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Friday, May 04, 2007

Judge Gives Paris Hilton 45 Days in LA County Jail; Will She Really Go to Jail?

UPDATE: May 28: Paris Pampering Prep for Prison?

A judge in Los Angeles has sentenced celebrity Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail for violation of probation for driving a vehicle on a suspended license.

The 26-year-old Hollywood tabloid magnet and socialite heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune has had numerous encounters with the police in the past year, which ultimately led to the judge's decision.

Hilton along with her lawyer, Howard Weitzman, argued in the Los Angeles courtroom that Hilton did not know her license was suspended even though court documents show she signed a ticket acknowledging she knew her license was suspended.

The signed ticket was found in her car's glove compartment when Hilton was stopped by an LA County Sheriff on February 27 for speeding and driving without her car's headlights on.

Hilton was charged with violation of her probation which is what led to today's sentence.

Los Angeles County Judge Michael T. Sauer was not persuaded by arguments presented by Hilton nor her lawyer during the proceedings and ordered Paris Hilton to serve 45 days at the Century Regional Detention Facility (pictured below) in Lynwood, California.

Hilton could have received 90 days in jail for the probation violation. Additionally, Hilton received a number of reprieves for her driving violations and court-order alcohol counseling treatment. In fact, the prosecutor pointed out, Hilton never showed up for the alcohol counseling.

The prosecutor also argued that the 90-day term was appropriate for all of those reasons and the fact that Hilton never took responsibility for her actions, even attempting to pass blame on others - like her publicist Elliot Mintz, who was fired by Hilton just hours after the judge's sentence (update: Mintz has been rehired - 5/18).

Judge Sauer moved the proceedings along after dismissing one witness who testified on Hilton's behalf. The witness, a family friend, basically asserted what everyone already knew: that Paris wasn't very smart.

The judge wasn't falling for it and Sauer also made it clear that he did not believe Hilton's attorneys did not tell her that her license suspension had been upheld.

"She wanted to disregard everything that was said and continue to drive no matter what," Sauer said.
You can read and watch video reactions from Paris, her mother, her lawyer and others about the "unwarranted" jail sentence.
Hilton will begin her sentence June 5 unless an appeal (includes exclusive video of Paris from Access Hollywood) is successful in either delaying the sentence, modifying it or most unlikely, having it dismissed altogether.

Update 5/18: Hilton's lawyers have withdrawn their appeal after realizing the sentence was not going to be overturned but instead reduced.

After the sentencing, Paris Hilton's mother, Kathy, reportedly shouted in the courtroom, "this is pathetic."

Paris Hilton did not say anything to reporters or fans as she exited the courtroom.

However, she later told a gaggle of reporters and cameras outside her home that she thought the judge was "unfair" and the sentence was "cruel and unwarranted."

When Paris Hilton entered the court this morning 18 minutes late and past the metal detectors, she paused to powder up for the judge (as shown in the accompanying video from TMZ).

When she reports to the facility, Hilton will be kept from the majority prison population for the safety of herself, the staff and the prison population. She will be kept in a separate cell block that is reserved for "special needs" inmates like police and celebrities.

Paris Hilton will spend 22 hours a day inside a jail cell that she will share with a cellmate. The jail cells - 12 in all - each have double bed bunks, a toilet, a sink and that's about it, according to reports from others who know the facility. (Can you imagine Paris Hilton sitting on a toilet inside a jail cell? Yikes! Please don't take pictures of that.)

Hilton will of course not be allowed to take a cellphone or blackberry or really anything else except for some personal effects and books. Do you think this might be the one chance that
Paris, out of sheer boredom, will actually read a book? No way!

It would not surprise me at all if the producers of the "Simple Life" are trying to come up with a way to make an episode out of Hilton's incarceration. On the other hand if they haven't even thought about it, that would be a brain-freeze guaranteed.

- Read what people are writing about Paris Hilton going to jail .
- Watch Paris Hilton's
post- arrest video.

Stayed tuned to MTB and get the site feed for updates as they come up, plus full coverage of Paris' trip to the slammer. If nothing else, it may make her a bit more humble.

Mr. Hilton, Paris' father, doesn't really believe that he and his wife Kathy can schmooze their daughter away from serving her time, does he?

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6 Comments:
damon said...

she admitted 'stars are blind' back the freakk off!

5/5/07 3:53 PM  
Anonymous said...

i don't get what you're saying:

"stars are blind" ? - huh?

"back the freakk [sic] off" what? back off of what?

5/5/07 4:56 PM  
Anonymous said...

she has enough money why not take a cab when you get drunk. That's what smart people do.

8/5/07 2:37 PM  
Anonymous said...

"she has enough money why not take a cab when you get drunk. That's what smart people do."

I don't believe that anyone has ever accused Ms. Hilton of having any intelligence.

Personally, I hope that they throw the book at her; celebrities are not above the law.

8/5/07 11:07 PM  
Anonymous said...

THERE IS A PETITION TO KEEP PARIS OUT OF JAIL SOME NEEDS TO START ONE FOR HER TO GO TO JAIL.

9/5/07 5:38 AM  
Anonymous said...

Ms Hilton,if you do the crime then you should do the time! Simple as that!

9/5/07 6:04 AM  

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