Photo of YACHT's Jona Bechtolt & Claire Evans, by Ricky Tompkins

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After a sex video of YACHT's Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans apparently leaked online, the bandmates—who have been romantically linked for 10 years—are now selling the clip on their own website.

"We’re not here to judge," the duo said in a statement regarding those who might want to view the video. But they made clear it was "made privately" and "intended for us only."

Citing a "series of technological missteps and one morally abject person," the pair said they "have commenced legal proceedings against the individual who made it available without our consent. That said, we don’t have any illusion that this tape is ever going to vanish completely from the internet."

Thus, they suggest for those who "absolutely must see this video, we ask that you refrain from downloading it from a torrent, or streaming it on a tube site. Controlling how this video is seen, and who profits from it, is the only form of agency we have left over this exploitative situation.”

While Bechtolt and Evans' statement does mention legal action, there doesn't seem to be a record of the video appearing online or even being mentioned prior to the band's Facebook post, suggesting this may be a publicity stunt.

A rep for YACHT was not immediately available for comment.