LOS ANGELES – Hotel heiress and television personality Paris Hilton could face petty theft charges in connection with the alleged theft of a DVD from a West Hollywood newsstand, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff’s detectives are investigating a Dec. 15 incident in which Hilton visited the Swing News newsstand on Sunset Boulevard and allegedly spotted a sex tape DVD that featured her and a former boyfriend. Hilton, who has said that she never wanted the tape to become public, allegedly became enraged and grabbed the DVD, authorities said.
“According to the manager, she grabbed the DVD and told him she wasn’t paying,” said sheriff’s detective Vivian May. “When the manager pointed out that the stand also carried a framed poster featuring the cover of the DVD, Ms. Hilton shouted to two men parked in a vehicle in front of the business. The men got out of the vehicle and one walked over to the poster and pulled it from the frame.”
Portions of the exchange were captured on a surveillance videotape. Images from those tapes recently were posted on the Web site for the television show “Celebrity Justice.”
The sheriff’s department said it referred the case to prosecutors Thursday, but a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said officials have yet to be presented evidence in the matter.
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