Looks like the OJ’s along with the wife and girlfriend beaters win…
New York- Nick Carter can breathe easy.
Despite reports linking the Backstreet Boy with those bruises on his former girlfriend Paris Hilton, we hear the hotel heiress wants the scandal to die.
Carter’s reps have steadfastly denied that he inflicted any harm on the star of “The Simple Life.” Hilton and her reps have been less zealous about defending his good name – offering no explanation of how she got that fat lip and those black-and-blue marks on her arms.
Yesterday, her camp still had no comment. But Hilton told friends over the weekend in the Hamptons that, after consulting lawyers, she won’t make any allegations against Carter.
“She’s hoping the whole thing goes away,” says one friend of the model, who spent months weathering her porn-video tempest.
Another pal tells us: “The last thing she wants is to be dragged into court, where some lawyer may claim that she was into rough sex or something.”
A lawyer for Carter claimed Hilton was scheduled for an “S&M” photo shoot last Tuesday with lensman David LaChapelle. A friend of Hilton’s told us that the LaChapelle shoot for Rolling Stone was done on July 19.
“There was nothing ‘S&M’ about it,” says the friend. “What’s more, it happend two weeks ago. You can look at paparazzi photos of her taken the week after and see she had no bruises.”
However she came by those welts, Paris seemed to be high spirits at Jet East in the Hamptons on Saturday.
“She was dancing on the banquettes past 3 a.m.,” says a witness.
To keep star-snappers at bay, she came to the club with no fewer than six bodyguards. Friends say two bodyguards – off-duty cops – stayed overnight at her family’s Southampton estate.
The question remains whether police will probe Paris’ bruises, even if she doesn’t press charges.
A spokesman for the LAPD, whose chief, Bill Bratton, has vowed to crack down on domestic violence, had no knowledge of an investigation into Hilton’s injuries.
L.A. Sheriff’s Office Deputy Carlos Lopez said he knew of no investigation, but noted that “officers can make an arrest if we see visible injuries.”
Meanwhile, Carter, who was back in the studio last weekend to record with the reunited Backstreet Boys, may also be nursing a bruise on his arm. He’s been spotted with a large red mark on his left elbow, just above the “Paris” tattoo.
His rep didn’t return a call for comment on the welt.
As for Paris, she’s back in California filming an episode of the new sitcom “Veronica Mars.” She is is among the chairs for next Saturday’s Southampton Hospital benefit, and she’ll also help host the Teen Choice Awards on Sunday.