Can someone update me on what she did to deserve 45 days in jail?
Hilton’s path to jail began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a street in her Mercedes-Benz on what she said was a late-night run to a hamburger stand.
She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months’ probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.
In the months that followed she was stopped twice by officers who discovered her driving on a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer’s courtroom, where he sentenced her to jail.
Driving on a suspended or revoked license, second offense, or something like that. I think she lost her license for a DUI and got caught driving at least twice while it was still yanked.
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On Sept. 7, 2006 police arrested celebrity socialite Paris Hilton in Hollywood on suspicion of driving under the influence after she was spotted “driving erratically” while out to pick up a late-night burger.
Hilton was charged Sept. 26 with misdemeanor driving under the influence and on Jan. 9, 2007, her lawyers entered not guilty pleas on her behalf to a single count each of driving under the influence and driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 or above.
Less than a week later, Hilton was pulled over again, this time by the California Highway Patrol. She was informed that her license was suspended in connection with the September DUI charge and she’d signed a document acknowledging she was not supposed to drive.
Hilton pleaded no contest Jan. 22 to a reduced charge of alcohol-related reckless driving. The pleas earned her three years of probation and a $1,500 fine. Hilton also was required by the courts to enroll in an alcohol education program.
A month later, Feb. 27, Hilton — still with a suspended license — was stopped by Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies for driving “a new Bentley” at 70 mph in a 35 mph zone “in darkness without her headlights on.” In her glove compartment was the document she’d signed Jan. 15, acknowledging she was not allowed to drive while her license was suspended.
Prosecutors Seek Paris Crackdown
Not amused, the Los Angeles city attorney’s office said March 29 that it would ask a judge to revoke the three-year probation sentence Hilton had received as a result of her January plea agreement.
On May 3 city prosecutors recommended that Hilton serve 45 days in jail for violating the conditions of her probation. They cited three terms of her probation that she’d violated: First, she failed to enroll in the alcohol education course within 21 days of her sentencing; Second, she had several traffic violations stemming from the Feb. 27 incident; and third, prosecutors argued that Hilton failed to “obey all laws and orders of the court.”
For more, see here: http://www.abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=3258489&page=1
she was caught drinking and driving last year and put on probation. she acknowledged her license and went on to get caught twice DUI... so 45 days is just right
Violated probation. (This is the same consequence *you* would pay for violating probation. The judge is insisting that she be treated like everyone else.)
Violatioin of probation. She was stupid. Deserves the time, but I can’t help but feel sorry for her.
Copped a nolo on a DUI with promise of probation. As part of the plea, she agreed not to drive again. Caught, on the road, at night. Possibly DUI again. Jailed for violating the terms of her probation. And the Judge TOLD her at the original plea that if she violated, she was going in. And she could have gone for a lot more than 45 days.
Stupid is as stupid does.