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Who knew Travis Barker was worth all this?

Paris Hilton, who has lately been spotted cuddling up to the former Blink-182 drummer, and Barker’s estranged wife, Dancing with the Stars‘ Shanna Moakler, both filed police reports early Wednesday morning, alleging they were assaulted at a Hollywood hot spot.

According to Officer Sandra Escalante of the Los Angeles Police Department, Hilton, 25, told police that at approximately 1:30 a.m., she was the victim of battery at Hyde, after getting into an unprovoked skirmish with Moakler.

Hilton’s publicist, Elliott Mintz, told TMZ.com, which first reported the incident, that Hilton had arrived at Hyde approximately a half-hour earlier.

"Shortly after her arrival, apparently Shanna appeared and, according to a complaint that’s just been filed, she struck Paris in her jaw with closed fists," he said. "Paris was hit. She immediately exited the club through the back door.

"Paris told me it was completely out of the blue–without any provocation whatsoever," he said, adding Moakler was "shouting all kinds of foul words" at Hilton "and appeared to be completely out of control."

Mintz said Moakler, 31, was restrained by several people, and Hilton never touched her or made any attempt at retaliation.

Not so, according to Moakler’s rep, Susan Madore.

Madore told the Associated Press that both women were exchanging obscentities and that mid-argument, Hilton’s ex-boyfriend Stavros Niarchos intervened, bending Moakler’s wrists, pouring a drink on her and shoving her down stairs.

Sources close to Moakler also told E! News that both the owner of Hyde and the police on sight refused to help the former beauty queen and that the nightclub owner told Moakler that "the police here won’t help you, I own them."

Moakler also reportedly phoned 911 repeatedly and ended up driving herself to the police station after officers failed to show at the scene.

Approximately 10 minutes after the incident, Mintz said he received a call from Hilton, saying she did not require any medical attention, but that she did wish to file a report against Moakler.

Mintz and Hilton filed the complaint at the LAPD’s Hollywood division–the same location, ironically enough, at which the "Stars Are Blind" singer herself was brought into last month on charges of driving under the influence.

The complaint was lodged just hours after Moakler, a former Miss USA, filed a police report at the same station against Niarchos.

Police said Moakler accused the Greek shipping heir of battery, claiming he pushed her in the club, but failing to mention in the police report any instances of drink-dousing or wrist-bending, as Madore claimed.

Officers took photos of both Moakler and Hilton at the station, per TMZ.com, though it’s unclear whether either had visible injuries.

Police say an investigation is pending. No arrests have yet been made, and no charges have been filed.

While we await eyewitness accounts to substantiate the dueling complaints, we suspect the bad blood stems from the ladies’ relationships with Barker.

In August, Barker filed for divorce from his wife of less than two years, citing irreconcilable differences. After the announcement, Moakler took to her MySpace page, saying she was "devastated" and "heartbroken" over the filing.

A week later, Barker fired back on his site, accusing his estranged wife of neglecting their two children, partying till all hours of the night and cheating on him.

Everything remained quiet on the divorce front for several weeks, until last month, when TMZ.com posted a video featuring Barker and Hilton, kissing in New York’s Marquee nightclub.

While Hilton has maintained she and Barker are just friends, TMZ.com claimed shortly after the clip made the Internet rounds, Moakler left several "menacing" phone messages for Hilton.

Mintz has maintained that Hilton and Barker are "just friends."

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