July 30, 2007 02:16pm
Family patriarch Barron Hilton was already
embarrassed by his granddaughter's wild behavior -
notably when her home sex video was leaked on the
internet.
But the 79-year-old considered her 23-day sentence last
month the last straw.
"He was, and is, extremely embarrassed by how the Hilton
name has been sullied by Paris," says Jerry Oppenheimer,
who wrote a biography of the clan called House Of
Hilton.
"He now doesn't want to leave unearned wealth to his
family."
Hilton senior, the only member of the family left with a
sizeable stake in the huge hotel chain, has let it be
known that he intends to donate to charity the $2.4bn he
will gain from this month's sale of the company to
private equity firm Blackstone.
The money will go to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation,
the charity set up in the name of the founder of the
family business.