Perez Hilton Sued for $500K Over Angelina Jolie Ring Claim

Celebrity blogger Perez Hilton accused of libel after reporting that jeweler had been found guilty of fraud

Angelina Jolie's engagement ring reportedly set Brad Pitt back a cool $500,000. And it could end up costing Perez Hilton the same.

Getty Images Gossip blogger Hilton (real name: Mario Armando Lavandeira) has been slapped with a lawsuit after reporting that the man who designed Jolie's ring had previously been found guilty of fraud.

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Hilton's report, published April 17 on his Coco Perez offshoot site, claimed that jeweler Robert Procop, who designed the ring with Pitt, had previously been successfully sued for fraud by  a customer named Roy Allenstein. Allenstein supposedly discovered that the necklace he purchased from Procop contained only 17.62

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