Paris Hilton and boy-toy Doug Reinhardt got into a club brawl Thursday night in South Beach. Allegedly, Paris was not happy with the music playing at club LIV Nightclub by Swedish spinner, DJ Steve Angello, so she did what only Paris would do - she went to the DJ booth to request hip-hop.
That’s when things got heated and Angello thought the starlet should "get over" herself. That is when security asked ex-inmate, Ms. Hilton, to exit the booth and Reinhardt stepped in turning the episode into a bloody brawl with Reinhardt walking away with a bloody lip.
In a battle of he-said, she-said, he-said, the celebutante and her toy-boy visited the Fontainebleau, where the DJ Steve Angello was spinning as part of the Winter Music Conference. The two took the fight into cyber-space each defending their part on Twitter and MySpace.
"For someone who claims to make records...don't come into a booth and ask me to play hip hop and then have your doorman slap me," Angello writes of the incident on his Twitter account.
"I was just protecting my girlfriend," Reinhardt tells E! News. "The DJ's bodyguard pushed Paris. I stepped in. He tried to push me and manhandle me." Really? “Manhandle Me” - come on Doug.
Angello's rep, Matt Learmouth, tells E! News the incident didn't quite go down the way the reality-star couple claims. "She kept asking the DJ and got quite agitated with Steve about playing hip-hop and it was obviously his event, his music. He wasn't going to do that," the publicist says. "And then she asked one of her security guards to punch Steve, and one of her security punched Steve full-on in the face. Steve responded and ended up having a brawl with the security guard. Steve doesn't even have a bodyguard, and they said that his bodyguard attacked her," Learmouth says. "Steve is a quiet guy, but he had to act in self-defense and fought back. He started pounding on the guy, and it suddenly turned into a full-scale fight in the DJ booth."
As the argument took a physical turn, hotel security had to intervene.
"I took [the bodyguard] down and five members of his entourage jumped me when I was on top of him," claims Reinhardt.
Read Paris’s MySpace take on things after the jump.
Paris’s MySpace entry:
"Clearing a few things up - Just checking in to say hello and clear a few things up. I've been getting a lot of calls and emails regarding these subjects I'm about to discuss. First of all, last night at a club my boyfriend and I were assaulted for no reason at all. The DJ (I don't even know his name cause he sucks so bad) was playing the worst music ever! I like certain techno music, but this was not even danceable and was frankly giving me a migraine. I asked one of my friends who runs the hotel if he could change the music and he said " I'll lead you up to the DJ booth tell him and he'll play whatever you want." So he walked Doug and I over there. I asked the DJ if he could please play Daft Punk or Bob Sinclair and he rudely snapped at me and was like '"I only play this kind of music." I think he was jealous cause Bob Sinclair is a far better DJ then this guy by about a million times. He was so unbelievably rude and all because I asked to play one good song. Then out of nowhere his bodyguard (don't ask me why he has a bodyguard, like he really needs one. Ha) pushed me really hard, that's when my boyfriend, like my knight in shining armor, stepped in and told the guy to keep his hands off of me. Then all hell broke loose, it was like something out of a fight movie, it was so frightening. I had never seen anything like it in my life. Doug was fighting off like 6 guys. But he was of course stronger then them all but one of the idiots punched him in the face and busted open his lip. There was blood all over, I cried I was so upset and scared. It was ridiculous and for such a stupid reason, I cannot believe people behave this way, like ainmals! FYI this is not in my nature to be in club brawls, I;ve never been around anything like that. It was totally unprovoked and thank God Doug was there to rescue me. A man should NEVER put his hands on a woman in that manner. So, I have to run, but hope everyones doing wonderfully and love you all. Love always Paris xoxo"
Comments (2)
WMC is not about hip hop. WMC is not about rehashing what was once popular. WMC is about breaking new sounds, showcasing different styles and most importantly a networking event for people in the dance music industry. I think Paris must've felt a little out of her element (i.e. NOT the center of attention). A dj booth is like a stage in that if you're there uninvited and causing problems then you're opening yourself up to whatever response the surrounding crew comes up with. Its a live event. The music policy is that of the promoter. NOT a silly debutante and NOT her FRIEND who "runs" the hotel. The promoters of WMC have a case against the Fountainbleu if this guy takes it on himself to act in the hotels name and intimidate/assault their guests. That's my two cents.
by Dj Fur | March 31, 2009 4:29 PM
I have been watching Paris Hilton's BFF. Where do they get these people? They are from another planet!
by Irvin Zephyr | July 27, 2010 11:53 AM