Hollywood- Some of Hollywood’s hottest stars were on “disconnect” Monday morning, hung up on the fact that their private phone numbers had been made public after someone hacked into Paris Hilton’s T-Mobile Sidekick cell phone.
Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Anna Kournikova and Ashley Olsen are just a few of the more than 500 names and phone numbers splashed all over the Internet this weekend. Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst was in Paris’ phone book, and his rep told “CJ” the whole thing has been, “A big pain in the a**.”
But while the stars were disparagingly trying to ward off thousands of unwanted phone calls, “CJ” discovered a couple of interesting personal notes stored in Paris’ phone. A note, dated last November, simply reads, “Ian Eisenburg at Marvad.” Marvad is the Seattle Internet Porn Company that released clips of the home video featuring Paris and her then-boyfriend Rick Solomon.
Another note dated last October, reads, “Check from Rick.” But the question is, Rick who? Could it be Rick Solomon?
When the clips were first released in 2003, Paris, Marvad and Solomon began a war of lawsuits. Paris was outraged over the Internet clips and Solomon denied he released them. Then suddenly, one by one, the lawsuits were quietly dropped.
Rick, we know, went on to make millions by releasing the entire sex tape, and Paris has never acknowledged getting any cut of the profits.
Now, these notations seem curious at the very least, and prompted “CJ” to call Marvad, Solomon and Paris. So far, we have not gotten a response.
In the meantime, is T-Mobile responsible for Paris’ info being released, including some saucy naked photos of her kissing another woman? And what about the stars who have been inconvenienced by all of this? We asked Los Angeles attorney Eric Chase about T-Mobile’s obligation.
“I expect they’re happy about the publicity,” Chase said. “But at the same time they have no obligation to make good. The only person who is responsible is the person who hacked.”