Paris Exposed?
by Natalie Finn
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:46:00 PM PST
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After One Night in Paris, what more is there left to see of the tabloid-friendly title character?

Plenty, according to the minds behind parisexposed.com, a subscription-based Website launched Tuesday that is offering access to a load of Paris Hilton's personal items in exchange for a monthly fee.

The site, which charges $39.97 and is teasing potential subscribers with a video still of Hilton soaking in a bubble bath, boasts that its brain trust has "retrieved, catalogued, itemized and digitized every last item" seized from a Los Angeles storage facility in November 2005, when Hilton apparently failed to pay a $208 bill for her sizable locker.

While Hilton's publicist characterized the incident as a bureaucratic mix-up due to a third party's tardiness in settling the tab, the Simple Life star's belongings were sold for $2,775 to an unnamed buyer.

The whole kit and caboodle was then obtained by Phoenix-based broker David Hans Schmidt, otherwise known as the "Sultan of Sleaze" in honor of his ties to the celebrity porn industry.

In August, a 33-piece jewelry collection that was part of the Hilton haul found its way to eBay, where the items were auctioned off to the highest bidder.

Schmidt, in turn, unloaded the rest of the goods to ParisExposed creator Bardia Persa in September. He originally claimed that he planned to sell the entirety of the stash for the bargain price of $20 million.

In addition to jewelry, furniture, clothing, diaries, credit card bills, emails, medical records, bank statements and photos, ParisExposed also claims to have letters written by Hilton discussing on-again pal Nicole Richie and sister Nicky, a love note from former boy-toy Nick Carter and a selection of "never before seen sex videos."

Sounds pretty personal. Hence Hilton's rep, Elliot Mintz, told the Associated Press Tuesday they are certainly "going to explore all of [their] legal options about this matter."

Speaking of legal options, on Monday
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