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Paris Hilton Her infamous sex tape was leaked in 2004, making headlines around the world, and she’s embraced it for more than two decades.
this simple life The alumna, who was a teenager when the intimate video was filmed, opened up to reporters in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, January 22, about the impact the “brutal” experience had on her. Reported by many media.
“When I was 19, a private, intimate video of me was shared with the world without my consent,” Hilton, 44, said in advocating for the Destroying Explicitly Falsified Images and Nonconsensual Editing Act, known as the “Fighting Act.”
She continued, “People are calling it a scandal. It’s not. It was abuse. There were no laws to protect me. There weren’t even words to describe what was done to me. The internet was still new and so was the cruelty that came with it.”
Hilton details the realities of handling Consequences of video leaksincluding her ex, Rick Solomon — especially at a time when her plight had little sympathy. Instead of receiving any attention, Hilton became a laughing stock due to the sex tape incident.
“They insulted me. They laughed and made me the punchline. They sold my pain for clicks, and then they told me to be quiet, move on, and even thank everyone for their attention,” Hilton said.
She added, “These people didn’t see me as an exploited young woman. They didn’t see the panic, humiliation or humiliation I felt. No one asked me what I had lost – I had lost control of my body, my reputation. My sense of security and self-worth had been stolen.”
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(Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu/Getty Images)Hilton added that she supports the bill because generative artificial intelligence and deepfake technology pose new challenges to consent and women’s bodies on the internet.
“I believed the worst was over, but that’s not the case,” Hilton continued. “What happened to me then is now happening to millions of women and girls in new, more horrific ways. Before, someone had to betray your trust and steal something real. Now all it takes is a computer and the imagination of a stranger. Deepfake porn has become an epidemic.”
exist Paris: A MemoirReleased in March 2023, Hilton shares further Her memories of making tapes with Salomon, 57.
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“I don’t remember much about the night he wanted to make a videotape while we were having sex. He often said it was something he did with other women, but I felt weird and uncomfortable with it,” she wrote, adding that she feared the elder Solomon might leave her if she didn’t acquiesce to the request. (Hilton and Solomon have a 13-year age gap.)
Hilton added that she was under the influence while filming the video.
“I didn’t have enough trust to make a tape like this. I had to get really drunk. Sleeping pills helped,” she wrote. “But I did it. I have to admit it. I knew what he wanted and I did it. … I had something to prove to him and to myself, so I took a hit, but I did it.”
The tape was released after the pair split, and Hilton said she was shocked and ashamed when she found out it had been shared.
