Paris Hilton sued for $35million for breach of contract

Paris Hilton is having an extremely bad hair day. The 29-year-old socialite, as pictured promoting her Clip N Go line of hair extensions in New York in 2008, is being sued for breach of contract by a hair extension company, Hairtech International Inc.

Hairtech International Inc claim Hilton signed a contract to wear and promote their product but instead was seen wearing a rival brand. They allege that Hilton was “seen in magazines and on television not wearing [their] hair extensions and was in fact wearing competitors’ hair extension products.”

According to the lawsuit, filed in L.A. County Superior Court, Hairtech is seeking $35 (£22.4m) million in damages, which is apparently 10 times what Hilton was paid under contract. In addition it also makes claims that Hilton’s party-filled lifestyle goes against its marketing campaign, and alleges she missed a ‘very important’ launch party to celebrate the hair extension line in 2007 because she was serving in jail. Hilton served 23 days after she was caught driving twice on a suspended license while on probation for reckless driving.

Phone and e-mail messages to Hilton’s publicist were not immediately returned. The company say this lost them $6.6m (£4.2m) although a jury or judge will have to decide whether Paris owes any money if the case goes to trial.

This is not the first time Paris has been in trouble for allegedly missing promotional duties. Producers of the National Lampoon film Pledge This! sued the star back in 2008 in Miami, claiming she did not promote the film properly. However, a judge ruled that she would not have to cough up the approximate $8.3 (£5.3m) million it cost to make the comedy film, which played in fewer than two dozen cinemas and made less than $3m (£1.9m) globally. It is still being decided in court as to whether or not she will have to pay back part, or all, of a $1m (£640,882) fee for appearing in and executive-producing the 2006 film.

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