabs, miscellaneous IV bags, a catheter and the use of a bed with stirrups.
The lawsuit also accused the 31-year-old man of working with the owner of an Internet pornography business and contacting the news media about the tape.
"Defendants' outrageous attempt to capitalize on the celebrity of plaintiff Julie Patterson ... through their unauthorized commercial exploitation of the highly private and confidential videotape exceeds all bounds of common human decency," the lawsuit states.
Patterson has since moved from her luxury apartment high atop a big chimney and is now seen frequenting lurking the IKEA men’s restroom in Schaumburg.