The Supreme Court in State v. Rael, 321 N.C. 528, 364 S.E.2d 125 (1988) allowed pornographic videotapes and magazines seized from a defendant's home to corroborate the testimony of the victim; that the victim had been there and that the defendant forced the victim to view the tapes. Rael, 321 N.C. at 533, 364 S.E.2d at 129. The detective testified only that he seized the tapes pursuant to the defendant's consent, and that the tapes had not been altered since their seizure. Id. However, the defendant in Rael objected only on the grounds that the tapes and magazines were inadmissible character evidence. The question of the videotapes' authenticity was neither raised nor addressed by any of the parties.