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Paris Hilton
‘only victim’ of crash: spokesman
Dan Whitcomb
LOS
ANGELES—Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton, whose Bentley was damaged in a
videotaped crash that spawned an Internet sensation and a police
investigation, was the “only victim” of the incident, her spokesman said
on Thursday. The videotape released by celebrity Web site TMZ.com shows
Hilton’s companion, Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos, slamming her
luxury car into a truck as the couple left a Hollywood nightclub with at
least two other people.
The car is then seen speeding away from the scene with a scratched hood
and Niarchos at the wheel as bystanders and celebrity photographers
scatter. Later, Niarchos is shown speaking to Los Angeles police
officers who have pulled him over. The officers then allowed Niarchos
and Hilton to leave with their friends, identified by TMZ.com as rocker
Rod Stewart’s daughter, Kimberly Stewart, and Talan Torriero, star of
MTV’s reality show “Laguna Beach.”
Torriero is heard telling his friends, “I’m the only sober one, lets
just go.” Hilton, star of the popular Fox reality show “The Simple
Life,” blows a kiss to one of the policemen and is heard saying, “Thank
you officer — we love the police,” before she steps into the car. “At
the end of the day what seems to be going on here is that Paris is the
only victim,” Hilton publicist Elliot Mintz told Reuters.
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