The Hilton Family is speaking out against socialite Paris Hilton’s former boyfriend Doug Reinhardt, suggesting that the former minor league baseball player and star of MTV’s The Hills and used the socialite to boost his profile.

Doug and Paris date for six months before their split earlier this month.

“The stories out there about our family not approving of their relationship are completely true,” Paris’ aunt, Kyle Richards, said in an interview with E! Online late last week.

“Doug was riding Paris’s coattails. The break-up affected me in a good way. It’s definitely time for Paris to move on,” she added.

Kathy Hilton, Paris’ mother, is also delighted that her 28-year-old daughter is no longer seeing Doug, 24: “I think Paris needs to be with someone who is a bit more mature, older and has their own thing.”