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Mon, March 6, 2023
Although she doesn't mention Salomon by name, Hilton candidly talks about how she got involved in making the tape when she was just 18 years old.
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She admits that she doesn't remember much about the night he asked her to make the video, but he kept pushing her and told her that no one would ever see it except for them.
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At the time, Hilton was struggling to understand her sexuality and desperately wanted to appear mature in front of her older boyfriend.
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She wanted to feel like a woman who was comfortable in her own skin. Salomon threatened to find someone else to make the tape if Hilton didn't agree to do it.
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To let her guard down, Hilton used alcohol and Quaaludes, and she admits that she felt like she needed to prove something to Salomon and herself.
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She says that she got "hammered" and made the tape. Years later, in 2003, Hilton found out that the tape had been leaked online.
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She was shocked and horrified by the news and reached out to Salomon, begging him to stop the release.
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However, he refused, citing the financial value of the tape due to her burgeoning fame.
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When Hilton heard about the release, she felt sick to her stomach and struggled to come to terms with the fact that such a private moment had been exposed to the world.
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