Paris Hilton Gets Some Action…Class Included

September 17th, 2009. By LucyC

Paris‘ work ethic (?) has got her into trouble yet again—this time it could end up costing her some bucks. Well, hang on, let’s not get carried away here…

 

Paris, (I feel like I know her well enough to address her by her first name) is facing a potential $34 million class action lawsuit brought by Mediastar, an event marketing company, after failing to honor her contract and show up for several promotional events in Europe. You know, cocktails in Germany with the adopted son of Hungarian royal Frederic Prinz von Anhalt , that kind of thing.

 

Paris, for her part, is claiming that she was mislead, that the venue in Germany at which she was supposed to appear is a strip club not a “night club”. Well, that definition is totally subjective for a start. Not to mention her attitude does seem a little hypocritical, given her own her foray into adult entertainment, which, if memory serves correct, she also claimed to not have known about in advance…

 

According to media reports, Michael Marx, who organised the events in Germany, told the German newspaper Bild, “Mediastar is not alone with the lawsuit. Paris Hilton also pulled out of appearances in Italy, postponed flights, threw the whole programme over. …After examination of all the facts and contracts it (suit) can even become more than 23 million Euros ($34 million).” To put that in terms even Paris can understand, that’s roughly 57,000 pairs of Manolo’s! (ok, the low-end ones at about $600 a pop…) 

 

But I have to wonder—lawsuit aside—who really ended up getting the most PR out of all of this? If you believe the old marketing adage—”there’s no such thing as bad publicity”—it would seem that Paris has trumped her “clients”, again; has proven that bad behavior does pay, big time, again; and therefore seems to have truly mastered the media universe. 

 

Oh, and let’s not forget she is creating opportunities for PR flacks, journalists and lawyers in a tough economic climate…

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