Judge: Hilton may owe $160K over movie deal

Judge rules socialite failed to do enough promotion for 'Pledge This!'

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MIAMI — Paris Hilton may owe investors in her 2006 movie "Pledge This!" about $160,000 for failing to do enough promotion.

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U.S. District Judge Federico Moreno in Miami ruled Thursday that the 29-year-old celebrity socialite didn't live up to her contract when refusing interviews with publications in Russia and the United Kingdom.

Hilton's spokeswoman had no immediate comment.

Moreno preliminarily valued those lost opportunities at $160,000. But the judge wants more information about Hilton's contract before finalizing the amount. The investors initially wanted $8.3 million.

The judge's decision follows Hilton's arrest last weekend in Las Vegas on cocaine possession charges. Hilton told police the small amount of cocaine was not hers.

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Back to reality
Paris Hilton promotes her new docu-series on Oxygen, "The World According to Paris," at Kitson at Santa Monica Place in Santa Monica, Calif., on May 27, 2011. (David Livingston / Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation
The ruff stuff
Hilton is pictured with a tiny dog in her show "The World According to Paris." (Adam Taylor / Oxygen) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Quick entry
Hilton arrives onstage on a motorcycle for a taping of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" at the NBC Studios oin Burbank, Calif., on May 27, 2011. (Kevin Winter / Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation
The gang's all here
Hilton, left, joins her parents Kathy Hilton and Rick Hilton and sister Nicky Hilton at the premiere of "The World According to Paris" at Tropicana Bar at The Hollywood Roosevelt in Los Angeles on May 17, 2011. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Footwork for charity
Hilton, second from left, and her sister Nicky take part in the Josh Duhamel and American Red Cross "Run For Red Cross/Japan" in Santa Monica, Calif., on March 27, 2011. (Valerie Macon / Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Well heeled celebrity
Hilton displays shoe models from her new collection during a news conference in Mexico City on March 30, 2011. Hilton was in Mexico to promote her new collection. (Eduardo Verdugo / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Special protection
Hilton arrives at the 18th annual Race to Erase MS Gala in Los Angeles on April 29, 2011. The event benefits the Nancy Davis Foundation for Multiple Sclerosis. (Matt Sayles / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Too close for comfort
Cy Waits, , left, boyfriend of Hilton, reacts as he is grabbed by an assailant while walking toward a court appearance with the heiress in Los Angeles on April 27, 2011. An unidentified man was restrained by Hilton's bodyguards and detained. (Nick Ut / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
More trouble behind her
Hilton talks with her attorney, David Chesnoff, before her hearing in Clark County court in Las Vegas on Sept. 20, 2010. Hilton pleaded guilty to reduced charges in her August cocaine arrest. Under the terms of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors, the heiress will serve a year of probation and avoid a felony conviction. (Julie Jacobson / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Mug for the cameras
Hilton is shown in a booking photo released Aug. 28, 2010, by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department after being arrested on drug charges. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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What a Tease
Hilton and boyfriend Cy Waits attend the launch of her fragrance Tease at MyStudio in Hollywood, Calif., on Aug. 10, 2010. (Donald Traill / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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'Paris, Not France'
Hilton's life is examined in the 2009 documentary "Paris, Not France," a 68-minute film that chronicles Hilton's much-publicized professional successes and personal struggles. Hilton is the great-granddaughter of Hilton Hotels founder Conrad Hilton. (Matt Sayles / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
See you in court
In July 2009, Hilton found herself in federal court in Miami, accused of failing to adequately promote her 2006 movie, "Pledge This!" The actress insisted she did her job. (Alan Diaz / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Seeking a Middle Eastern pal
Dressed in traditional Middle Eastern style, Hilton attended a press conference promoting her reality show, "Paris Hilton's Dubai BFF." In the show, the heiress searches for a friend in the Middle East. (Karim Sahib / AFP - Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation
You smell good
Hilton and then-boyfriend Doug Reinhardt attended the 37th annual FiFi awards, honoring those in the fragrance industry, in May 2009. The couple broke up in June after six months of dating. (Peter Kramer / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Not 'Hottie' at the box office
Hilton starred with Joel David Moore in the 2008 romantic comedy,"The Hottie and the Nottie." The film, which was a major box office disaster and received extremely negative reviews from critics, won Hilton the 2009 Razzie Award for worst actress and worst screen couple with Moore. (Regent Releasing via AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Vote for me
During the 2008 presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain likened then-Sen. Barack Obama to Hilton as far as celebrity status. Hilton responded with a spoof video, "Paris for President," in which she called McCain old and wrinkly and announced her own presidential campaign. (SwagHouse Media via Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Free at last
Paris Hilton leaves the Los Angeles County Correctional Facility in Lynwood, Calif., on Tuesday, June 26. 2007. Hilton, who commanded as much attention behind bars as on the Hollywood party scene, regained her freedom after serving three weeks in jail for violating probation in a drunk-driving case. (Max Morse / Reuters) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Do not pass go
Hilton leaves the Los Angeles Municipal Court Metropolitan branch with her father Rick on Friday, May 4, 2007 after a judge sentenced the hotel heriess to 45 days in jail for violating her probation. (Damian Dovarganes / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Time to get paid
Hilton knows what time it is while posing during a news conference introducing her new line of timepieces at the BaselWorld 2007 watch fair in Basel, Switzerland, on Saturday, April 14. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP - Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation
'Simple' pleasures
Hilton, left, and Nicole Richie reunited to discuss another season of their reality television show "The Simple Life" on Monday, April 9, 2007 in Los Angeles. After famously feuding and filming their parts separately last season, the celebutantes were reunited as camp counselors for the show's fifth installment (Damian Dovarganes / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Paris loves to accessorize
Hilton and her then-beau, actor Josh Henderson, arrive at the Complex Magazine 5th Anniversary party at club Area in Los Angeles on Tuesday, April 10, 2007. (Marianna Day Massey / Zuma Press) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Having a ball
Hilton attends the Vienna Opera Ball on Thursday, Feb. 15. 2007. The ball is Austria’s society event of the year and Hilton was invited to be the guest of Richard Lugner, a 74-year-old married construction magnate who invites a celebrity each year. His previous guests included Geri Halliwell, Pamela Anderson and Carmen Electra. (Hans Klaus Techt / EPA) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Booked
In 2006, Hilton published a book, "Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose." It featured more than 300 photos of the heiress. (Simon & Schuster) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Pulling back
Hilton's then-boyfriend Stavros Niarchos leads the way at a Nov. 2005 cocktail reception to highlight diamonds from DeGrisogono. Yet Hilton's ring finger was diamondless, having ended her engagement to Paris Latsis two months earlier. (Zach Lipp / Sipa Press) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Bunny power
In a huge sartorial stretch, Hilton tries on a bunny outfit at the 2005 Halloween Mansion Party hosted by Hayley Duff. (David Livingston / Getty Images) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Paris times two
Paris Hilton and her then-fiance, Paris Latsis, smile as they leave the Arclight Theatre in Hollywood after catching a late night movie. Alas, the good times were not to last. (Splash News) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Having more fun
Paris Hilton and Kimberly Stewart, daughter of Rod Stewart, attend a Los Angeles party. Stewart is one of Hilton's longtime pals, and reportedly was her first choice as a co-star on Fox's "The Simple Life." (Lionel Hahn / Abaca) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Hungry?
An image from Hilton's TV spot for Carl's Jr. The burger chain's new ad campaign features Hilton in a revealing one-piece black swimsuit, sensuously washing a Bentley. It plays on her trademark phrase, "That's hot." But some critics found the ad too hot, saying it shouldn't appear on television. (Carl's Junior) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Some like it hot
Paris Hilton poses at a photocall on the Carlton Hotel pier during the Cannes Film Festival in 2005. She visited the festival to promote her starring role in "National Lampoon's Pledge This!" She would later be taken to court for allegedly failing to promote the film. (Eric Gaillard / Reuters) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Almost Eden
Paris Hilton portrays actress Barbara Eden as Jeannie from the '60s TV series "I Dream of Jeannie" in a 2005 episode of NBC's "American Dreams." Eden couldn't show her navel on the original show, a broadcast policy clearly gone by the time Paris arrived on TV. (NBC via Reuters) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Going brunette
Paris Hilton arrives for the Young Hot Hollywood Style Awards in April of 2005. The party was hosted by "US Weekly" magazine and singer Jessica Simpson. We're not sure what prompted the change in hair color, but perhaps Simpson already had the blonde spot locked up. (Lee Celano / Reuters) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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All smiles
Paris Hilton takes a photo of herself with a fan as she arrives for the European premiere of her film, "House of Wax." Hilton's boyfriend at the time, Paris Latsis, proposed to her after she returned from three weeks doing publicity in Europe. It didn't last. (Max Nash / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Sister act
Paris Hilton, left, and her sister Nicky Hilton leave the Luca Luca Fall 2005 fashion show in February. The two have been seen together less frequently as Paris' career has skyrocketed, but both are still enjoying plenty of time in the spotlight. (Diane Bondareff / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
All in the family
Paris Hilton poses with her parents Rick Hilton and Kathy Richards, and her brother Baron, left, at the "House of Wax" premiere in Los Angeles. (Chris Pizzello / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
In the flesh
Paris Hilton stars as Paige Edwards in Warner Bros.' "House of Wax," released the spring of 2005. In the film, she and her co-stars wander into a town filled with wax figures which turn out to be the wax-coated corpses of killers' victims. (Warner Bros.) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Field hands
Paris Hilton brings along friend Nicole Richie, right, to work on a dairy farm during an episode of "The Simple Life." The Fox reality show, which exposed the duo to the workings of small-town life, further propelled Hilton to stardom. (Fox) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Nick of time
Paris Hilton rests in the arms of then-boyfriend Nick Carter, of the Backstreet Boys, as they watch the second half of the NBA All-Star game in Feb. 2004. The two later broke up. (Mark J. Terrill / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation
Puppy love
Paris Hilton poses with her dog Tinkerbell. The heiress with the mostest caught flack in 2005 when plans were briefly revealed to ditch the chihuahua for a cuter dog. Ah, fashion. (Jim Cooper / AP) Share Back to slideshow navigation

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Judge: Hilton may owe $160K over movie deal

Judge rules socialite failed to do enough promotion for 'Pledge This!'

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Jump to photos Paris Hilton

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Photos: Paris Hilton

Back to reality

The ruff stuff

Quick entry

The gang's all here

Footwork for charity

Well heeled celebrity

Special protection

Too close for comfort

More trouble behind her

Mug for the cameras

What a Tease

'Paris, Not France'

See you in court

Seeking a Middle Eastern pal

You smell good

Not 'Hottie' at the box office

Vote for me

Free at last

Do not pass go

Time to get paid

'Simple' pleasures

Paris loves to accessorize

Having a ball

Booked

Pulling back

Bunny power

Paris times two

Having more fun

Hungry?

Some like it hot

Almost Eden

Going brunette

All smiles

Sister act

All in the family

In the flesh

Field hands

Nick of time

Puppy love

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