Website barred from cashing in on Hilton
A US judge has told a website to stop selling photos, videos, diaries and other items belonging to heiress Paris Hilton that were once kept at a storage facility.
Hilton sued ParisExposed.com last month, saying it exploited her personal belongings, including a reputed bubble bath video, for commercial gain.
The injunction issued on Saturday temporarily bars the website from releasing Hilton's Social Security number, health data and other personal information.
Hilton's spokesman, Elliott Mintz, said he was pleased.
"I know what this has done personally and emotionally to Paris," Mintz said.
"As far as I'm concerned, this is the most disturbing intrusion upon the privacy of a public figure that I've ever witnessed."
The subscription-based website was launched last month and claims to have footage of Hilton in a "sexy bubble bath" video and various shots of the 25-year-old socialite in "racy situations".
Hilton has said she put her possessions in storage two years ago when she and her sister, Nicky, moved out of a house that was robbed.
Her lawsuit alleges that two defendants paid $US2,775 ($A3,590) for the contents at a public auction and sold the items for $US10 million ($A12.94 million) to entrepreneur Bardia Persa, who created the website.
Persa, who could not be reached for comment, is due in court on February 16 to address the injunction.
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