Judge Moreno Rules Against Paris Hilton!

Judge Moreno Paris Hilton Order
This is David's beat but he's sorta busy at the moment, so let me step in and post Judge Moreno's order on the Paris Hilton/"Pledge This" dispute.

He greatly reduced the damages, as I predicted, but still found her failure to promote that execrable film to be worth a whooping $160k!?!?

Paris appeared shocked and devastated by the ruling, and made this forceful public comment :

Paris Hilton Allegedly Owes Restitution

Yeah, you read right, restitution:

Investors in Paris Hilton's 2006 box-office bomb "Pledge This!" claim she owes $1 million in restitution for supposedly not promoting the movie enough.

The investors asked a Miami federal judge Thursday to force Hilton to repay her fee from the film. They contend she ignored at least nine requests for interviews and other promotion events in violation of her contract.

If you feel like blowing $2.40, you can read the trial brief on restitution damages here.

BTW, I find it pretty amusing that Raoul Cantero was appointed by Judge Moreno to serve as a mediator in this case (Raoul declared an impasse on March 24th).

The order required both the receiver and Ms. Hilton to personally appear at the mediation.

I can just imagine how things went at the mediation. Luckily, a spy passed along a partial transcript:

Raoul Cantero: Did you know I used to be a Justice on the Florida Supreme Court?

Paris: [to assistant] tell that man with the glasses to shut up.

Raoul Cantero: I also chaired the Florida Supreme Court's Commission on Professionalism.

Paris: [to assistant] Did that person say something?

Raoul Cantero: I make lots of money at White & Case.

Paris: [looks directly at Cantero] That is so hawt!

If A Tree Falls In The Forest......

By Guest Blogger:

George Berkeley was a smart man, or he took a lot of acid. He opined about objects ceasing to exist, once there was nobody around to perceive them. Or to give a crap.

Which is sort of like what is happening to Paris Hilton.

But like botox or saline, Chief Judge Moreno has intervened to delay, albeit briefly, the inevitable, ruling that there are enough issues in dispute for a trial to begin on June 8:

The judge says one issue is whether Hilton was actually too busy or decided not to promote "Pledge This!" because she hated the movie. Another issue is whether more promotion would have mattered.

Funny guy, our Chief.

I never understood the whole Paris thing. She's...imprecise.

You can see the Judge's order (with your fancy PACER account) here.