Posted on 01/22/2005 2:54:20 PM PST by wagglebee
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Paris Hilton is being investigated for suspicion of petty theft, authorities said. "There was an incident, and she is alleged to have taken something," sheriff's Deputy Steve Suzuki said without disclosing further details.
Calls to Hilton's publicist, Gina Hoffman, were not immediately returned.
On its Web site, the TV show "Celebrity Justice" posted a security video taken last month of Hilton as she bought several magazines at a newsstand and was given change. It goes on to show her grabbing her infamous sex video and walking off with it.
Gerry Castro, an employee at Swing News in West Hollywood, told "Celebrity Justice" that Hilton became enraged after spotting the sex video "One Night in Paris" on sale at the newsstand.
"She threw her 80 cents change at me and took the video and said, 'I'm taking this and I'm not buying it,'" Castro told the show.
Castro declined to comment when contacted Friday by The Associated Press, but he told KABC-TV of Los Angeles that Hilton and her bodyguards attempted to rip up a poster and pull down a display advertising the video.
"Nobody steals on my shift," Castro said.
Paris' sister, Nicky, told KABC that Castro overreacted.
"She did something anyone would have done in this situation," Nicky Hilton said. "It's not a big deal. Whatever - she doesn't care. I think this guy is trying to make it into a big deal, to get some publicity for his newsstand."
The sex tape surfaced in 2003 just before the start of Hilton's reality TV series "The Simple Life." She has said she was embarrassed and humiliated that the tape ever became public.
Deputies were expected to present the case next week to prosecutors, who will then decide whether to file any charges, said Jane Robison, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.
The Sheriff's Department decided to announce details of the Dec. 15 incident after getting numerous phone calls from reporters, Suzuki said.
Maybe she should have thought about this BEFORE she made the tape.
I first read that as, "Hillary Accused . . ."
She is such a wonderful person for an arguement supporting the idea the government should take all of one's inheritance away from them...
Last time I had jury duty, it was one contractor vs a bunch of sub contractors. We heard hours and hours about the size of pea gravel, steel rod and cement. I would rather be on this jury.
Typical darling of the liberal MSM. THIS is the kind of trash that they choose to make into a celebrity. The public distribution of her perverted sex tape occurred BEFORE her TV show deal came to fruition. They aired the show anyway.
Such are the role moles the liberals wish to hold up to our children as "cool".
Maybe some light has gone on her. She wants something of hers back. Now she has to figure out how to get it.
ROFLMAO!
Twice I had jury yawners...
Theft of [cable] service, and a minor Meth possession case.
This would certainly be entertaining.
Why?
She thought the tape was private thing with trusted partner.
She may be a ditz but she was totally betrayed over the whole tape publication .
Any girl who assumes that the sex video she just made won't be viewed by tens of millions around the world by the time she gets her clothes back on is, well, a trifle naive (to put it mildly).
Perhaps she should have chosen to not have sex with somone that she didn't know well enough to marry.
Laughable
and all the Kennedys!
You two cracked me up. Thanks.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek, I'm blind, I'm blind...
IIRC Her ex-boyfriend settled a lawsuit with Hilton over the tape and it is now being distributed legally.
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