 |
|
|
NEWS : STORIES
 |
|
08.20.2009 5:50 PM EDT
|
Perez Hilton Sounds Off Against Will.I.Am Over Toronto Assault
'I would like Will.I.Am to admit that he was lying,' Hilton says.
by
James Montgomery, with reporting by Jocelyn Vena
|
|
|
Perez Hilton
(Photo:
MTV News
)
|
|
Back in June, Perez Hilton made headlines when he accused the Black Eyed Peas' Will.I.Am of assaulting him outside a Toronto nightclub.
Will responded to that accusation with a video message, in which he claimed an overzealous fan had attacked the celebrity blogger, and that it was Hilton who had caused the situation to escalate in the first place.
Hilton then fired back with a video message of his own,
a now-famous missive in which he painted himself as the victim of intimidation and violence, called Will "a f---ing liar," accused the Peas' manager, Liborio "Polo" Molina of punching him "two or three times" in the head.
All of that happened within the first 24 hours, mind you. In the days that followed the incident, Hilton drew the ire of GLAAD after admitting to using a gay slur during the altercation, his attorney threatened to bring legal thunder against his assailant, and Molina was ultimately charged with assault by Toronto Police.
After an initial adjournment, Molina's trial is set to resume on August 26 in Toronto's Old City Hall courthouse. Hilton won't be there, but when MTV News caught up with him backstage at "It's On With Alexa Chung," it was clear that he's still got plenty to say about the ordeal.
"I would like for the tour manager of the Black Eyed Peas to admit his guilt and say, 'I did this. It was wrong. Violence is not the answer,' " Hilton told MTV News. "And I would also like Will.I.Am to admit that he was lying — and lied repeatedly — when he made videos saying it was a fan who hit me, when he knows very well that it wasn't a fan, it was his road manager, and he was trying to protect that person by lying.
"There was even a picture that leaked online of the moment that I was hit, you know?" he continued. "Will.I.Am is stupid for lying, when there were so many witnesses ... there were so many people who saw what happened."
At press time, representatives for Will.I.Am had not granted MTV News' requests for comment.
Hilton also said that he's used the ordeal to "grow stronger," and that he wouldn't change anything he did on the night of the alleged assault — or has done since, for that matter.
"I walked away from that incident learning a lot. I am thankful in the end that I went through it, because it is through those tough times that you learn about yourself. And I feel wiser and stronger," he said. "There's a lot that I regret [but] nothing that I would do differently. Because had I not done those things, then I wouldn't know how to handle situations differently now."
This report is provided by MTV News
 
|
|
|
|
