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Perez Hilton -- You Owe Me a Black Eye Fee

Posted Jun 24th 2009 4:08PM by TMZ Staff

Perez Hilton is striking back at the man who allegedly punched him in the face -- by filing a civil lawsuit against him.

Hilton is suing Polo Molina -- the road manager for the Black Eyed Peas -- for battery and an intentional infliction of emotional distress. Hilton's suit claims Molina attacked him outside of a Toronto club on Sunday night because the blogger wouldn't stop writing about the Black Eyed Peas on his website. The suit wants payback in excess of $25,000.

Molina turned himself in to Toronto cops on Monday and was charged with assault -- he is due back in court on August 5.

Hilton's attorney, Bryan Freedman, just released the following statement:

"Perez Hilton files this lawsuit to protect his freedom of speech and seeks legal redress against those who have physically assaulted him because they do not like his review of their album. Whether you love Perez or hate him, he is entitled to his freedom of speech without fear of physical violence. This lawsuit will make the statement that violence is never the answer."

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31. HE HAS TO MAKE $ SOMEWHERE BECAUSE HIS "CAREER" IS OVER AFTER USING THE SLUR HE DID HENCE THIS BOGUS LAWSUIT. HE IS SUCH A PIECE OF CRAP!

Posted at 4:50PM on Jun 24th 2009 by Kim

32. such a whiny fat slob, he should go eat some Haagen-Dazs to console himself

Posted at 4:50PM on Jun 24th 2009 by haha

33. FAT PIG HAD THAT AND ALOT MORE COMING TO HIM!!!!!!!

Posted at 4:50PM on Jun 24th 2009 by u phuckface

34. hang both of them together!

Posted at 4:50PM on Jun 24th 2009 by ex laxs

35. such a whiny fat slob, he should go eat some more Haagen-Dazs to console himself

Posted at 4:50PM on Jun 24th 2009 by haha

36. Perez calling someone a fag*ot is about as smart as someone hiring him to judge a female beauty contest.

Posted at 4:51PM on Jun 24th 2009 by PerezDilton

37. Ummm his publicists needs to do spell check he did not spell his own client's website address correctly - HA HA HA

Posted at 6:47AM on Jun 25th 2009 by Renee

38. OMG , WHAT LIES!
MARIO/PEREZ WAS POPPED BECAUSE HE CALLED WILL.I.AM A FU**ING FAG**T.
GLADD AND ANY OTHER GAY RIGHTS GROUP NEED TO SLAM THE DOOR ON HIS FACE
PEREZ IS A H.I.D.E.O.U.S REPRESENTATION OF GAY INDIVIDUALS AND THE ENTIRE GAY COMMUNITY HATES HIM - HATES HIM!!!!

Posted at 4:51PM on Jun 24th 2009 by WHAT A LIE

39. BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!
BOYCOTT PEREZ ANDHE WILL GO AWAY!!! GO TO TMZ INSTEAD!!!!

Posted at 4:52PM on Jun 24th 2009 by Princess_Pink

40. Perez is still desperately trying to spin this in his favor. Freedom of speech? B.S. Anyone know if his website is getting any less traffic? Can we please make this person irrelevant already?

Posted at 6:00PM on Jun 24th 2009 by Jay

41. Did poor poor Perez get his little feelings hurt again?

Posted at 4:53PM on Jun 24th 2009 by Mary

42. Have Perez removed from the Teen Choice Awards by writing an email addressed to **staff at teenchoiceawards d ot c om** and letting them know he is not an acceptable nominee or presence at the awards show. Also consider contacting his major advertisers, including Bravo TV, HBO and Showtime and asking them to stop giving him revenues. This is how he can be taken down.
Thanks.

Posted at 4:53PM on Jun 24th 2009 by Rantee

43. Filing in LA a lawsuit for the BEP eh... I hope they countersue for emotional distress, intentional instigation, defamation, wrongful accusation and all around stupidity AND the judge slaps you with court costs. $25k you are suing for but claim to be like "Everyone else". No one else sues for $25k, especially WITHOUT A HOSPITAL VISIT. Way to waste the taxpayers dime on your over-the-top much ado about nothing act. I hope they send the message that it's NOT OKAY to INTENTIONALLY PROVOKE people to physical violence too. Probably all get tossed because it didn't even happen in this country anyway. No jurisdiction. Some lawyer saw you and thought cha-ching!

Posted at 4:54PM on Jun 24th 2009 by Mary P

44. OMG , WHAT LIES!
MARIO/PEREZ WAS POPPED BECAUSE HE CALLED WILL.I.AM A FU**ING FAG**T.
GLADD AND ANY OTHER GAY RIGHTS GROUP NEED TO SLAM THE DOOR ON HIS FACE
PEREZ IS A H.I.D.E.O.U.S REPRESENTATION OF GAY INDIVIDUALS AND THE ENTIRE GAY COMMUNITY HATES HIM - HATES HIM!!!!

Posted at 4:54PM on Jun 24th 2009 by oh. my. god

45. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS >>>>>> then.....FREEDOM OF THE PUNCH

Posted at 5:57PM on Jun 24th 2009 by Nuke em & we Own Em

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