At home, he turned on the TV and, to his surprise, saw Levin onscreen: I was flipping through the channels, and there was Harvey on High Rollersa game show hosted by Alex Trebek. He was 78. I agree with TheWrap's Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and provide my consent to receive marketing communications from them. He worked with such legends as Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus and Sonny Rollins. (The first episodes of the game show, South of Wilshire, recently aired.) Blatt took fifteen per cent, as his commission. Tycoons and politicians were the initial focus of the gossip trade; one British photographer bribed a gardener to gain entrance to Winston Churchills house, where he hid, waiting for the perfect shot, until Churchill spotted him and chased him away. Marriedwith Childrenstar Katey Sagalis hospitalized an undergoing treatment after being hit by a car. Sex tapes were Blatts specialty. Laura Wasser, a divorce attorney, was the Disso-Queen. The rest was like organ rejectionit just didnt work.. It often aired late at night, and it struggled to find viewers. In 1709, the first modern gossip magazine, The Tatler, started publication, in London. Levin attended. Paris Jackson Hospitalized After Apparent Suicide Attempt The fierce advocate for the AAPI community was 89. Not because Im bowing to the gods at TMZ but because, when something from TMZ runs, it spreads so quickly that, if there is any inaccurate information, within five or ten minutes its been picked up by a hundred other outlets. (In 2009, TMZ published a black-and-white photograph supposedly showing John F. Kennedy sunbathing on the deck of a yacht, in the company of four topless women. ***An earlier version of this article misstated the job of the person who received Brett Favres voice mails and texts. Update: Judge Judy Medical Emergency: I Needed a Day to Chill - TMZ TMZ also bought a screen shot of a text in which she informed Sheen that she was pregnant. And celebrity blog TMZ had broken the news exclusively. You dont burn bridges. The domain name tmz.com, however, was owned by a man who built robotsthe sites initials stood for Team Minus Zeroand he showed little interest in selling. Dasrath managed several of TMZs critical sources, including those inside Delta and the limo company. He wrote on social media of his diagnosis on April 6, but he did not recover. Senator, why do you think you are bringing out so many people? (We are touching a nerve, Sanders replied.) After TMZ published images of the four pages, the story made national headlines. Its part of the machineyou own every angle related to the original story, another former production assistant told me. Nevertheless, Jim Paratore, the president of Telepictures, wanted to find Levin another project. TMZ resembles an intelligence agency as much as a news organization, and it has turned its domain, Los Angeles, into a city of stool pigeons. The judge announced, The courts just been made aware that, unbeknownst to counsel and the court, a microphone was placed at counsel table. (The tape was turned over to the judge for review. In Memoriam: Dr. Harvey Levin | BCM Harvey Levin, TMZs founder, leaving an L.A. gym. Im not gonna say, Levin replied, emphasizing the importance of protecting sources. "Knight Rider" and "Magnum P.I." Several of Levins colleagues told me that he is determined to maintain his youth. Director Tony Wharmby Writers Donald P. Bellisario R. Scott Gemmill Stars David James Elliott They started tipping us off, Levine said. Photograph by Peter Bohler for The New Yorker In the early-morning hours. Gossip sites have published paparazzi shots of Levin drinking iced coffee with his partner, Andy Mauer, a chiropractor. Dr. Levin has over 62 years of healthcare experience. Harvey is ruthless, Simon Cardoza, the former cameraman, said. Kim has hired disso-queen Laura Wasser, who has repped the likes of Britney Spears, Maria Shriver, Angelina Jolie, Ryan Reynolds, and Robyn Gibson, the accompanying story read. Weve been around for nine years, and if you look at the stories that weve broken they are stories that literally every newscast in America has put on the air, he said. He was 83. I use my law degree every five minutes, Levin has said. In July, TMZ caught up with Bernie Sanders: Senator, your campaign is almost like the Passion of Christ movie. Waltzer told me that Levin prepared the quote for him. They were at police precincts, doing real beat reporting, and getting things like surveillance video. In terms of photography, he said, they were coming up with things that we would never touch: cell-phone pictures, video grabs, things that wouldnt hold up in print. They had me do that all the time. Levine recalled pursuing Britney Spearss black Lexus through Beverly Hills. We have to get him before he leaves! I cant tell you how many times I had to wait for a crew because Harvey convinced the dispatcher that he had the story of the year, every single day., After a few years, Levin quit and joined the CBS affiliate. Radar Online also owned a copy of the footage.). But she didnt want to chat. Harold Budd, ambient musician and composer for several Hollywood films, died from complications of the coronavirus, his manager said Dec. 8. With the rise of Hollywood, actors became gossips prime quarry; the magazine Confidential courted lawsuits by printing stories with titles like Mae Wests Open Door Policy., On the Fox News program, Kurtz asked Levin whether his willingness to buy material tarnished TMZs integrity. Harvey has no problem publicly shaming you, a former assignment-desk producer told me. He was 52. Sagal, 67, was hit on Thursday while crossing the street in Los Angeles; TMZreports that a car clipped her. Colin Powell, a former top military officer who rose to become the first Black Secretary of State under President George W. Bush, died on October 18, 2021 at age 84 of complications from COVID. He beats you down, but the second youre about to say, Screw this place, he gives you a compliment, and you live for that. The former TMZ photographer recounted that Levin once screamed, I could get a monkey to do your job! and, on another occasion, Do you want me to draw this out in crayons for you fucking idiots? The former news reporter said that, on one occasion, Levin compared his staff to a roomful of handicapped people. Rory Waltzer, another former cameraman, told me, Harvey Levin would have been a great dictator: he is charming enough so that you want to follow him, but terrifying enough so that you dont want to fail., Some of Levins subordinates, such as Evan Rosenblum, the TMZ deputy, mimic his style. In November, 2005, TMZ began operations, on the second floor of an aging studio complex in Glendale. Ben Presnell, who worked at Celebrity Justice and, later, at TMZ, told me he spent most of his days at the Los Angeles County Municipal Courthouse, searching for new filings and trying to charm clerks into giving him information. TMZ reporters sneaked into the tournament and recorded sponsored performances by Chicago and Sheryl Crow, and took photographs of Tiffany gift bags that were being distributed to guests. We actually really appreciate Harvey, Bellino said. Back in the day, she wouldnt do that, he said. The site needed a name, and Feed the Beast, Frenzie, and Buzz Feed were all considered, according to Rowes notes. According to the lawsuit, Rosenblum routinely belittled, berated and humiliated her, screaming at her in front of co-workers, and telling her, I fucking hate this shit you hand in. She called the workplace environment at TMZ hostile or offensive. (Levin isnt named in the suit, although TMZ Productions is. It was widely circulated. I played Burger against Blackmun, Levin recalled, in an interview with a local newspaper. Levin claims to live by a code that precludes him from crossing certain lines, such as targeting minors or policing bedroom affairs. She was 74. Schroeder said, Its not like you could pay a staffer twenty bucks to get a schedulethey are government employees who can be prosecuted for leaks., In L.A., numerous officials have lost their jobs for allegedly giving information to TMZ. Then, one day, a Telepictures executive suggested Thirty Mile Zone. It was an old movie-industry phrase, dating back to the mid-twentieth century, which designated the industrys boundaries in Los Angeles. At the house, Andy Mauer gave Kaplan an envelope containing a check for about eighty thousand dollars. Kardashian filed for divorce in 2013. The power of secret information was a gun that Hoover always kept loaded, Tim Weiner* writes, in Enemies, a 2012 book about the bureau. Thats what makes the world go roundcash. He soon obtained photographs taken in Houstons room, including one of her service cart, which had an open can of Heineken on it. He rented a car and headed to an apartment building on the outskirts of the city. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Thats sad.. He is able to treat people like shit because everybody wants to be near the limelight., Levin continued to break big stories. Last year, Page Six reported that TMZ paid two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for surveillance footage of Beyoncs sister, Solange, attacking Jay Z in an elevator at the Standard, in New York. It was a pretty terrible show. Levin lost. Popular Japanese comedian Ken Shimura, whose career spanned decades, died March 29 due to complications from the coronavirus. . Blatt drove with her to her bank, photographed the check, and brokered a deal, in which, according to Blatt and Roskop, Roskop sold TMZ the licensing rights to the image for roughly eight thousand dollars. Kevin Blatt, a source for TMZ who also worked in the pornography industry, got a call a few hours later from an adult-film director. Well hire kids, and well train them, he has said. After Braun and Levin had their phone conversation, numerous flattering Bieber-related exclusives appeared on the site: a photograph of Bieber backstage during a commercial shoot; pictures of him getting a haircut; a video of him and his girlfriend Selena Gomez performing karaoke; a story about how he bought every single flower at a florists and sent the flowers to Gomezs house; video from a trip that Bieber took to Liverpool; and others, including a report of him watching Titanic one night, with Gomez, inside an otherwise vacant Staples Center. Another woman asked Levin what he thought went into making a successful journalist. Broadway star Nick Cordero passed away on July 5 due to complications from coronavirus. At the time, Bieber was sixteen* years old and about to star in a bio-pic, Never Say Never., The caller e-mailed a teaser from the video that reached Diana Dasrath, who until recently was TMZs clips-clearance manager. The teaser showed Bieber, sitting alone in a room, singing his hit One Less Lonely Girl a cappella. Though the proposition ultimately passed, Levin made a positive impression, and the Los Angeles Times hired him to contribute an advice column, titled The Law and You. Levin wrote about, among other things, a passengers rights when he or she is bumped off a flight, and whether blood tests can conclusively establish paternity. . I dont think weve ever posted as many stories per day as were posting now that theres so much going on.. Led by L. Scott Levin, MD, FACS*, . Levins face lit up. A first responder, upon arriving at Jacksons house, called TMZ to tip off the site. We get it, a colleague retorted. (Deadspin published the messages.) The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Cond Nast. You didnt. It showed Shakur receiving oral sex. Josh Levine, TMZs first cameraman, told me that, once the site became successful, many publicists changed their strategy. Due to his success in a multitude of areas involving media and law, Harvey has gone on to amass a net worth of $20 million! TMZ personality Harvey Levin interviews big name celebrities and newsmakers in this new Sunday night series. Sonny Chiba, a martial arts master and a Japanese actor who played legendary sword maker Hattori Hanzo in Kill Bill, has died from pneumonia caused by COVID-19. Colin Powell is the latest notable person to die from complications of the illness. TMZ never really did that. TMZ did not create its aesthetic. The time stamp depicted the moment that the footage had been filedat 10:28 p.m.instead of the moment it had been shot, hours after the warrant was issued. A source close to the situation told me that when Bieber was informed of the leak he broke down, confessing that he had made the video a while back, as a joke, and that he thought he had deleted it from his laptop, which was later stolen. You find family. Its hard for people to wrap their heads around $800 billion in bailout money, he told the Times. Many of them received free publicity on TMZ, and were referred to by cheeky nicknames. Harvey Levin created the tabloid news site under the Telepictures Productions umbrella, which is owned by Warner Bros, in 2005 along with Jim Paratore, who died in 2012. He was 80. American rock musician Alan Merrill, best known for co-writing and recording the original version of "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," died March 29 of complications from the coronavirus. Paris Jackson, the daughter of late pop legend Michael Jackson, was hospitalized Wednesday after an apparent suicide attempt, according to reports. TMZ founder Harvey Levin told . Bankoff, who is now the chairman of Vox Media, liked the concept: Telepictures would supply the content, and AOL would handle the technical and commercial side. Harvey Levin, TMZ's founder, leaving an L.A. gym. He shared insight on Britney Spears' conservatorship case, the all-new one-hour TMZ special: "TMZ Investigates UFOs The Pentagon Proof," and his love for Chicago. How Much Is 'TMZ' Creator Harvey Levin Worth Today? - TheThings According to a former TMZ news reporter, documents constantly flowed into the office from the courthouse. In 2009, for example, he took the call that led to TMZs breaking the news that Chris Brown had physically assaulted Rihanna. Adam Schlesinger, Fountains of Wayne singer and "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" contribute, died at the age of 52 from coronavirus complications on April 1. Several paparazzi stood outside, fiddling with their cameras. The Society of Professional Journalists condemns the practice of paying sources, saying that it threatens to corrupt journalism. Levin was unapologetic. (Time Warner, the corporate parent of Warner Bros., had recently merged with AOL.) Id have to talk people off cliffs, Weakland said. When she sent him a gift basket, Levin refused that, too. Rice, the Ravens, and the N.F.L. After the speech, as Kennedy was walking through the hotels kitchen, an assassin shot and killed him. When the elevator arrived in the lobby, Palmer was lying unconscious, face down, on the floor. Harvey Levin, the managing editor of TMZ who co-founded the company in 2005, will stay on board and report up to Fox's management. Anyone buying a gun should be familiar with its deadly potential, he told the Los Angeles Times. 2023 Cond Nast. She was 89. Kathy Griffin Blasts TMZ's Harvey Levin, Releases His Personal Number There was definitely a misogynistic culture in the office that was perpetuated by Evan, a former producer said. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Listen to our #podcast that explores how security and connected medical devices are embedded into the hospital experience. His father had run a liquor store in Reseda, and in Harveys youth it was subjected repeatedly to sting operations by police officers who suspected that minors were being allowed to buy alcohol. Blatt leaned over and introduced himself to Jim Bellino, who was wearing a gray sports coat over a white T-shirt picturing Ringo Starr. Wow. Harvey Robert Levin was born in Los Angeles, California USA, on 2 September 1950 - his zodiac sign is Virgo and he holds American nationality. Im not putting the video up. Braun broke down in tears. But the reality star and entrepreneur put it on hold in October 2015. He predicted the demise of cable television (and the Internet) and said that, in an age of digital disruption, media companies need to evolve or we die. At one point, he said, When I first heard rap, I thought, Thats not gonna last. Harvey Levin House. What we did, we did legally, he said. Patricia Bosworth, a stage and screen actress turned journalist who penned celebrity biographies, died April 2 from complications of the coronavirus. After a deal was made for the Bieber clip, Justin Kaplanthe former production associate who had received the limo lists at the gas stationwas sent to Levins house. The vehicle's driver took time to help her call an ambulance. The Los Angeles Times has followed his attempts to sell his house in Hollywood Hills West, for which he is asking almost four million dollars. Jack was 76. Fox Corp. Buys TMZ in $50 Million Deal - Variety In October, 2014, TMZ received an e-mail that, under the subject heading Drake at Stadium Club in D.C., announced, I have the original footage. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. He discussed his plan to create another news show, and said he was in the midst of developing a game show. At first, most of his earnings resulted from his connections in the porn industry, but he had begun diversifying. I dont have the words to tell you how awesome our technical team is but I think theyre about the best technical team in television, Levin gushed, noting the TMZ team made the decision to work from home before any official orders came down to do so. The resulting piece left Richardss career in ruins. Three days later, Levin promoted the story on Twitter, saying, Its the real deal. Over the coming days, TMZ published eight stories pertaining to the tape: Sex Tape Surfaces, 6-Figure Bidding War Erupts, 2Pacs Family: Well Sue anyone Who Tries to Sell the Sex Tape, and so on. He was hospitalized in Atlanta just days after attending a campaign rally for Donald Trump in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he was seen without a mask. Harvey Robert Levin [1] (born September 2, 1950) is an American television producer, legal analyst, celebrity reporter, and former lawyer. In a phone conversation, Braun pleaded with Levin not to post the video, saying, Youre going to ruin this kids life. Levin hesitated for four seconds, then said that he was moving ahead, and that he would need a statement from Braun by the morning. into a crisis. Michael Jackson had died at the age of 50. TMZ, the Times declared, has the league on the run. Roger Goodell, the N.F.L.s commissioner, ducked questions about why its own investigators had not obtained the footage, and said, We dont seek to get that information from sources that are not credible. But the video was unimpeachable, and its impact was immediate. Blatt feared that Roskops statement alone would not be enough for TMZ to run a story; he knew that Levin expected documentary proof. Why dont you just fuck off! John shouted. One day, Levin decided to go see the man, and he asked to borrow Rowes modest rental car, so that he wouldnt appear to be wealthy. ), Dozens of current and former employees characterized the TMZ offices as an uncomfortable workplace. Apart from running the Web site, Levin hosts two syndicated television shows: a one-hour newscast, TMZ Live, and a thirty-minute program, TMZ on TV, which is taped each morning, between seven and nine, on the floor of the TMZ newsroom, and features Levin clutching a mug of iced green tea and bantering about the latest celebrity news with his colleagues. The House report describes both a catastrophe and a way forward. Blatt gave the Shakur tip to Mike Walters. In 2012, the site published a video showing four marines in Afghanistan urinating on dead insurgents, which prompted a criminal investigation and disciplinary action against the marines. slammed the door," TMZ's Harvey Levin told . We roll through a lot of people, Levin conceded, in a speech last year. Later in the show, the conversation turned to a photograph of Diana Ross leaving a CVS, at night, wearing sunglasses and carrying a package of toilet paper. . The former security supervisor told me that casino officials also identified which computer had been used to review the footage. Celebrity secrets are treated like commodities at TMZ, not unlike the way they were treated by J. Edgar Hoovers F.B.I. But Loretta Pickus, the former general counsel at the casino, told me that it could not be determined with certainty which employee had recorded the footage with a phone. TMZ Head Honcho Harvey Levin Gets Surprisingly Candid About - HuffPost Carol Sutton, actress who has starred on HBOs Lovecraft County and OWNs Queen Sugar" and appeared in such films as "Monster's Ball," "Ray" and "The Help," died of complications of COVID-19 on Dec. 10. They were throwing around a lot of money, Perel claims. He was 41. media center, which served as host for the event, described Levins reporting as very powerful and impactful. When she mentioned that Levin graduated from the University of Chicago, one of the top five law schools in the nation, Levin interjected, Three., He spoke for thirty minutes, describing how TMZ had broken down the barriers once maintained by publicists. Rosenblum later said that the Gibson story put us on the map, but the Richards video made us what we are.. In 2013, the co-founder, owner, and managing editor at TMZ, Harvey hoisted his long-time home in West Hollywood, CA on the market with a celebrity-style $5,300,000 asking price. Harvey would yell if we didnt get the shot. Other photographers offered similar accounts. October 28, 2017 11:25am. . He was 80. The league suspended Rice for two games, but by early September he was preparing to return to play. Levin also disapproved of the way that publicists leveraged access to celebrities in order to control the media coverage of their clients. Kathy Griffin on Saturday blasted TMZ's Harvey Levin and released his personal number in retaliation against his gossip site and TV show. In an e-mail dated January 29, 2014, a TMZ manager informed her colleagues that the star of an ABC drama had been spotted sitting in first class, in seat 2A, on Delta Flight 1061, from Orlando to Los Angeles, when his plane was rerouted to Dallasthe result of a bomb threat issued on Twitter. Action Crime Drama A car hits Harm; Mac takes him to a hospital, where an Israeli official undergoes a heart transplant. Rick May, a voice actor best known to gamers as the husky-throated Soldier in Team Fortress 2, died in Swedish nursing home on April 13 after contracting COVID-19. As they dispersed, I stepped forward to introduce myself. (Parachini, who now lives in Hawaii, denies the allegation. Then, on September 8th, TMZ published a second surveillance video from the Revel. He considered pursuing a Ph.D. but chose law school instead, at the University of Chicago. To revisit this article, select My Account, thenView saved stories, To revisit this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. In early 2007, he sent Gillian Sheldon there on a scouting mission. (Stills from these clips appeared on TMZ. UrgencyHarvey used that word all the time, Jeff Rowe, another former AOL executive, told me. More than a hundred tips arrive every day. (According to a former TMZ employee knowledgeable about the deal, the price was closer to five thousand dollars.) Last April, Levin gave a lecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara, titled The New Journalistic Environment. A few minutes after 7 p.m., he came onstage wearing a blue V-neck sweater, slip-on sneakers, and baggy stonewashed jeans. The issue is, did somebody else do something that might have gotten them in trouble? Without naming Mee, he likened him to Daniel Ellsberg, who released the Pentagon Papers to the Times and other publications. (Wasser said, This firm has a strong policy of not speaking with media about our cases.), Multiple sources told me that Levin is close to Shawn Holley, a lawyer who has represented Lindsay Lohan and other celebrities. With Donald Trump: Donald, a lot of rappers always use your name in their lyrics. (Thats right. Ellis Marsalis Jr., New Orleans jazz legend and father of Wynton and Branford Marsalis, died at 85 from COVID-19 complications, Branford said. Zion Harvey is a bright and precocious 8-year-old who has told his doctors that he cannot wait to someday throw a football. Tom Dempsey, New Orleans Saints legendary kicker who was born without toes on his right foot and wore a flat shoe that he kicked with, died on April 4 from complications of COVID-19. In February, 2009, a private bank, Northern Trust, which had just received $1.6 billion in federal bailout funds, hosted a golf tournament and party in the Los Angeles area. One days list, from June, 2010, included the flight details for Robert Redford and Jack Kevorkian; another one, two months later, had the itineraries of Julius Erving, Kathy Ireland, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Harvey, 18, began to feel unwell hours after having the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab on Friday and was taken to hospital. Objectified: With Harvey Levin, Pamela Anderson, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Judy Sheindlin. Harvey called him up, went over, wrote him a check for five grand, and bought the URL, Rowe said. * It felt like bedroom police to me, he said at the time. TMZ would not discuss payments, or other internal matters, but called this figure overblown.) The piece, which was titled Bailout Bank Blows Millions Partying in L.A., sparked immediate condemnation of Northern Trust. Arms crossed, he expressed displeasure over the fact that I had contacted current and former TMZ employees, and referred me to his publicist. People had choices. John Prine, one of the most influential and revered folk and country songwriters of the last 50 years, died on April 6 at the age of 73 after being infected with the COVID-19 virus. Levin called a Telepictures executive and said, of DeGeneres, Shes ruining the brand! DeGeneres phoned Levin to apologize, according to three former TMZ employees, but he refused to take her call. Its recession-proof.. Rice expressed regret, saying, Me and Janay wish we could take back thirty seconds of our life. What happened during those thirty seconds? Palmer and Rice, a running back for the Baltimore Ravens, were arguing as the doors slid shut. ), Many people declined to discuss TMZ on the record, citing nondisclosure agreements and a fear of antagonizing Levin. Two years later, Levin declined to post voice mails and lewd text messages that purportedly had been sent by the quarterback Brett Favre to a New York Jets gameday host. He estimated that he had made more than a hundred and fifty deals with TMZ over the years, collecting, on average, more than thirty thousand dollars a year. Dr. Harvey S. Levin, MD Claim your profile Psychology Leave a review Baylor College Of Medicine Neurosurgery 7200 Cambridge St Ste 9b, Houston, TX, 77030 2 other locations (713) 798-4696. If there were gaps in your stories, if you didnt have enough detail, if he wanted another question answered, he would fly off the handle, a former news-desk reporter told me. Legendary Auburn football coach Pat Dye died on June 1 after combating COVID-19 and other medical conditions. Dr. Harvey Levin, MD, Psychology | Houston, TX | WebMD "Ellis Marsalis was a legend. In an e-mail from last year, a photographer reported having four airport sources for the day, including Harold at Delta, Leon at Baggage service, Fred at hudson news, Lyle at Fruit and nut stand. A former TMZ cameraman showed me expense reports that he had submitted in 2010, reflecting payments of forty or fifty dollars to various sources: to the counter girl at a Beverly Hills salon, for information on Goldie Hawn; to a valet, for Pete Sampras; to a shopkeeper, for Dwight Howard; and to a waiter, for Hayden Christensen. Terrence McNally, a four-time Tony Award-winning playwright, died on March 24 at the age of 81 of complications from the coronavirus. Theres nothing like a good sex-tape story to really drive clicks and searches, Blatt told me. In July, 2007, Levin moved TMZ into a space in West Hollywood. He also spoofed Harvey Levin in the XXX . As the show's host and legal reporter, Levin introduces the cases to viewers, and then literally takes "The People's Court" to the . Shed do U-turns on Beverly Boulevard to mess with us. Its almost like an African jungle safaritheyll come up to the bus, Levin said recently. (She declined repeated requests for comment.) I had a whole pocketful of hundreds, he told me. The Brian Eno and Cocteau Twins collaborator was 84 years old. He did not destroy his copy of the video, however, and Biebers camp was aware that Levin could reverse his position and post it.