Paris Hilton, who has been spending some time in Dubai in the past few weeks filming a Middle Eastern version of her competitive reality TV series My New BFF, made her way to Miami, FL yesterday to defend her good name (well, what’s left of it) in open court. Paris has been sued by the financial investors who made her film Pledge This! who claim that she did not fulfill the parameters of her contract with them to promote the film. They want $8 million from her (the movie only cost $7.5 million to make). Here is a photo of Paris making her way into court yesterday and a court sketch of the heiress inside the courtroom. Later on today, Hilton will take the stand in her own defense:
It’s Paris Hilton’s turn to tell her side of the story in a lawsuit claiming she didn’t do enough to promote her 2006 sorority movie “Pledge This!” The 28-year-old heiress is scheduled to take the stand in her own defense Friday in a federal courtroom in Miami. The lawsuit brought by movie investors seeks more than $8 million. They claim Hilton reneged on a contract to promote the film, including its DVD release. They say she refused interviews and other promotional opportunities. Hilton contends she plugged the movie extensively and met the contract’s requirements. She says the producers made unreasonable demands for appearances when her schedule was full. The movie cost $7.5 million to make but earned only about $2.9 million.
On the one hand, I’d argue that a horrible film like Pledge This! was doomed for failure from the get go … but the investors do have a point. If Paris had used her annoying omnipresent celebrity to pimp out the film, it might’ve been more of a success. To be honest, I don’t even recall when the movie was made or released. If Paris had done her job, more people would’ve known about the movie and been able to make the conscious effort to not see the film for themselves … rather than not see the film cuz they never even heard of it. In any event, cases like these usually don’t take long for a ruling to be handed down. We should know very soon if Paris will be held liable for not upholding her end of her contractual agreement.
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LOL @ that sketched pix she looks like a man
That artist rendering is hilarious! It’s like a butch Pocahontas
haha, i was gonna say the same thing, the court drawing is amazingly terrible, love it!
Maybe the publicity will amp up the DVD rentals.
omg that picture looks like a man and whats wrong with her
I remember her pimping out this piece of shit movie constantly! I kept seeing the previews after she would talk about it and thinking “Oh my God Paris, really?”. It looked horrifying, just from the previews. Not her fault they couldn’t put together an interesting trailer (albeit she can share some of the blame, because it was her acting…)
I think this is a lousy and desperate attempt by the film makers to make back the cash they lost. Rarely do I say this… but poor Paris :P
hahaha!!!!! funny sketch!!
Hmmm, yeah, I never heard of that movie either.
Even the courtroom sketch artist hates Parisite. Yuck!
Stupid headband. Can we sue her for being annoying?
Haha i agree with pretty much everyone, that sketch is amazing!
When will investors/producer/directors realise that she is not an actress and basically poison when it comes to movies? If she was a favourite celeb of more people, her bad acting skills might be overlooked. But she’s not. She’s a joke. And getting her to star or try and act in a movie is asking for bad news.
In all fairness to her, that is a beautiful dress. But this is a funny situation. :D