CYBERSPACE — Poor rich little party girl Paris Hilton. As much as she may rage her fury down on the posters of Canadian porn shops, spend mournful days in jail, or fund the rehabilitation of drunken rampaging elephants, her virtue simply can’t seem to earn the respect and admiration that she clearly believes it so richly deserves. Alas for Hilton, newly uncovered footage makes the chance of that happening even less likely to happen in the near future.Trust YouTube.com to at least temporarily report the news that the world has been afraid might be true. Now rumored to be available in a full and unedited version on a variety of adult pay sites, Hilton will likely have another reason to visit the court system and ask for redress, as she did when she was able to gain an injunction against ParisExposed.com.

The new footage, hardly in line with the harder action found in her previous work, features the pony tailed socialite relaxing alone in a huge, Greco-Roman style tiled bath filled with bubbles that reach to her collar bones.

As viewed on TheAge.com website, a brief clip shows Hilton apparently nude in the water, humming happily and rinsing her chest and face with a hand-held spray device. She speaks to an off-camera male in simple, short, poorly articulated words or phrases.

When asked by the man if she is enjoying her bath, Hilton appears0 finds the question confusing, then states that she is “so hot” and asks for water. Her request is denied by the unknown man, who explains that “I’m filming right now, I’m working.” She assures him quietly that “it’s OK,” and moves about the massive tub when a telephone rings and the scene ends.

According to TheAct, additional footage depicts Hilton joking about her previous video exploits and engaging in more saucy behavior, with her mysterious cameraman saying to no-longer imaginary viewers that “If you were with us before, this is number three of the Paris Hilton sex tape.”

Thought to be part of Hilton’s private video collection, some of which wound up in the public’s hands after she forgot to pay the storage company, the young woman is said to ponder the right gift for mom-to-be Nicole Richie, given that her child’s sex is unknown.

Richie and fiancé Joel Madden have asked friends to donate possible gifts to their new children’s charity.