A legal standoff between Carrie Prejean and Miss California USA officials reportedly ended when a pageant lawyer played his trump card: a sex tape far more hard-core than the nude pictures which had previously scandalized her -- and in which she had the starring role.

After being shown the hardcore home video -- in which she apparently engages in a solo sex act -- Prejean dropped her million-dollar-plus demands, TMZ.com reports, and bolted from the negotiating table.

Read more from the New York Daily News [1].