This is the third chapter in the saga called 'Paris Exposed (Again)' or 'The Battle Against Internet Exposure' and things are just about to get more interesting. Ever since the whole scandal has begun (any deja-vu's, people?), Paris has kept quiet about all the private items that got leaked on the Internet, available to anyone with enough money to pay the $39,97 monthly fee.

Until now, we only had Bardia Persa's side of things, he being the man who purchased all of Paris' personal items after they were auctioned and then oh, so proudly, displayed them on his now very popular site. He said from the very beginning that he doesn't feel that what he's doing is illegal because he bought the items and now has the right to determine what he wants to do with them.

Basically, Persa acquired the incriminatory and occasionally X-rated video tapes, photos, letters, phone conversations and audio tapes in September, after a storage facility auctioned them to a broker because Paris hadn't paid the storage fees (which rose to the whopping sum of $208!!!). Therefore, as in any case of seizure, the rightful owner lost the rights to them, which entitled Persa to use them for commercial use.

If Paris did the unnatural thing of keeping her mouth shut until now, not the same can be said about her friend and former lover Joe Francis of the 'Girls Gone Wild' series. Yesterday, he told 'The Post' that Persa picked the wrong guys to mess with because Paris will no longer stand to be 'victimized' like this. 'We're pissed and I feel for Paris right now. She's been victimized yet again. We want this thing down and we're seeking monetary damages. They were taken for us only when we were dating. These guys have absolutely no right to use the images - they flat-out put them on the Web with no permission. He messed with the wrong person.', Francis was quoted as saying.

Meanwhile, Paris took her toosh to court yesterday, where she filed a complaint asking for the website to be shut down. She claims the items were stored in the facility after her house had been burglarized and that the moving company was supposed to pay the storage fees. She didn't know her 'privates' will be sold! 'I was appalled to learn that people are exploiting my and my sisters' private personal belongings for commercial gain.', she said in a statement that was attached to the complaint.

Court papers did not specify if she's also looking for monetary damages for the harm inflicted. For the time being, Paris would be more than happy if she had all her crap back and not an object of every man's attention.