Rob Lowe made major changes to his life after his sex tape was leaked in the '80s - but what has he said about the scandal? Lowe's star was on the rise after his roles in Thursday's Child, The Outsiders, St. Elmo's Fire and About Last Night. The actor was campaigning for Michael Dukakis in the 1988 presidential election when a sex tape was leaked showing Lowe with two people: 22-year-old Tara Seburt and her 16-year-old friend Lena Jan Parsons. At the time, the age of consent in Atlanta, where the video was filmed, was 14.