And the scariest part? This is the same man who assaulted Paris Hilton's ex-boyfriend Cy Waits back in April, and he was also charged with trespassing at her Hollywood Hills home earlier this year!
On Monday police arrested 36-year-old James Rainford after he was caught snooping around Hilton's Malibu beach house, and eyewitnesses told The Daily Mail, "He was hanging around on the beach while Paris was inside. Someone recognized him as being the man who had given her trouble in the past and the cops arrived pretty quickly."
According to a statement released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, authorities were alerted to a "suspicious person standing on the beach" on Monday afternoon. "The caller stated he believed the suspicious person was the man he recently saw on the news, who attacked Miss Hilton's male acquaintance. Deputies identified the suspect as James Rainford and determined a valid restraining order prohibiting him from being within 200 yards of Ms. Hilton or her residence was in effect."
In April, Rainford assaulted Hilton's then-boyfriend Waits outside of a Los Angeles courtroom, and several months earlier, Rainford pleaded no contest in a trespassing case after he was found on Hilton's Hollywood Hills estate. Rainford is currently being held on $20,000 bail.
In other more positive Paris news, the heiress was spotted out on a lunch date over the weekend with new beau Todd Phillips, and if she wasn't over her ex-boyfriend before, she certainly is now! Last night Paris tweeted, "What a beautiful fireworks show and evening. In bed watching funny movies. Loves it. :)"
What do you think of Paris' new man?