Amateur Videographer Sues Hiltons

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Poor Richard Salomon. All he did was tape himself having sex with one hotel heiress and then let that tape somehow end up in the hands of one Internet pornographer and suddenly people started to look at him as if he were some sort of sleazy individual. Salomon, however, is not going to take that kind of abuse anymore.
Paris Hilton's former boyfriend and co-star is suing Paris, Rick and Kathy Hilton as well as family spokesperson Siri Garber for slander, asking for the impressive sum of $10 million. The complaint, obtained by the good people at TheSmokingGun.com, was filed on Wednesday, Nov. 12 in Los Angeles Superior Court.

In the complaint, Salomon (the current Mr. Shannen Doherty) claims that the Hiltons have "embarked on a cold, calculated and malicious campaign to portray Salomon as a rapist who took advantage of a sweet and innocent girl who had no idea of what was happening to her."


Salomon begs to differ. He recalls that his relationship with Paris Hilton, then 19, began in early 2001 and that six months later she consented to the taping of "sexual intercourse in a variety of positions for over 20 minutes." The complaint says that the couple continued seeing each other after the taping and that while Salomon showed the tape to friends, Hilton was totally fine with that kind of exposure.
In August of 2003, online porn company Marvad claimed to have obtained to tape and Salomon alleges that the Hilton family immediately went into spin control. First, Hilton claimed in New York magazine that no such tape existed. Then, Salomon charges that Paris' parents, Rick and Kathy Hilton, began to insinuate that their daughter may have been underage at the time of the filming ("which they obviously could have dismissed with one phone call," the plaintiff states).

The Hilton's next salvo was to claim that Hilton's condition was impaired at the time of the filming and that Salomon took advantage of her. He accuses Garber of fabricating sources who claimed to have seen the video and of lying about the contents of the video.

Of Garber's contention that a source said Hilton appears to be "out of it" in the video, the complaint says, "No reasonable person could have made such inaccurate assessments."

Salomon contends that anybody who has seen the video (a three minute clip was sent to certain members of the press and has already begun filtering through the Internet) can tell that Hilton is an active and alert participant, looking for flattering lighting and staring into the camera.

The complain says that the Hiltons have gone beyond merely protecting their family interests in their accusations and that the Hilton charges have been seen by millions of people.

The plaintiff's attorneys link the timing of the Hilton attacks to the release of her upcoming FOX reality series "The Simple Life," which will make its debut on Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 8:30 p.m. ET. In the series, Hilton and best friend Nicole Richie are plopped onto an Arkansas farm and forced to live, well, the simple life.

Given the current circumstances, the party-loving hotel heiress may appreciate a trip back to Arkansas and out of the public spotlight.