Posted on 05/04/2007 4:30:28 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A judge sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days in Los Angeles County jail on Friday for violating her probation in a reckless driving case.
The heiress arrived at court 10 minutes late in the back of a black Cadillac Escalade and swept into the Metropolitan Courthouse with several men in suits, ignoring screams of photographers lining the route into a rear entrance. Her parents, Rick and Kathy Hilton, also came with her.
Wearing a gray jacket and white shirt over black slacks and with a black headband on, she said nothing and appeared serious.
The celebrity case brought an unusual scene to the austere courthouse south of downtown in a commercial area. As if at a red carpet event, dozens of photographers and reporters lined up at the rear entrance. Yellow police tape substituted for velvet ropes.
TV trucks were parked nearby to beam the news worldwide and a helicopter hovered overhead. Extra sheriff's deputies stood guard.
Hilton, 26, pleaded no contest in January to reckless driving stemming from a Sept. 7 arrest in Hollywood. Police said she appeared intoxicated and failed a field sobriety test. She had a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent, the level at which an adult driver is in violation of the law.
She was sentenced to 36 months probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.
Two other traffic stops and failure to enroll in a mandated alcohol education program, are what landed the socialite back in court.
On Jan. 15, Hilton was pulled over by California Highway Patrol. Officers informed her that she was driving on a suspended license and she signed a document acknowledging that she was not to drive, according to papers filed in Superior Court.
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies stopped Hilton on Feb. 27 and charged her with violating her probation. Police said she was pulled over at about 11 p.m. after authorities saw the car speeding with its headlights off.
Hilton's spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said at the time Hilton wasn't aware her license was suspended. A copy of the document Hilton signed on Jan. 15 was found in the car's glove compartment, court papers say.
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
Good.
Jaildyke with whiskers bait.
toe-headed ho
Paris Hilton is now truly the Zsa Zsa Gabor of our time.
our justice system works! about time that little lady had a taste of consequences for such reckless behavior.
Damn! Three threads in a minute and a half. Poor baby! let me be the one to offer my services to console and cair for her. LOL
Hot jail house rock
"Hey baby, drunk driving isnt' cool. You'll end up in jail. Repeated drug offenses are fine because that's a disease, and it's not my fault."
Is this thread the next to get locked?
It’s about time that people like her get to face the consequences. I hope there isn’t a way for her to weasel out of it.
In the future, please refrain from cluttering up the main news forum with crap like this.
Thanks,
AM
Perhaps a live prison cam is in order.
I reckon she’ll look good in day-glo orange, with nickel-plated bracelets!
Anyone got any footage of her perp-walk?
Thanks for moving it.
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