The website Paris Exposed has stirred up some trouble. Paris Hilton sued Bardia Persa, Nabil Haniss, Nabila Haniss and number of other defendants in January 2007 for copyright infringement. The case had everything to do with the website. It offered viewers to see personal materials belonging to Hilton without her consent. Such as, her medical records, bank account information, credit card information, contracts and other legal documents, diaries, home videos, and photographs. Hilton had stored all this personal information in a storage unit in California. Due to a billing mix-up, she alleged that the storage facility foreclosed on her unit. The contents were then sold at a foreclosure auction. Nabil and Nabila Haniss purchased the materials for $2,775 which they sold to the operators of the Paris Exposed website for a large sum of money.
Hilton’s complaint, filed in federal court in California. Hanisses appeared in the action in February 2005. The federal district court granted Hilton a temporary restraining. This barred the defendants from infringing her copyrights, publishing her private materials, and using her name. The court granted Hilton, in late February 2005 a temporary injunction barring Bardia Persa from infringing her copyrights, publishing her private materials, and using her name. Later, in the ruling, she found out that Hanisses had no part in the operating website. Persa, apparently a resident of St. Kitts, never appeared in the action.
Hilton settled with Nabila Haniss in September 2007 and dismissed the lawsuit against her. In October 2007, Hilton decided to withdrew her lawsuit against the remaining defendants, none of whom ever appeared in the action. The Paris Exposed website is still up and running.
