Man Arrested Over Paris Hilton Restraining Order

First Published: July 5, 2011 11:38 AM EDT Credit: Getty Premium

MALIBU, Calif. -- Caption Paris Hilton steps out at the Radioshack HTC EVO 3D launch party at RadioShack Pop-Up 3D Lounge in West Hollywood, Calif. on June 23, 2011 Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a man accused of violating a restraining order that bars him from being within 200 yards (180 meters) of Paris Hilton or her home.

The sheriff’s department says in a statement that someone called authorities Monday afternoon and reported a man standing on a beach looking into Hilton’s Malibu home.

The caller recognized the man as James Rainford. He pleaded no contest to a battery charge in April after Hilton’s then-boyfriend Cy Waits was attacked outside a courthouse.

Deputies who responded were met by numerous paparazzi who pointed out Rainford standing on the beach.

Rainford was arrested without incident and is being held on $20,000 bail.

The arrest comes less than a week after a man convicted of trying to burglarize Hilton’s home was sentenced to two years in prison.

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