In an epic display of chutzpah (that’s Jew talk for lettin’ your nuts swing), the producers of Pledge This, who put Paris Hilton in their movie back in ’06, turned around and sued her for $8 million dollars, claiming she didn’t promote the film like she’d agreed to.  She recently appeared in court, and it was every bit the sh-t show you’d imagine.

Hilton told the Florida district court that it was not her fault the film flopped. She said she spent two years promoting it before it was released, including two high-profile trips to the Cannes Film Festival.

If by promoting it you mean “collecting bags of free sh-t and posing for pictures,” then yeah, I’ll buy that argument.

Before giving evidence, Hilton, in a black dress and six-inch stilettos, gave a little wave to the judge. “I’ve never had a witness wave at me before,” chief district judge Federico Moreno said.

The socialite went on to say that she tried her best to promote the film. “If I have my name attached to something, I want it to be as big as it can be,” she said, adding: “It could have been a lot better if it was done more professionally. I wanted to do as well as possible.” She explained that at the time when she was being asked to promote the film for DVD sales, her schedule was full due to rehearsals for her next film, 2008′s The Hottie & The Nottie. Asked if that was a better movie, Hilton replied with a giggle: “It was really good”.

Mr Goldberg told the court that he pumped the final $600,000 (£370,000) from his receivership account into the completion of the film in the hope that Hilton’s star quality would reap rewards. He said her unwillingness to promote the movie after the premiere was the reason it lost money. “I said, ‘Just do one little thing and you’ll never hear from me again’. We had no support whatsoever,” he said. [Telegraph via Cinematical]

You thought hiring Paris Hilton would be a good business decision?  Did you see her reality show?  You know, the one whose entire premise was Paris getting hired to do stuff and then her not doing it?  If this judge had any balls, his response would’ve been “Mr. Goldberg, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.”