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NYC suit: Paris Hilton kept $60K in borrowed gems

Thursday, April 07, 2011
FILE - In this June 6, 2010 photo, Paris Hilton arrives at the MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, Calif. Hilton is being sued for allegedly wearing someone elses hair. A company that manufactures hair extensions sued the socialite in Los Angeles on Wednesday, claiming she breached her contract to wear and promote their product. The lawsuit claims Hilton agreed to wear Hairtech International Inc.s extensions, but sported the fake locks of a competitor in 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

FILE - In this June 6, 2010 photo, Paris Hilton arrives at the MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, Calif. Hilton is being sued for allegedly wearing someone else's hair. A company that manufactures hair extensions sued the socialite in Los Angeles on Wednesday, claiming she breached her contract to wear and promote their product. The lawsuit claims Hilton agreed to wear Hairtech International Inc.'s extensions, but sported the fake locks of a competitor in 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) (AP Photo)

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NEW YORK (AP) - April 7, 2011 (WPVI) -- A break-in at Paris Hilton's Los Angeles home has led to a New York lawsuit over $60,000 in borrowed gems. A jeweler's insurer says the celebrity socialite simply held onto them after police gave them back to her.

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Insurer Allianz Global sued Hilton on Wednesday. Her spokeswoman says only costume jewelry was recovered by police.

The Munich-based insurer says jeweler Damiani lent Hilton the gems in 2007. The lawsuit says the Damiani jewels were taken along with about $2 million worth of other jewels in the December 2008 burglary.

Police returned a Louis Vuitton bag full of jewelry to Hilton after making arrests in 2009. The suit says Hilton then ignored Allianz' requests to return the Damiani gems.

Five people still face charges in the break-in.

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