Carrie Prejean ‘fesses up:

Former Miss California Carrie Prejean has confirmed the existence of a video tape, the sensitive nature of which caused her to walk away from her lawsuit against the Miss USA Pageant.

Prejean replied — insert teasing pause here — yes, there was a tape she had done as a teenager. She made it for a distant boyfriend whom she loved at the time. She said TMZ can call it a “sex tape” if it wants. But she was alone on the video, and no one else was in the room.

I wrote about this a few days ago. At that time, I was skeptical of TMZ’s explanation of why they hadn’t released the tape they claimed to have:

One thing makes me a little bit skeptical:

The video the lawyer showed Carrie is extremely graphic and has never been released publicly. We know that, because TMZ obtained the video months ago but decided not to post it because it was so racy.

TMZ decided not to post it…because it was too racy? TMZ…don’t they make money on TMZ? Isn’t it a for-profit website?

As it turns out, the tape wasn’t necessarily too racy. It was of a teenage girl. I’m guessing an underage teenage girl.

Which brings up a few questions:

• Who provided TMZ with the tape?

• How many people at TMZ have viewed it, and where is it now?

• Are there copies?

And, most importantly:

• Isn’t it illegal to possess images of naked minors?