Paris Hilton says she released her 2003 sex tape due to childhood trauma: 'I met the worst person I could meet'

Paris Hilton has reflected on the trauma behind the release of her 2003 sex tape, 1 Night in Paris.

In her highly-anticipated new documentary, This Is Paris, Hilton will detail some of the emotional and physical abuse she endured at a boarding school in Utah.

The 39-year-old told People ahead of the documentary release that her leaked sex tape with ex-boyfriend Rick Salomon would never have been made if it weren't for the trauma she suffered.

"I would never have let anyone into my life like [Salomon, whom she was in a relationship with at the time]," she said. "I met the worst person I could meet and if I hadn't gone to [boarding school], I wouldn't have entertained the thought of letting him into my life. [Boarding school] affected my future relationships."

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The socialite and DJ revealed she had no concept of what "love or relationships were."

"I thought that them getting so crazy meant that they were in love with me. Looking back, I can't believe I let people treat me like that," Hilton said.

Hilton also disclosed some of the abuse she'd suffered at the hands of five ex-boyfriends.

"I went through multiple abusive relationships," she said. "I was strangled, I was hit, I was grabbed aggressively. I put up with things no one should.

"They all seemed like such nice guys and then the true colours would show. They'd get jealous, or defensive or try to control me. And there would come a point where they would become physically, verbally and emotionally abusive."

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