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Paris Sues Over Sex Stuff, Medical Records

Paris Hilton has filed a Federal lawsuit, claiming the website Parisexposed.com is "the single most egregious and reprehensible invasions of privacy ever committed against an individual."

ParisExposed.com includes sex photos and videos, highly-sensitive medical records, diary entries and audiotapes of her conversations. The cache was stored at a warehouse and was purchased for $2,775 at a foreclosure auction after the storage bill went unpaid. The contents were then re-sold to Bardia Persa for a cool $10 mil. Persa then allegedly created Parisexposed.com., a subscription site which is burning up the Internet.


Just hours after filing the lawsuit yesterday, Paris and Nicole Richie were spotted at Mr. Chow in Beverly Hills. While Paris may have looked relatively unfazed for the cameras, her rep tells TMZ that she's "deeply hurt" by having her private escapades laid bare once again.

The suit, which asks for compensatory and punitive damages, claims the use of Paris' most personal belongings for commercial purposes is a violation of Federal Copyright laws as well as a violation of Paris' right to privacy. The suit also seeks a restraining order and an injunction against the website.



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16. If it was so personal why in the f*** was it in storage

Posted at 2:05PM on Jan 30th 2007 by Tahirah

17. She is too stupid to realize Joe Francis and the people on the tape were making fun of her the whole time. Francis saying being in bed with her she calls out her own name! She can sue till the cows come home but she will be laughed out of court.
NOTE TO PARIS: Next time pay your bills on time!

Posted at 2:06PM on Jan 30th 2007 by Whatever

18. They probably just said they never got the rental money. I think the minute they saw Paris Hilton's storage they knew they hit paydirt.

Isn't it interesting that the storage cloed soon after? Wise up. This is probably a con concocted by shady characters.
I feel bad for Paris.

Posted at 2:06PM on Jan 30th 2007 by Bea

19. Regardless of whether or not Ms. Hilton is a whore, slut, or whatever adjective you would like to use, if storage bills are not paid the contents of the storage locker are auctioned off. Usually the person who "buys" the contents has no idea what the contents are until the end of the auction. Letters must have been sent to whomever was responsible for the bills informing them of the balance due and the time constraints within which it had to be paid.

Would I pay to see these items?? No, but I certainly feel that her private medical records should not be put on public display, no matter how anyone feels about her. Unfortunately, there are those out there who don't care how they make their money just so long as they make it. At the very least, her medical records should be removed from the site immediately by the "owner" of the documents. As for the other items, let a judge decide.

Posted at 2:09PM on Jan 30th 2007 by Eden

20. She didn't pay her bills, and the storage company appears to have been well within its rights to sell the items. The guy was therefore well within his rights to buy them.

Copyright laws provide for the protection of original materials created by a person. Unless Paris had explicitly stated that these items belonged in the public domain, they are her personal property and she owns copyright (along with the other creators of the items). Being in possession of a copy of the item does not indicate being in possession of copyright.

Since copyright falls into the domain of private law (not criminal), there is no “innocent until proven guilty” maxim to be applied. Since the dollar amount being applied ($10 million) is so high, however, the guy can be additionally charged with criminal copyright violation.

That said… did anyone else notice the grammatical error in Paris’ claim? She must hire stupid lawyers. It is “the single most egregious and reprehensible invasions of privacy ever committed against an individual.” Just because you apply two adjectives to the “single” invasion of privacy should be treated as a plural word!!!!

Posted at 2:13PM on Jan 30th 2007 by Anonymous

21. what kind of moron leaves personal, private stuff in a storage facility-that's just asking for trouble. instead of paying for blow, she should've paid her bill.....

Posted at 2:14PM on Jan 30th 2007 by lynnski

22. Exactly !!!!

the real question in all of this is ~~~~ WHY ???
Why would she not only film such disgusting things..... but then keep them in a storage unit ????? DUH !

I wish her, Joe Francis, greasy Bear, nicole, etc would just freaking GO AWAY with all their talentless drama ! WHO are these freaks ? and WHY are they news-worthy ????

Posted at 2:18PM on Jan 30th 2007 by pee doody smells

23. The only person she should be mad at is herself for not paying her bill! The storage place just wanted what she owed them. She really is naive at trusting the wrong people! That Joe asswipe from girls gone wild? He seems like a real trustworthy guy! She is an idiot.

Posted at 2:19PM on Jan 30th 2007 by Robyn

24. 24, You are completely wrong in your statment

let me give you an example. If i were to go through your trash and recover your social security number, or lets say a video tape of you having sex, that is completely legal. The site acquired the materials through completely LEGAL means. It is no longer her property therefore she has not claim to it.

If i invent post-it notes while working for 3m and then 3m gets sold to another company do i have a claim if i did not intends post-it notes to be produced? Nope.

Posted at 2:21PM on Jan 30th 2007 by ThisIsNotMyHandel

25. All of the stuff being shown will just show just how fake Paris is. For those of us that despise her, it just strengthens our position. Those who love her will lover her no matter what she does. We all know she's a fake and that she is able to take advantage of the gullible to make some serious coinage.

I still love the fact that TMZ is such a shill for Paris.

Posted at 2:24PM on Jan 30th 2007 by Paris is a fraud

26. After watching the tape I realize she really is the whore and drug fiend she is rumored to be. If she really didn't want everyone to see her at her filthy best she should have taken the tape out of storage and ruined it. I don't think she has a case on this one.

Posted at 2:26PM on Jan 30th 2007 by Duh!

27. oh yeah...the same kind of woman that would ride around in a car with no f***ing gas would probably save a bunch of garbage that any normal, CLEAN person would dispose of properly....she is a STUPID C**T!!

Posted at 2:26PM on Jan 30th 2007 by womenarestupid

28. Why do women insist on keeping sh*t!!! GODD*MN WOMEN....why cant yall THROW SH*T AWAY!!! DONT KEEP ALL THIS SH*T...WHY THE F*** ARE YOU KEEPING MEDICAL RECORDS AND WRITING DOWN SH*T ABOUT YOUR VENEREAL DISEASES....STUPID STUPID STUPID

Posted at 2:26PM on Jan 30th 2007 by womenarestupid

29. Who is this bitch trying to fool? She can't live without the cameras on her and being the center of attention at all times. She may want to spend Daddy's money on paying for any other tapes she has in storage instead of spending Daddy's money on blow.

Posted at 2:26PM on Jan 30th 2007 by Paris is stupid

30. Just twp comments regarding Parisexposed.com. If you go to sign up (which I imagine alot of people are) be careful. The page which asks for your credit card information is NOT a secure page. The URL addresses of secure pages always begin with HTTPS. Again, be careful. You may be giving your credit card info to the entire world.
On another note, People magazines website just posted a story saying the website is shut down. That isn't true. I was just on it.

Posted at 2:42PM on Jan 30th 2007 by Bob

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