Darryl, Flynt released the tapes into the media, not to the prosecution or defense. "Flynt has run a political campaign before. He launched a brief campaign for president against Ronald Reagan in 1983. He is also well-known in the courts, having served time in federal prison time in 1984 for not revealing the source of FBI undercover tapes he released that showed footage from the drug sting against former automaker John DeLorean." From an unrelated CNN article that shows that. http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/08/04/flynt.governor/ I'd suggest renting or buying "The People vs. Larry Flynt" It's a good movie on it's own and includes some of the DeLorean footage, the court battle that the movie is centered around. Even if you don't learn anything, it's still worth the 2hrs in my opinion.