Paris Hilton denies nearly causing serious car accident

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Sarah Shahi (l.) may have misidentified Paris Hilton as a reckless driver last week.

It was a close call that might not have been so close after all.

Though actress Sarah Shahi strongly accused Paris Hilton of nearly causing a serious car accident last week, the socialite's rep has provided an alibi.

"Paris had just flown in from Las Vegas and was at home with her boyfriend, Cy, at that time," Hilton's spokesperson told the Daily News. "It is a simple case of mistaken identity."

Shahi, 31, had alleged on Twitter that 30-year-old Hilton was the "worst driver ever, "almost hit me, then ran a stop sign."

The "Fairy Legal" star, who also called Hilton a "horrible excuse for a human being" and an "irresponsible person" with "a lame existence," said she was particularly "pissed" because she's a mom.

"what if there was a kid around that corner, you dumb b---h," Shahi tweeted.

"One more thing blonde piece of sh-t," she added in another tweet. "you're not an elitist just because you have money. You should apologize... To humanity."

But it seems Shahi might be the one who should apologize.

Hilton told "Extra" host Mario Lopez on Tuesday that she was "so shocked" when she saw Shahi's comments, adding that she has "never met this person in my life."

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"I wasn't even driving that day. I had just came back from Vegas with my boyfriend and we were at home relaxing," she said, echoing her rep's comments.

"I literally came with a driver from the airport [and] went to my house," she recalled. "Then later on, I read that."

"Maybe it was some other blond girl who looks like me," Hilton suggested.

She pointed out that there are a lot of women in Los Angeles who have made a career out of being "Paris Hilton look-alikes."

"They are always doing things and I'm getting blamed for it," she said. "So this could be another incident like that."

A rep for Shahi has not yet responded to a request for comment.

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