Paris Hilton at Miami Court to Answer a $8million Lawsuit

Paris Hilton must have known that her arrival at court to answer a $8million lawsuit was going to be greeted by a barrage of press.So she treated it like any other public appearance - by pulling on a flattering designer dress, having her hair done, and applying perfect make-up.The heiress arrived at the Miami court in a suitably somber black and white dress with a large bow on the back, teamed with super high heels.

Paris is being sued by the investors in her 2006 movie Pledge This.They claim she hated the movie and refused for months to make promotional appearances for it, despite a contract requiring her to do so'During the six-month period, at no time would she take 10 minutes to do a phone interview,' attorney Bryan West, who represents the investors, said in yesterday's opening statements.

With Hilton nodding vigorously from her defense table seat, her attorney Michael Weinsten insisted she did numerous appearances for the movie but was unavailable to meet many requests by the film's producers because of her extremely busy schedule.

Paris also had the right to refuse some promotion events that might harm her 'brand' and never agreed to plug the DVD release of the movie from December 2006 through May 2007, he said.'Paris Hilton is a promotion machine,' Weinsten said. 'For two-and-a-half years, she relentlessly promoted that movie.'