Paris Pegged for Chain Reaction
Paris Hilton makes heads turn, but is it her fault if cars crash?
A Los Angeles couple have filed a lawsuit against the heiress claiming that she's legally responsible for a May 2004 accident allegedly caused by a pal driving Hilton's Mercedes, according to court documents obtained by E! Online. Hilton was not along for the ride at the time.
Plaintiffs Ivan Alvarez and Monica Delgado maintain that they were rear-ended on an L.A.-area freeway in a four-car collision set off by Hilton's bud Brooke Ashley Brinson, who supposedly hit the car in front of her. Alvarez and Delgado were two cars up from Brinson, who was also named in the suit.
According to the complaint, filed May 30 in Los Angeles Superior Court, Alvarez and Delgado--who were riding in the car with their son, Nicholas, at the time in question--are seeking damages to compensate for emotional distress, loss of wages, medical bills, loss of earning capacity, and property damage.
The family's lawyer, Mauro Fiore Jr., told TMZ.com that Delgado and the older Alvarez suffered "serious injuries."
Fiore said that he originally took the issue up with Hilton's insurance company and found out that her accident coverage for property damage only amounted to $5,000. The attorney said that he's asking for $250,000 apiece from Hilton and Brinson.
While this was one scene Hilton didn't show up for, she had her own mea culpa moment last Thursday when she accidentally nicked a parked Honda Civic with her Range Rover as she was pulling out of a parking space--a mishap captured on camera by TMZ.com. Although she was seen leaving immediately afterwards, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department said no criminal charges would be filed because no officer witnessed the minor scrape.
The Simple Life star's publicist, Elliott Mintz, subsequently told reporters that his client would never flee an accident without leaving her contact info and that she was in a hurry because paparazzi were, once again, hot on her trail.
"She was swarmed by paparazzi," he told the Associated Press. "The intensity of the lights, flashbulbs, momentarily disoriented her. She backed up, there was a minor fender-bender. No injuries. She then told me she notified one of the parking people at the facility how to contact her and asked the person to please pass that along [to the Honda's owner]. She did the correct thing and she would not leave the scene of a crime."
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