Paris Hilton restrained, except at parties
(Agencies)
Updated: 2006-03-09 10:38

Restraining orders are undoubtedly not hot, but leave it to Paris Hilton to find a way to keep the legal system from affecting her social life.

Restraining orders are undoubtedly not hot, but leave it to Paris Hilton to find a way to keep the legal system from affecting her social life.

On Monday, a court commissioner signed off on an unusual keep-away order that prevents the hotel heiress from coming within 100 yards of event planner Brian Quintana--unless, that is, the dueling duo happen to be attending the same function.

In a nod to the close quarters at some of the events where Hilton and Quintana might both turn up, their attorneys hammered out an agreement that permits Hilton to come within 25 feet of Quintana should they find themselves at the same party.

According to the court documents, in the event Hilton and Quintana do attend the same function, Hilton is not permitted to have her rival removed from the festivities, as that would constitute harassment.

The party planner, who had filed court documents alleging Hilton had threatened him on several occasions, said he was satisfied with the arrangement.

"I have no problem being in the same room with her if she can demonstrate that she knows how to behave like a young lady," he told Los Angeles' City News Service.

According to Hilton's attorney, Howard Weitzman, the restraining order is also a victory for his client, as she wants nothing to do with Quintana and would prefer to keep her distance from him.

"This individual is meaningless in her life, and from her perspective...he's continued to harass her and insinuate himself into her life," Weitzman said last month after a hearing on the matter.

Quintana testified last month that his relationship with Hilton turned nasty after she overheard him informing her beau, Stavros Niarchos, that she might have a sexually transmitted disease.

"I wanted him to be aware of it--that she had herpes. To make sure he didn't catch anything. He informed me that he was [aware]," Quintana said.

He said Hilton interrupted his conversation with Niarchos and became "furious."

"She said, 'This is between the three of us; if this gets out you're a f---ing dead man,'" Quintana said. He claimed that after the exchange, he began receiving suspicious phone calls and started to believe his life was in "imminent danger."

Quintana further alleged Hilton "has a drug and alcohol problem, some rather shady associates and is known for erratic behavior."

Hilton spokesman Elliot Mintz denied Quintana's allegations, telling Court TV: "She doesn't have herpes. She doesn't have a drug problem," and claiming Quintana was simply trying to humiliate his client in order to gain media attention.

Undaunted, Quintana called the restraining order a "victory for the little guy."

With the matter resolved to both parties' apparent satisfaction, Hilton's legal team can turn its attention to the next court date on her calendar.

Last week, a judge set a Sept. 18 trial date in diamond heiress Zeta Graff's $10 million slander suit against the socialite, whom Graff claims planted vicious lies about her in the media.

Hilton has admitted in a deposition to fabricating details of an encounter with Graff, but denied she was responsible for the story ending up in print.