Paris Hilton's bro ordered to pay 4.9M dollars over 2008 drunk driving crash

Socialite Paris Hilton's younger brother Barron has been ordered to pay 4.9 million dollars to a gas station attendant he supposedly rammed in 2008, shortly before he was arrested for drunk driving.

A jury ordered Barron, 21, to pay 3 million dollars for pain and suffering and 1.9 million dollars for lost earnings, medical expenses and punitive damages.

Victim Fernando Tellez sued the hotel heir claiming he was bent over a pump in February 2008 when Barron’s Mercedes-Benz ploughed into him, knocked him over and caused injuries that resulted in a limp, severe back pain and the disintegration of his marriage.

Barron was arrested shortly after the incident and pleaded no contest to driving with a blood alcohol level of 0.14, authorities said.

He denied he was behind the wheel when Tellez first filed his lawsuit, Tellez’s attorney Joseph M. Kar told the New York Daily News.

Hilton’s lawyers have indicated they will file a motion for a new trial.

Paris Hilton, Cy Waits confirm split

Paris Hilton and Cy Waits have appealed for privacy following confirmation of their
break-up.

Hilton's representative Dawn Miller verified recent press reports in a statement to People.
"I can confirm that Paris Hilton and Cy Waits have ended their relationship," Miller told the publication.
"It was a joint and amicable decision. They both have respect and care for one another and ask for you to please respect their privacy."

Hilton and nightclub owner Waits began dating in August 2010.
It had been reported last week that the couple were "re-evaluating" their relationship. Insiders claimed that Waits had been finding it difficult to cope with life in the public eye.

Hotel heiress Hilton spoke of her happiness with Waits last month, describing her then-boyfriend as "incredible".She has not yet commented personally on the split, but did tweet to say that she is due to appear on The George Lopez Show tonight to discuss her television show The World According to Paris.

I can never erase sex tape

Paris Hilton has recalled the "betrayal" she felt when a sex tape featuring herself and an ex-partner was made public.

The former Simple Life star spoke about the tape, featuring ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon, during an interview on Piers Morgan Tonight this week.

Hilton said: "I just felt so betrayed. This is not some random guy - this is someone I was with for a few years. I can't believe that he would do something like that to me.

"It changed my life forever. When I was a little girl I looked up to people like Princess Diana and these women and I feel like he took that away from me."

The socialite, who was being interviewed alongside her mother Kathy, added: "I'll have to live with that for the rest of my life and explain it to my children. It's something that changed my life forever and I'll never be able to erase it."

Hilton - who described the tape as the "most embarrassing, humiliating" thing that had happened to her - then leaned over to comfort her mother, who had been wiping away tears as her daughter recounted the incident.

The heiress can next be seen in the new Oxygen reality show The World According To Paris, which premieres tonight at 10/9c.

Paris Hilton apologises to Lindsay Lohan

Paris Hilton has publicly apologised to Lindsay Lohan after making comments about the actress's jewellery theft case.

In a preview of her new reality show The World According to Paris, Hilton was mistaken for Lohan when giving earrings to a homeless woman.

The socialite quipped: "If I were Lindsay, I would be stealing earrings... not giving them away."

Lohan is currently involved in an ongoing court case after being accused of stealing a necklace from LA boutique Kamofie & Company.

According to TMZ Lohan told friends: "[Paris] is mean. You don't have to make fun of serious matters in people's lives to be funny."

Hilton has since released an apology to the website, saying: "I apologise to Lindsay for the comment that I made. I was joking around but it was thoughtless and unnecessary.

"I am reaching out to Lindsay so I can tell her myself."

The World According To Paris premieres on June 1 on the Oxygen Network.

Paris Hilton sued

Paris Hilton is being sued for not returning $60,000 worth of borrowed jewellery

The hotel heiress was given the expensive gems from upmarket jewellers Damiani, but they were stolen as part of a $2.8 million raid at her Los Angeles home in December 2009.

Last year, police recovered all the pieces of jewellery taken from her house, but, according a lawsuit filed by German insurance giant Allianz, Paris has still failed to return the items.

The suit states: "Despite having recovered Damiani's jewellery, Hilton has failed to return all of the jewellery to Damiani as required by the Agreements."

In 2007, Damiani loaned Paris $60,000 of jewellery to wear for public appearances and as part of the deal, she agreed to stash the valuables in a safe or a vault whenever she wasn't wearing it.

The suit claims she did none of that and often left her mansion's front door unlocked and its alarm system turned off.

It stated: "On Friday, December 18, 2009, in the early morning hours, Ms. Hilton left her mansion and attended a party at Bar Delux in Hollywood, California. At some point that night, the Damiani jewellery was placed in Ms. Hilton's closet and not in the safe as required by the Agreements.

"On December 18, 2009, Ms. Hilton left the front door to her mansion unlocked. Like the front door, Ms. Hilton also left the safe unlocked that was supposed to be used to secure the loaned Damiani jewellery."

According to the New York Daily News newspaper, the suit claims a man in a hooded sweatshirt then strolled in through the front door and took off with $2.8 million of jewellery that was "sitting in plain sight" in Paris' closet.

Paris' spokesperson refused to comment.

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Paris Hilton facing lawsuit over $60,000 in jewelry

Paris Hilton is holding $60,000 of jewelry that does not belong to her and should give it back, a new lawsuit contends.

German insurer Allianz has sued the celebrity socialite and heiress to the Hilton Hotels fortune, saying she has ignored several attempts to recover the borrowed jewels.

According to an April 6 complaint filed in a New York state court, Hilton borrowed the jewelry in 2007 from the Manhattan jeweler Damiani, promising to store it in a safe or vault when she was not using it.

But Allianz said the gems sat unguarded on a closet shelf in Hilton's unlocked Los Angeles mansion when they and some $2.7 million worth of other jewelry were stolen in a Dec. 19, 2008, burglary while Hilton attended a Hollywood party.

Allianz said Los Angeles police found and returned the jewelry to Hilton after it had already paid Damiani's claim under an insurance policy.

It said it began asking Hilton and two eponymously named companies she controls to return the jewelry, but that phone calls and email messages have been ignored.

Allianz's lawsuit accuses Hilton of negligence and breach of contract.

A Hilton spokeswoman said the lawsuit was "not based on fact," and that none of Hilton's representatives ever told Allianz that the stolen Damiani jewelry had been returned. "Only costume jewelry was recovered," she said.

The dispute is the latest involving a celebrity and jewelry. Actress Lindsay Lohan is expected to make a court appearance later this month on a charge that she stole a gold necklace from a Los Angeles store in January.

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Paris Hilton may take legal action against author

Socialite Paris Hilton's lawyers may take legal action against an author who has accused her of making racist comments in an interview.

Contactmusic.com reports that Hilton hit headlines this week when extracts from Neil Strauss' book "Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys Into Fame and Madness", emerged online.

The book contains excerpts from an alleged interview with Hilton back in 1999, with Strauss claiming she made controversial comments about her love life.

But a representative for Hilton is adamant that the socialite never made the remarks featured in the book and she's now consulting her lawyers.

"These allegations are absolutely untrue and ridiculous. We have sent these claims to Miss Hilton's lawyers to respond further. It's another example of someone making false claims for financial gain," said a statement from Hilton's spokesperson.

Paris Hilton set for new reality TV show

Paris Hilton will soon be seen in a new reality television series.

Debuting this spring, Oxygen's 'The World According to Paris' will focus on the highs and lows of her life, reports the New York Post.

Programming executive Amy Introcaso-Davis described the series as 'for real', detailing the 'highs' of the socialite and her

He also said it would focus on the 'lows' of her forced 200 hours of community service after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor charges, including drug possession, stemming from a 2010 arrest on the Las Vegas Strip.

The channel has not announced a date when the show will be aired.

Paris Hilton 'sued by hair company'

A hair extension company has reportedly filed a lawsuit against Paris Hilton.

According to TMZ, Hairtech International is suing the heiress and claiming that she reneged on a deal to promote its hair extensions.

Hairtech further suggests that Hilton wore competing extensions in public.

The firm previously sued Hilton for $35m (£22m) and has now amended the lawsuit, alleging that she cost it $70m (£45m) in profits.

Hairtech also says that Hilton broke their deal by breaking the law and going to jail in 2007.

Hilton's lawyer has called the lawsuit meritless. The star has not commented on the amended suit.

The most watched showbiz video

Footage showing a naked Paris Hilton taking a bath has become the most watched showbiz video, with nearly 800,000 people viewing it this year alone.

The video, which was unintentional, has become the most watched clip for the second consecutive year after it surfaced in 2007, the Sun reported.

The second place was taken by a video of actress Lindsay Lohan doing a topless turn in the ‘Machete’ trailer, and actress Gemma Atkinson’s flesh-flashing lesbian romp in the ‘Boogie Woogie’ promo came third.

Actress Pamela Anderson’s early morning welcome for the iPhone alarm was fourth, and footage from socialite Kim Kardashian’s sex tape took fifth place.

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