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In a video statement posted on PerezHilton.com, Hilton accuses Molina of approaching him from behind and hitting him in the eye several times, drawing blood.

Shortly after 3 a.m. Monday, Hilton announced via his Twitter page that he had been assaulted by "Will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas and his security guards" and that he needed to "file a police report."

Within an hour, the Black Eyed Peas frontman released a video response to Hilton's accusations, dismissing them as lies.

Hilton and the Black Eyed Peas were in Toronto to participate in the MuchMusic Awards. Hilton says the incident developed over the course of several exchanges throughout the night.

According to Hilton, Black Eyed Peas member Fergie approached him backstage at the awards show to complain about Hilton's negative coverage of the group on his site.

After maintaining that he was a Fergie fan but had a right to be objective about the new Black Eyed Peas album, he says that a member of the Black Eyed Peas intentionally bumped into him when passing by.

Hilton says that joking to press about the bump escalated matters.

When attending another after party, Hilton says that Fergie approached him again, expressing disappointment about his coverage, adding that she thought they were on good terms. While Hilton says that his conversations with Fergie were civil, things were intense when he saw will.i.am at another event.

According to Hilton, will.i.am angrily confronted him, telling him not to write about the Black Eyed Peas on his site and demanded that he show will.i.am respect.

As the argument ensued, Hilton admits to calling will.i.am "gay" and a "fa--ot," which Hilton says infuriated will.i.am.

After Hilton exited the club, he accuses will.i.am and Molina of following him, and Molina ultimately punching him in the face.

In his emotional 11-minute video response, Hilton says that he has never been physically attacked because of something he has written.

"I've been doing this for 5 years now and nothing like this has ever happened to me," Hilton says. "I've had people scream at me. I've had people write nasty things on other blogs. I've had people sue me, but never had someone attack me like this. It is wrong and I'm not going to stand for it."

In will.i.am's statement, released before Hilton clarified that it was Molina who actually hit him, he suggests that Hilton blamed him as a publicity stunt.

"Dude, apparently, you were bleeding outside the club," will.i.am says, flatly. "Instead of calling the police, you twitted that I assaulted you. Sounds like somebody wants mad attention and is not concerned about his health."

Hilton is outraged by will.i.am's denial and calls him a coward. 

Hilton refers to will.i.am as a thug and says, "I would have more respect if you hit me yourself."

Hilton is entitled to his opinion, even though I think that he crosses the line of decency everyday in his blog. Common sense should have told him that creating an outlet based on writing borderline slanderous blogs about people would keep him in the hot seat. Plus, he continued to provoke the Black Eyed Peas further with name calling and talking to the press throughout the night.

It's really not that hard to ignore those who hate. And I mean hate in the hip-hop sense of the word--the act of dissing just because you can. For the most part, will.i.am has only represented positivity and has been one of the very few artists in hip-hop who has kept a clean record. If it is true that will.i.am's manager is guilty of hitting Hilton, I would ask will if it was worth engaging at all with this nonsense to have your good name tarnished?

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