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Hilton's inheritance seized by fed up grandfather

Monday, July 30, 2007
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Paris Hilton’s recent behaviour has sent her billionaire grandfather into fury — so much so that the hotel heiress-cum-jailbird will not see a cent of her $59 million inheritance.

The co-chairman of the famous hotel chain, Conrad ‘Barron’ Hilton, has instead decided to plough his fortune into a charitable foundation in an effort to carry on family tradition.

And the 79-year-old has also cut off his 11 other grandchildren in the name of philanthropy.

"He was, and is, extremely embarrassed by how the Hilton name has been sullied by Paris," says Jerry Oppenheimer, author of House Of Hilton. "He doesn't want to leave unearned wealth to his family."

Hilton senior recently acquired a hefty $2.4 billion after selling off a massive chunk of his hotel chain to private equity firm Blackstone.

Given her grandfathers disapproval, Miss Hilton is now working hard to cash in on her fame while she can.

The Daily Mail reports that Hilton recently made an impromptu performance at a karaoke night in an LA nightclub where she performed her painful rendition of Bette Davis Eyes before launching into her own ‘smash’ Stars Are Blind.

The paper suggested any stars in the crowd would have wished they were deaf instead.

Her close friends report she intends to release a new album soon even though her debut Paris barely made a dint in the charts, with one critic describing her singing as "like (somebody) having an asthma attack".

Hilton has recently begun singing lessons with Madonna’s voice coach Seth Riggs for her newest album which is due out in spring this year.

She is also set to star in a new MTV cartoon and a Bollywood film whose director is said to be keen to cast her in the role of Mother Teresa.

Hilton was recently locked up for 23 days after she was busted driving her Bentley with a disqualified license following a drink driving conviction.

Prior to that, the world played voyeur when her then-boyfriend Rick Salomon leaked a video of the two engaged in a sex romp. The One Night In Paris video is due for re-release in special 'collectable prison packaging'.

 
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