TMZ’s 20th Anniversary
Paris’ Car Crash & LAPD Encounter
… 20 Years Ago Today!!!
Published November 10, 2025 9:18 AM PST
TIME FLIES WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG AND FAMOUS — Can you believe it’s been 20 years?!?
Check our very first TMZ.com exclusive, from November 10, 2005 … featuring none other than Paris Hilton and her boyfriend at the time getting into a scrape in Hollywood. Please enjoy this throwback time capsule … such innocent times!
An LAPD official told TMZ that the department is still investigating a car crash involving Paris Hilton. The incident, which TMZ caught on tape, occurred at 2:30 AM PT on November 9, 2015. Paris’ boyfriend, Greek shipping heir Stavros Niarchos, crashed the heiress’ Bentley into a parked truck, then sped away … with Paris, Kimberly Stewart (Rod Stewart’s daughter) and Talan Torriero, star of MTV’s ‘Laguna Beach’ all inside.
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Moments later, TMZ cameras found the group outside the vehicle talking with police. TMZ did not see any evidence of a field sobriety test being conducted before the group left. A police official says when the officers spotted the Bentley, the occupants were outside of the car, therefore they did not know who was driving.
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