Paris Hilton admits to being dumb

Paris Hilton has told police in Los Angeles "she's not that smart".

The confession was made when the star helped police officers with an investigation into a burglary at the house of Hollywood porn baron Joe Francis reports Sun Uk.

Police were questioning the heiress-turned-actress to see if she remembered what she told Joe at a party shortly after he was targeted on January 24, 2004.

When cops asked her what she knew, the socialite said: "I'm not that smart... I don’t remember... I forget stuff all the time."

The man in question, Darnell Riley, admitted the offence earlier this year and was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison.

On the tape Paris also told cops that an anonymous man had called her to try and extort money for the return of 'private tapes' stolen from her house.

"They were trying to sell it to a newspaper or something," she explained.

"So if you pay somebody, then you're gonna be paying for the rest of your life.

"My dad always taught me. They'll keep the tape anyway."