Paris Hilton not in the wrong this time?

[buttmunch]

Los Angeles party promoter Brian Quintana claimed victory last week when a judge granted him a restraining order against Paris Hilton.
But for Hollywood scenesters with long memories, the whole situation seemed somewhat … familiar.

Ten years ago, Quintana sought a restraining order against Stephanie Powers, claiming the "Hart to Hart" star groped and battered him and forced him to have sex.

At the time, Quintana was working loosely with a charity headed by the actress, and said she would ply him with booze and force him into bed with her. Then he said he started getting threatening phone calls, similar to those he claims to have had from Hilton and her pals recently.

"The calls said, 'Watch your back,'" Quintana told the Globe about Powers in 1995. "He warned, 'You should be — you're a dead man. You sure messed with the wrong woman.'" Some insiders have snarked that Quintana gets a kick out of filing claims against people more famous than he is.

"That's ridiculous," Quintana retorted. "It advances my business in no way, and it actually hurts it. Look at how litigious Paris is and how many criminal investigations there are involving her. You know, this is the M.O. of numerous celebrities who think they're above the law and the little guys who should just go away."

Powers produced affidavits proving she was out of the country during most of the period Quintana alleged the abuse, and the restraining order was dropped soon after.

In 1998, Quintana clashed with the family of the late Pedro Zamora, a "Real World" cast member who died of AIDS in 1994. Quintana claimed to have befriended Pedro and joined the board of directors of his AIDS charity, but soon after Zamora's death, his friends and family said Quintana was running the charity against their wishes and siphoning off money.

The Zamora family was also displeased with a sexual assault investigation involving Quintana. A gay acquaintance of Quintana's claims Quintana "placed his hand inside me" when he refused him sex.

But the party promoter asserts, "I have never been convicted of anything sexual in behavior." He does admit that he was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after trying to mow down his landlord and two friends with his car during a rental dispute.

"I've made some mistakes and I've done my penance," he says.

Paris' attorney Howard Weitzman advised her not to appear in court so "she wouldn't lend credibility to Quintana, and to avoid a media circus," says a source.

nydailynews.com

[ourmaninBusan]

[The] party promoter asserts, "I have never been convicted of anything sexual in behavior." He does admit that he was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon after trying to mow down his landlord and two friends with his car during a rental dispute.

Oh that's big of you, admitting to attempted manslaughter like that.
You're the best.

Seriously, Paris needs to have a restraining order against him.

[Elisa]

His 'Paris' story might have happened, but I say 'no way' on the Stephanie Powers accussations.. She's always been one classy lady. Besides, if she were to risk her career and reputation to do something as stupid as what this guy is implying, I'm sure she would have used her charms to bed Robert Wagner instead of this punk.