Seeing outspoken blogger Perez Hilton getting punched – sound like a dream come true? You know you’ve all wished it would happen (probably more than once). Well, Black Eyed Peas manager Liborio Molina carried out our dirty work for us at a Toronto nightclub last year. At the 2009 MuchMusic Video Music Awards, band frontman Will.i.am exchanged heated words with Hilton (whose real name is Mario Lavandeira), apparently about Hilton’s public criticism of their new album “The E.N.D.” Later that evening at an after-party at a nightclub, Molina punched Perez in the face. The entire thing was caught on tape, and the clip flooded the internet.
Perez, of course, posted a teary-eyed (and slightly black-eyed) video on the net describing his version of the evening’s events the next day. He also issued a statement on his blog, and here’s an excerpt from it: "I apologize for what I did on June 22 of 2009, even though you engaged in highly offensive comments, including a homophobic slur to my clients, I acknowledge that these kinds of issues should not be resolved through a physical response."
The two settled out of court yesterday in L.A, but the terms and details of the settlement have not been publicly released. However, Molina did donate $500 to Toronto’s Red Door Family Shelter, and the manager also agreed to several conditions – he will not contact Hilton except through their lawyers, he won’t carry any weapons for the next year and he is not allowed to come within 100 metres of the Cobra Night Club, where the attack took place.
