Pete Doherty Injects Himself with Cocaine
Gawd he’s a hottie, isn’t he?
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Click photo for Video of Pete getting high
in a hostel as he talks to Kate on the phone..
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Does Paris Have a Chance?
Court TV discusses Paris’ lawsuit and what her chances may be of winning.
From CourtTV.com:
“..Hilton claims the site invades her privacy, violates her “common law right of publicity” and infringes her copyright, among other charges.
Does Paris Hilton have a legitimate case? We spoke with David J. Porter, a litigation attorney with Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in Pittsburgh, PA, to find out.
Q: What rights does Paris Hilton have on the items and documents that were auctioned off?
A: Assuming the Hanisses purchased the items at a legal foreclosure auction, they would have the right to dispose of the items largely as they wish. That includes re-selling the items to a third party, such as Persa. The fact that some of those items may be copyrighted does not prohibit the re-sale.
[However] if Ms. Hilton holds the copyright on some of those items, then the fact that the items were purchased in good faith at a legal foreclosure auction is not a defense to her copyright infringement claim.
[That] claim applies only to the three poems that she registered last week for copyright protection, and as to those, the new owner, even if he is a bona fide purchaser, may not do certain things, such as reproduce and sell them or publish them on the Internet for commercial gain.
Q: Are there laws protecting private documents such as medical records, licenses and passports?
A: There are statutes protecting medical records and other confidential documents, but they mostly apply to government agencies, financial institutions, schools, health care providers and the like. Most privacy statutes would not be applicable to individuals such as the defendants in Ms. Hilton’s lawsuit. However, certain privacy laws may prohibit the disclosure or publication of personal records, and Ms. Hilton has invoked those in her complaint.
Another aspect of the common law of privacy prohibits the public disclosure of private facts about an individual. But the rental agreement that Ms. Hilton, or her moving company, had with Public Storage may have provided (I have not seen the rental agreement) that upon failure to pay rent, all of the property in the rental unit could be removed and sold, auctioned off, thrown away or otherwise disposed of. If that is true, then the defendants may be able to argue that the materials were not as “private” and “confidential” as Ms. Hilton now alleges in her complaint. Merely because the items are commercially valuable (because they were Paris Hilton’s) does not automatically make them “private.”
Q: Has the site’s owner invaded her privacy?
A: It depends upon which invasion of privacy claim is at issue. The right of publicity is one type of privacy that is protected by law, and the Web site owners may have invaded that element of Ms. Hilton’s privacy notwithstanding, or one might say, especially because she is a celebrity whose name and image are commercially valuable.
It is possible to violate even a celebrity’s right of privacy by disclosing embarrassing private facts. But the question in this case is whether the materials that were acquired through the foreclosure auction were truly private facts. Some of the facts that were disclosed on the Website were of a nature that many people would deem private and embarrassing. But the circumstances under which the materials came into the defendants’ possession (apparently legal, even if inadvertent), the fact that Ms. Hilton may have compromised her own expectation of privacy by agreeing to provisions in the Public Storage rental contract and the mere fact of Ms. Hilton’s celebrity may all work together to weaken her claim for invasion of privacy by public disclosure of private facts.
By definition, celebrities have given up many aspects of their privacy. However, it would be incorrect to say that celebrities do not have a private life. There is a sense in which a celebrity establishes through her behavior and statements the boundaries of her private life, and the specific facts about a celebrity’s life may determine whether it is more or less difficult to disclose embarassing private facts about her. That is particularly important in this case, because some would say that Ms. Hilton is a celebrity precisely because she initially sought and continues to cultivate celebrity status. Also, she became a celebrity in part because of the public disclosure of facts and images that many people would deem private. Ms. Hilton’s disclosure of her personal life for public consumption in exchange for the benefits of celebrity may make it more difficult for her to argue that certain aspects of her life that most people would consider private are off-limits.
Q: What about her copyright infringement claim?
A: Ms. Hilton’s complaint does not allege that she has registered, or applied to register, the copyrights on any of the photographs or videos at issue in this case, or even that she holds the copyrights on those items. That is apparently why her copyright infringement claim is so narrow: it only applies to the three poems.
Once the copyrights on those poems are registered, Ms. Hilton may recover actual damages, which in this instance probably means the profits that the defendants obtained by posting the copyrighted works on the Internet and inviting people to access the Website for a fee of $39.97.
[But] how many visitors to www.parisexposed.com were drawn to that Website because they wanted to read her poetry rather than because they wanted to view the other salacious items on the Website?
Q: Do you think Paris will win this case?
A: Of course it is difficult to predict the outcome of a lawsuit based on nothing more than a complaint. But Ms. Hilton appears to have some strong claims (copyright infringement as to the poems; common law and statutory right of publicity), while some of her other claims do not appear on their face to be as strong. Most civil cases filed in the United States are settled out of court. But if it does not settle, then I would say that Ms. Hilton is likely to prevail on some (but not all) of her claims.
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Paris Sues ParisExposed.com
Paris Hilton helped to shut down ParisExposed.com by serving the owner with a federal lawsuit.
The defendants are Nabil and Nabila Haniss of Culver City, Calif. They paid $2,775 for the storage items and then sold them for $10 million to entrepreneur Bardia Persa, creator of ParisExposed.com.
The site was launched January 23rd, and shut down less than a week later. But not before the world got to see pictures and video of Paris skanking & drugging around. The site also included medical records (yes, she had a prescription for Valtrex), passports and all sorts of goodies.
Paris claims that the items went into storage a couple of years ago after her and her sister, Nicky, had moved out of a house that had been burglarized. She also says that it was the moving company who was supposed to pay the storage fees.
Ok, Paris, how long did you expect this moving company to pay for your 6,000 sq. ft. storage unit? It had been TWO YEARS!
Paris released a statement which accompanied the lawsuit,
“I was appalled to learn that people are exploiting my and my sisters’ (sic) private personal belongings for commercial gain,” and she worries that some of the info may be used “to steal my identity, or even worse, to harass or stalk me.”
Paris is looking to shut the site down, which looks to have already happened, and have all items returned to her. Because you know, there’s a lot of sentimental value contained therein.
Brandy To Be Charged With Manslaughter?
That’s what the California Highway Patrol is recommending.
They have referred the case to the city attorney’s office for review.
Brandy was involved in a freeway crash last month in which she was at fault. Awatef Aboudihaj, 38, a Los Angeles mother of one, was taken to Holy Cross Hospital and died the next day.
“The office is currently reviewing the case and determining whether the evidence warrants the filing of a misdemeanor charge of vehicular manslaughter,” Nick Velasquez, city attorney spokesman said.
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Source: showbuzz.cbsnews.com
Paris Exposed - Rest of the Pics!
Wow, Paris left a lot of shit in that storage unit!
Lots of pics of Paris, Nicky, Nicole, doing all kinds of stuff. Lots of drugs, sex and posing.
I personally loved Cisco Adler’s amazingly saggy nutsack, cocaine as an accessory, or a meal even, Paris photographing herself getting out of a tanning bed, and Nicole when she was actually cute.
‘Paris Exposed’ site is shut down. Lucky for you we got the pics!
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Paris Exposed…Again.
Paris Exposed is a new website that promises to bring you tons of dirt on our favorite pin cushion.
Paris supposedly failed to pay a $208 charge for her self storage unit and eventually the contents were auctioned off. The lucky bidder won him/herself a storage unit full of Paris’ shit. Hence, Paris Exposed!
From home videos of her and others doing loads of cocaine (a kilo was snorted off one man’s chest), having sex with toys, girls and Joe Francis, documents and diaries and over 25,000 photos.
The site claims to answer questions about Paris including, did she really give Cher’s son herpes? What did she write about her sister that she thought nobody would ever see? What does she spend her money on?
Apparently Paris and her friends rip on people of color, various religions and of course, fat people. And ParisExposed.com has the pics & video to prove it.
All this for only $39.95! Heh.
I bet you $39.95 that she is the one behind this whole thing. Ya think?
See the complete Paris Exposed collection HERE
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Brandy Causes Fatal Auto Accident
TMZ is reporting that singer Brandy was involved in a fatal automobile accident last month. Eaarly reports are saying she was at fault.
The accident occurred while she was driving her ‘07 Land Rover on December 30th on the 405 freeway in LA. She was cruising along at 65mph, not noticing the slowing traffic ahead of her.
Brandy plowed into the back of a 2005 Toyota which in turn hit another Toyota. The 2005 Toyota flew sideways then hit a jersey barrier. That same car was then hit by a 1988 Acura.
The driver of the 2005 Toyota died a short time after the accident.
Reports say that Brandy was not injured and drugs & alcohol have not seemed to have been a factor.
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