Love Nuke

They broke in with knives and ransacked Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson and  Linsey Lohan’s mansions, among many others.  The stars testified to a grand jury where the D.A. alleges that the ‘Bling Ring‘ burglarized celebrity homes between October 2008 and August of last year.  The unsealed testimony was only recently revealed by the AP.  One of the suspects is model and reality TV star Alexis Neiers, who is now free after pleading no contest and making a deal.

All the celebrities tell of the same cold-blooded fear after the break-ins.  “That night I went back to the house, I just felt, to be honest, so violated and uncomfortable that I literally packed as much stuff as I could,” Lohan testified, “because it wasn’t about the things that were taken, it was just the fact that someone came into the only private space that I have in my life at this point.”  She hasn’t returned to the house since.

Deputy District Attorney Sarika Kim (handling the prosecution) said while the stars might better afford to replace some stolen items, there were also family irreplaceable sentimentals as well.  But nothing can replace their lost security Kim told the jury. “…I think the one thing that was abundantly clear from listening to the testimony of all of the victims was what they lost most importantly was a sense of security.”

“I wouldn’t sleep in my bedroom for about a month, Bilson said.  “And I was convinced that I needed to sell my house and get out of there, because I was very scared.”  Other victims include Audrina Patridge, Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Brian Austin Green, Shia Labeoug, Emmy Rossum, and Ashley Tisdale.

The semi-celbrity thief who turned state’s evidence, Alexis Neiers, finished her sentence in June after serving a month.  During the final week of her jail stay, Neiers was in the cell next to Lindsay Lohan.

Paris Hilton, whose career has been eclipsed in recent years by her legal troubles, is in the mid of a legal spat again, this time she is being sued for breach of contract by a hair extension company.

HairTech International, a global beauty company specializing in new hair technologies, haircare and personal care products, said it signed a deal with the American socialite back in 2007, requiring her to promote a line of their hair extensions.

The company claims they gave the 29-year-old heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune $3.5 million to become the face of their DreamCatchers range of clip-in locks.

Hilton tangled in hair extension lawsuit
HairTech is now suing Hilton for breach of contract, accusing her of wearing a rival company’s product.The company is suing the socialite for a hefty $35 million in damages, for fraud and deceit, unjust enrichment and breach of contract, among other things.

The company also alleges Hilton lost them $6.6 million in costs, revenue and brand-building by failing to appear at a launch party for the product in June 2007 because she was in slammer for DUI.

Infringes contract by wearing rival company’s hair
In their lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, the hair extension maker alleges Hilton violated the multi-million contract by appearing “in magazines and on television not wearing (their) hair extensions and was in fact wearing competitors’ hair extension products.

The fraud and breach-of-contract suit accuses Hilton of damaging the brand following her 2007 stint in jail for driving while on probation for a drink-driving charge.

Committed fraud
The company also alleges Hilton lost them $6.6 million in costs, revenue and brand-building by failing to appear at a launch party for the product in June 2007 because she was in slammer for DUI.

The lawsuit, which also names her dad, Rick Hilton, as well as Paris Hilton Enterprises, as a defendant, states, “Paris Hilton is an individual celebrity who committed fraud and deceit as well as breaching all agreements by failing to abide by the law, failing to do appearances, failing to wear the Plaintiff’s hair extensions or otherwise fulfill her end of the agreements despite being paid in excess of approximately $3,500,000 in licensing and endorsement fees.”

Hilton’s life in the media
Hilton, the daughter of real estate magnate Rick Hilton and great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton, is best known for starring in a fish-out-of-water reality show called ‘The Simple Life’ with a fellow heiress Nicole Richie, daughter of singer Lionel Richie.

The life of the damsel has been in media spotlight ever since she entered the entertainment industry and subjected to criticism for her hard-partying lifestyle by almost everyone.

In November 2003, Hilton came in the headlines when a home video of her cavorting with her then-boyfriend Rick Solomon was published online.

Labeled as the ‘Party Girl,’ Hilton has been involved in a number of legal cases. A Los Angeles party planner had accused her of bombarding him with angry phone calls, shoving him and threatening his life.

In June 2006, Hilton had a fender-bender accident when her Range Rover backed into a car in a parking garage after a shopping trip. Recently, she was questioned by police in South Africa after a member of her entourage was caught smoking pot at a soccer game.

Also, Hilton was stopped at an airport on the French island of Corsica last month when cops allegedly found cannabis in her handbag. However, the high profile celebrity blonde later rubbished drug possession allegations and insisted she had not been arrested on either occasion.