Pippa Middleton's Gun Controversy: It Was Fake

It looks like Pippa Middleton isn't hanging out with the wrong crew, after all.

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News surfaced yesterday morning that Pippa was spotted in a car with a driver who pointed a gun at the paparazzi. While police investigated and the world wondered if Pippa might get charged, a rep for her friend, French aristocrat Arthur de Soultrait, says the pistol was a fake.

It turns out Pippa's pal — a cohort at the glitzy Paris party that brought her and a few friends to the city — was playing a harmless prank on the shutterbugs.

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Judging by all the press the prank received, we'd say the joke was a success.

Paris police have no plans for further investigation.