Retired wrestler Hulk Hogan has filed a lawsuit against his former lawyers for billing him over $1 million for services he alleges should have been provided free of charge.

The reality TV star is angry at Zuckerman Spaeder representatives for their handling of his son Nick Bollea's 2007 car crash, which left passenger John Graziano in hospital with severe brain damage.

Hogan claims executives at the law firm were contacted by experts at his car insurance company, Progressive, who offered to provide the the star with legal representation for free.

In court documents filed on Monday in Pinellas County, Florida and obtained by TMZ.com, Hogan alleges Zuckerman Spaeder executives were aware of the Progressive offer for 17 months before alerting him to the free services, costing him "in excess of one million dollars" in legal fees.

Furthermore, Hogan claims when he was finally told of the Progressive offer, his policy holders had "terminated the relationship" and refused to cover the bulk of his legal costs.
He is demanding unspecified damages.

Hogan's son served 166 days of an eight-month prison sentence last year for his part in the high speed collision. Graziano was finally released from a Florida hospital last week.

Meanwhile, Paris Hilton is at the center of a legal spat in Germany after reportedly pulling out of a series of events she was scheduled to attend on Friday and Saturday.

Promoters booked the socialite to appear at a number of industry events in Frankfurt, but mysterious circumstances led to Hilton refusing to leave her hotel room in the city. She then reportedly flew to Italy early on Saturday to judge a beauty pageant, snubbing one party she was supposed to attend with Frederic Prinz von Anhalt's adopted son Marcus.

Sources tell German newspaper Bild that Hilton pulled out of her scheduled appearances due to an argument with her boyfriend, Doug Reinhardt, suggesting the hotel heiress was instructed not to attend the Saturday night event because it was being held in an erotic table dancing club.

Michael Marx, the organiser of one party at top club Mediastar, tells the publication, "Paris Hilton has dishonoured all appointments and contracts - the dinner with 18 high-ranking guests, the appearance at the bar, the autograph session at Mediastar. We are incredibly disappointed."

Mediastar bosses are seeking legal action against Hilton and her handlers.

A spokeswoman for the socialite had not replied to WENN's request for a comment by press time.

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