Paris Hilton sues parisexposed dot com
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Calling it “one of the most single egregious and reprehensible invasions of privacy ever committed against an individual”, attorneys for Paris Hilton, have filed a federal lawsuit seeking to shut down a Web site that displays personal photos, videos, diaries, and other belongings once kept at a storage facility. The action was filed in federal court in Los Angeles on Monday, saying her belongings were taken from storage after a moving company failed to pay the bill and the highly personal items then exhibited on the Internet to anyone paying a $39.97 fee to the website ParisExposed.com. The website was launched last week claiming that the items were auctioned off after Hilton neglected to pay the Los Angeles-area storage facility.
According to the lawsuit, the items were put in storage two years ago by Hilton when she and her 23-year-old sister, Nicky Hilton, moved out of their Los Angeles home, and that they arranged for a moving company to handle the rent. When the moving company neglected to pay the bills, the lawsuit says, the contents of Hilton’s storage locker were sold for $2,775 to defendants Nabil and Nabila Haniss. They, in turn, sold Hilton’s belongings to Bardia Persa for $10 million, who displayed them on a Web site called ParisExposed.com. “I was appalled to learn that people are exploiting my and my sisters’ private personal belongings for commercial gain,” said Hilton in a declaration attached to the lawsuit.
Representatives for the defendants could not be reached for comment. The website was still operating on Wednesday. Phone numbers for Nabil and Nabila Haniss of Culver City could not be located. Persa did not immediately respond to an e-mail Monday seeking comment.
Hilton’s publicist Elliot Mintz said that she would like the site shut down and “would like all of these items returned to her.”
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