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A teenager sold more than her mother's video camera for $200.

She didn't know a home video of her mother and her mother's boyfriend engaged in an intimate act was in the camera.

Court heard the mother learned the camera was missing on Nov. 25, 2004, when the boyfriend called and complained the tape was being shown around town.

The daughter, now 19, admitted she'd taken the camera from her mother's bedroom closet and sold it to a friend.

The mother called police and her daughter was charged with theft.

The daughter pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges of theft under $5,000, failing to attend court and two counts breach of probation.

Lawyer Robert Beninger said his client didn't know the tape was in the camera.

"It's an unfortunate byproduct of her taking the camera," he said.

The case is to return to court in January for a pre-sentence report.