Paris Hilton sued for failing to promote Pledge This

Paris Hilton is being sued by the company behind her 2006 film Pledge This for failing to promote the film. They want a seemingly paltry $75,000 for her refusal to make promotional appearances on behalf of the movie. She was paid $1 million for her role as a sorority president, and $75k seems pretty low-ball in comparison. Maybe they just hope she’ll settle out of court:

Paris Hilton didn’t do enough pledging for a 2006 sorority comedy, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Worldwide Entertainment Group Inc. filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Miami, alleging the 27-year-old model-actress-heiress owes $75,000 in damages for not fulfilling promotional obligations.

Hilton entered into an agreement in 2004 for the production and distribution of the movie “National Lampoon’s Pledge This!,” according to the lawsuit. Hilton starred in the film and received credit as an executive producer.

The Miami-based concern said it paid Hilton and her company, Paris Hilton Entertainment Inc., $1 million for “Hilton’s acting services” and for “reasonable promotion and publicity” for the movie, which was released in 2006 and featured Hilton as the president of an exclusive sorority.

[From MSNBC]

We covered Paris’ lack of enthusiasm for this film back when she seemed to so actively snub it. She didn’t do any promotion at Cannes and skipped the Chicago premiere. Paris was protesting the “gratuitous nudity” in the film, which was added after she filmed her part and featured other actresses. They even used another actress to do Paris’ voiceover narration to finish the film after the new nude scenes were shot. Paris said at the time:

“I took the part on the assurance I wouldn’t do any nudity. I wanted to do something where I’d be taken seriously, and they added a load of scenes with naked girls.

“I was so angry I snubbed my own premiere.” [from smh.com.au]

This is a girl who has numerous seemingly deliberate nip slips and crotch-baring episodes trying to take the high road over a film she was paid seven figures for. She made a million bucks for a crappy part and she’s complaining about a “R” rating and nude scenes with other actresses. They should have added a zero onto the amount they’re suing her for.

Paris Hilton is shown at Pure Nightclub in Caesar’s Palace on 7/29/08. Credit: GARRY/bauergriffinonline.com

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