Paris Hilton made controversial headlines again recently when diamond-heiress Zeta Graft filed a $10 million lawsuit against Hilton, claiming she spewed "vicious lies" about a London night-club incident involving Graft and a romantic rival.
Another suit filed the same day states that Hilton harassed Brian Quintana, a business promoter, and threatened his life. The suit is rooted in Hilton's comments printed in a recent New York Post article. There's more, according to a recent AP article printed by the St. Petersburg Times.
The paper reported that Graff - who once dated Hilton's then-fiancee, Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis - went "berserk" at the nightclub, tried to strangle Hilton and attempted to steal her diamond necklace.Graff denies the report and claims Hilton said "I'm going to destroy you" after trying to oust her from the club, according to the suit.
Former Hilton publicist Rob Shuter said in a deposition that Hilton asked him to help plant the story and that he gave the paper comments attributed to himself, Hilton and anonymous sources that were dictated by Hilton.
A spokesman for Hilton said the victim is, in fact, Paris Hilton, not Graft or Quintana, and he said the facts, once they are revealed, will confirm that.
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