Judge Throws Out Shaq Sex Tap Kidnapping Case

The Shaq sex tape drama may nearly be over. An LA County judge threw out charges against seven gang members who supposedly kidnapped a man in order to obtain an alleged video of Shaq cheating on his then-wife. Prosecutors in the case say they lost faith in the credibility of the man who claimed to be kidnapped, Robert Ross.

From the LA Times:

“[I]nternal LAPD records [indicate] that Ross was a registered informant who in 2010 was classified as “undesirable” after he gave false leads and boasted to associates that he had a “cop in his pocket.”

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