Paris Hilton Suing Internet Company

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Paris is Burning Mad

 

by Sarah Hall

 

Even though Paris Hilton is a self-avowed party girl who lives life in the spotlight, there are certain things she would prefer to keep private.

 

The full-length version of her videotaped mattress romp with ex-boyfriend, Rick Salomon, for example.

 

The platinum-tressed heiress, described as "sweet-natured" by her family, proved Friday that she's possessed of a litigious side by slapping an Internet company she claimed illegally obtained and distributed the tape with a $15 million lawsuit.

 

Hilton's suit accuses Panama-based Kahatani Ltd. of engaging in "unauthorized and illegal exploitation" of the 45-minute tape for "personal gain," thereby causing its celebutante star "severe economic, emotional and other irreparable injury."

 

"Hilton intended the tape only for personal use and never intended or consented that it be shown to anyone else or distributed to the public," the suit states.

 

Asked for further comment on the suit, Hilton's Los Angeles-based attorneys stated that the complaint spoke for itself.

 

While most of the Web-saavy world can claim to have seen a grainy three-minute clip of the sex tape (or at least to have received spam mail on the subject), the full-length version has eluded all those but the truly dedicated.

 

Seattle-based Internet porn company Marvad Corp. had planned to hawk the tape on its SexBrat.com site, but backed off after learning that Hilton had not given her consent for its sale.

 

Meanwhile, the tape's costar, Rick Salomon, has offered to settle a $10 million slander suit he brought against the Hilton family if Paris' father Rick will allow him to distribute the tape on a pay-per-view basis in return. (Don't hold your breath.)

 

Outside of the courtroom, Hilton--a self-described model and actress--has been keeping herself busy. When she's not jetsetting, reading scripts or recording her pop album, the saucy socialite has been penning her memoirs with the help of coauthor Merle Ginsburg.

 

Called Tongue-in-Chic: Paris Hilton's Confessions of an Heiress, and still in proposal form, the tell-all reads like a Chicken Soup for the A-list Soul. The pages were first sniffed out by Gawker.com and can be viewed online at the Smoking Gun Website.

 

Containing such insightful gems such as Hilton's belief that "Diet Coke is for fat people" and her advice to "Figure out how to become tall and lanky and never gain weight," the proposal also offers the heiress' take on boys, dating and how the sex tape changed her life.

 

"I like boys who are hot and funny and sweet and loyal and honest, and don't lie or cheat on you--mostly someone who will make me laugh cause I love to laugh," Hilton informs her readers.

 

No indication as to whether Rick Salomon fit the bill--but he's not listed in the "various boyfriends of the last few years" category, which includes Jason Shaw, Derryck Wibley of Sum 41 and Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys.

 

But then again, Salomon was the impetus for the "recent trials and tribulations" section.

 

"The sex tape has made me change my life. I used to have fun and dress up--and that was my life. But now I'm moving on, I've grown up a lot," Hilton writes.

 

Proving that she's no longer all about having fun and dressing up, the heiress is currently in talks with Donald Trump to host the upcoming Miss USA Pageant on April 12.

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How convenient...she's out of the spotlight for about a month and THEN decides to file a lawsuit. Touche, Ms. Hilton.