Judge Temporarily Bans Controversial Paris Hilton Website “ParisExposed.com”

Authored by Jay Baage on February 5, 2007 - 1:28pm.

A federal judge on Friday issued a temporary injunction against a subscription-based website ParisExposed.com for unlawfully showing personal pictures, videos, diaries, and other items of Paris Hilton once kept at a storage facility.

Hilton's high-powered celebrity lawyer, Howard Weitzman, filed the suit against Persa for copyright infringement and invasion of privacy. Persa has been ordered into court on February 16. The lawsuit comes after ParisExposed.com released Hilton's Social Security number, health data and other personal information, including footage of Hilton in a "sexy bubble bath" video and various shots of the 25-year-old socialite in "racy situations."

Hilton's spokesman, Elliott Mintz, said Saturday he was pleased by the move.

"I know what this has done personally and emotionally to Paris," Mintz said to AP. "As far as I'm concerned, this is the most disturbing intrusion upon the privacy of a public figure that I've ever witnessed."

Hilton previously said she put her possessions in storage two years ago when she and her sister, Nicky, moved out of a house that had been burglarized. The lawsuit alleges two defendants paid $2,775 for the contents of the storage unit and later sold the items for $10 million to entrepreneur Bardia Persa, who created the Web site.

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Hilton wins injunction against ParisExposed.com (AP)
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Published in DMW Daily, February 5, 2007

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Paris: On obnoxious, egotisitical boor

Submitted by Dixler (not verified) on February 5, 2007 - 2:17pm.

I saw some of those vids. Paris was adlibbing lyrics to "We Are Family". Great stuff like "We are Desperate. We are broke, ugly and poor." She is such an idiot. Her then-boyfriend looked embarrassed by the way she was acting. I can't say that I blame him.