Unauthorized Paris Hilton Web Site Owners Sued

Last week the Web site parisexposed.com launched, containing "more than 6,000 feet of her possessions" seized from a foreclosure auction via a Public Storage unit in Culver City, Calif.

The owners on the Web site claim that celebrity Paris Hilton failed to pay her $208 bill on the items she had had stored at the facility while she was moving and out of the country.

But her attorneys claimed a completely different picture, calling the seizure of her items "the single-most egregious and reprehensible invasions of privacy ever committed against an individual."

Hilton is seeking both compensatory and punitive damages in the suit, claiming the use of Hilton's deeply personal belongings violates Federal Copyright laws and invades her privacy.

It also alleges a "violation of the common law right of publicity," a civil code violation, "unfair competition" and specific recovery of personal property.

The attorneys also go on to allege in documents here that the owners of the Web site "knowingly" knew that the items were Hilton's, and that a restraining order should be permitted along with an injunction against the Web site.

First they claim that the moving company was responsible for the handling of Hilton's account through Hilton's accountant and that her accountant had paid the moving company the $208 as agreed upon.

The suit goes on to make claims that the moving company responsible for the transport of Hilton's items from her mansion in Los Angeles to the storage facility did not pay Public Storage.

Then it claims that once the items went into foreclosure, the items were bought by an unidentified person at auction for about $2,775.

Later it claims the items were then re-sold to Bardia Persa, the parisexposed.com Web site creator for $10 million, according to information obtained from court documents.

Parisexposed.com launched last Tuesday and has been popular on the Internet, inviting subscribers to view Hilton's most personal items for a one-time $39.95 fee.