Paris Hilton's simple life has gotten plenty complicated.
The reality-TV vixen has been photographed several times in recent days with noticeable bruises on her face and arms.
Photos taken Wednesday and Thursday in Los Angeles show the hotel heiress with a fat lip, bruises on her arms and what appears to be swelling under her eye.
Although her reps were mum Friday on the cause of the injuries, sources close to the celebutante tell E! Online columnist Ted Casablanca that the bruises were the result of an altercation. "Paris' friends and family want her to go to the police and press charges against the person responsible," Casablanca says. "But Paris hasn't yet made up her mind."
Hilton was traveling to New York this weekend for a charity auction at her family's home in the Hamptons, where mom Kathy is shooting scenes for her new reality show The Good Life, which premieres on NBC in November.
Although The Simple Life 2 is Fox's top-rated show of the summer, Hilton has been unable to enjoy its success. Last week, she and Backstreet Boy Nick Carter broke up after eight hard-partying, tattoo-swapping, PDA-filled months together.
Both cited separate careers as the main reason for the split, with Carter also telling People, "Our relationship was based on distrust. She didn't trust me. I didn't trust her."
Hilton's camp was a bit more diplomatic. "Paris is busy working on her album and is starting a movie in August. She's also working on her jewelry line and her book. She is just concentrating on her career right now. The two remain friends."
On Saturday, the New York Post quoted unnamed sources close to Hilton saying that Carter was behind her banged-up appearance. But the Backstreeter's publicist adamantly denies any connection. "The claims are absolutely false and defamatory," Carter's rep tells E!
(Originally published July 30, 2004 at 5:30 p.m. PT.)