Socialite Paris Hilton is being sued by one of Paris Latsis's ex-girlfriends, which claims the hotel heiress made defamatory statements about her.
Model and actress Zeta Graff, who dated the Greek millionaire for two years before Paris Hilton, claims the blond billionaire had conspired with her spokesperson to spread a false story about their June 30 run-in at the London nightclub Kabaret.
The article, published in the gossip columnist Richard Johnson's Page Six section on July 2, sustained that Graff attacked Hilton on the dance floor, because she was jealous, and tried to tear up a $4 million diamond necklace loaned to Hilton by Graff Diamonds, the company run by Zeta's ex-husband, Francois Graff.
A witness said "It looked like she was trying to strangle Paris."
Nevertheless, in the suit Zeta filed, the incident from London is called "baseless" and lacking "even a scintilla of truth." Graff also claims that it was Hilton who came that night to her, whispering in her ear "You're a f****** b****. I'm going to destroy you."
Graff, who has hired a powerful Los Angeles attorney, Marty Singer, accuses Paris of planting "vicious lies" in the Post, leaving her reputation "irreparably harmed" and claims $10 million damage.
The slander and libel lawsuit petition reads: "For motives which are not yet entirely clear, defendant Paris Hilton and others recently caused a number of vicious lies about Ms Graff, a professional model, actress and film producer."