Paris Hilton sent to jail for 45 days

[Renew Deal]

Source: CNN

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A judge sentenced Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail Friday for violating her probation, putting the brakes on the hotel heiress' famous high life.

Hilton, who parlayed her name and relentless partying into worldwide notoriety, must go to jail on June 5 and she will be allowed no work release, no furloughs, no use of an alternative jail and no electronic monitoring in lieu of jail, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer ruled after a hearing.

The heiress had arrived for the hearing 10 minutes late in the back of a black sport utility vehicle and swept into the Metropolitan Courthouse with several men in suits, ignoring screams of photographers lining the route into a rear entrance.

Wearing a gray jacket and white shirt over black slacks and with a black headband on, she said nothing and appeared serious.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/04/paris.hilton.ap/index.html

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Paris Hilton is going to jail. Simple Life: San Quentin

She showed up to court 10 minutes late. :dunce:

[graywarrior]

1. I'll believe it when I see it.

[militaryspouse]

3. ..

she probably thinks she'll be able to buy her way out of it.

[LiberalFighter]

51. She tried... tried to buy up to a better jail

[heliarc]

59. I'm not so sure that she thinks that much...

I wouldn't be surprised if this was a stupid (and certainly entitled) Blunder on her team's part.

[Shakespeare]

9. Nope, this isn't something she can appeal.

She will not be allowed any work release, furloughs, or use of an alternative jail or electronic monitoring in lieu of jail.

The judge ruled that she was in violation of the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.

She was ordered to report to women's jail in suburban Lynwood.



http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=entertainment&id=5272851

[musette_sf]

13. is that one of those SoCal jails

that for $85 a day will allow you nicer quarters and more privileges?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/29/us/29jail.html

[Shakespeare]

16. No, this is the county lockup for women.

Not a posh place at all.

[LSparkle]

19. Wasn't the place where Robert Downey, Jr. went in Lynwood too?

Just sounds familiar to me.

[Shakespeare]

23. Dunno; it was converted for women only in the last year or two.

It's the Century Regional Detention Facility:

http://www.lasd.org/divisions/correctional/crdf/index.html

Have no idea where Downey stayed.

[alcibiades_mystery]

56. RDJ went to Corcoran State Prison

Not a nice place to hang out.

[Zynx]

25. LA County. One of the three worst jail systems in the US.

Other two being Rikers and Miami-Dade. "Lockup" did something on LA County.

[reichstag911]

32. I don't know...

...Cook County's pretty shitty, too. And you, a Wisconsinite, should give props to your neighbor to the south. ;)

[ChairmanAgnostic]

49. no kidding.

I've seen the inside of 26th and Cal more than a few times. To say that the buzzing flourenscents, the grey concrete block walls, and the atmosphere of total, dismal, feeling of hoplessness is depressing is an understatement.

shame on all cheeseheads who don't recognize just how much effort our authorities have put into our prison system. Of course, they have bragging rights with Milwaukee.

[reichstag911]

63. You've "seen the inside"...

...of 26th and Cal? In what capacity, lawyer, inmate, defendant, witness? Inquiring minds -- well, this one, at least -- want to know.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

64. lawyer.

more than a few client meetings, several witness interviews, at least three depositions, and one really weird ,
no, can't talk about that according to the confidentiality agreement.

[reichstag911]

65. I'm not a lawyer, but...

...I've played one in real life, eliciting a Confession of Error from the SA on a pro se appellate brief I filed in a traffic case in which I was pulled over for DWW (Driving While White in a black neighborhood). What do you practice, and where?

[ChairmanAgnostic]

66. sud suburbs of chi town.

used to slave for a medium-large firm that defended corpserate America, insurers, and doctors. Lots of toxic, products, medical devices, construction, - if there was a lot of death and destruction, we got involved.
When a high ranking vp of a huge company (they have a 'not small' foot print in Iraq) instructed me to buy off a judge on a rather complex construction disaster case (two dead, many, many, many hurt) I realized that my professional goals were not being met by staying there.

I said no, happily losing the client, and over the coming year, made my wy to be a solo atty. never been happier. It was not a sudden switch, but more of a gradual, with increasing speed, realization that life is a hell of a lot more important than filling one's pockets with dirty gold pieces.

[reichstag911]

72. Congrats...

...on getting out. As a fellow FSM believer, what is the important religious holiday that's celebrated on September 19th, my b-day? I have the FSM bible somewhere in storage -- mea maxima culpa I know -- and I can't remember. ;)

PS My undergrad degree is from Wharton, but I could never handle the whole stuffed suit atmosphere of corporate America and the paucity of genuine intelligence and dignity therein, so I got out very quickly and have survived by my "wits" ever since.

[musette_sf]

61. i see

hubby #1 worked at Rikers for awhile, so i get that picture.

i saw some of the vid clips of The Depraved Miss H going to court. what a little snot. makes one wonder how it would be if Georgie Butch were a young member of today's idle rich. he'd give her a run for her money in complete contempt for anyone who dares to smack them down.

of course it's just more publicity for her. what IS she, anyway? i always enjoy reading Nick Dunne's pieces on the rich and depraved, but the heiresses of yesteryear with chequered pasts come off like Mother Teresa next to Paris. :eyes:

[Ian David]

43. You think Bush will pardon her? n/t

[LSparkle]

2. That's the first thing I thought -- here comes another reality series

[rasputin1952]

4. Thank God for remote controls...I'd break a hip running to the

TV trying to change the channel...:D

This might be interesting, actually seeing someone tossed into jail w/a big $/name..:)

[TomInTib]

6. "Going Down with Paris Hilton"

Yeah, that's it.

I was tired of her before I ever heard about her. Pre-tired.

[LSparkle]

18. LOL!

It just hit me, though -- do you think her fellow inmates would kick the crap out of her (just for being as annoying as she is) or would they try and ingratiate themselves in hopes of maybe being her penpal or getting interviews as her ex-cellmate? Just wondering ...

[TomInTib]

27. I would imagine they will isolate her.

Or maybe bunk her up with some nice white girls who are in for the same hit (probation violation).

[Schema Thing]

5. Worst case scenario, you..

go to jail for a month,
I'm on your side.

[AlCzervik]

7. Good, stop driving drunk ya moron.

[Cha]

41. And she who can afford a

limo or cab any ol' time ..day or night!

[CBHagman]

50. That is precisely the point!

May I remind people that week after week we read of senseless deaths due to drunk drivers? I can't be the only one who read the story about director Bob Clark and his son dying because some fool was not only driving without a license but under the influence. People die because of the sort of things Paris Hilton did.

And for what it's worth, the news accounts make a larger point: Kathy Hilton and her ilk believe they are better than the rest of us. It's sort of the Bush administration -- well, perhaps the GOP leadership in general -- philosophy writ large. For the wealthy and well-connected, there are no consequences to bad behavior.

Some time back, the TV section of The Washington Post did a story on what was then to be Kathy Hilton's new reality series. The headline said, "Class. She has it." :eyes: Apparently whoever wrote the headline hadn't really thought through the implications of that assertion, including its irony.

Given Kathy Hilton's behavior in the courtroom, we know precisely how much class she has.

And her attitude is decidedly un-American, in my book.

[Zynx]

8. Violate probation twice and show up late to court = angry judge.

[Seabiscuit]

39. Not to mention the perjury and the suborned perjury.

[LiberalFighter]

52. It was more than that...

she blamed her publicist. Doesn't open her own mail.

Also, pleaded that she didn't know she was driving suspended. But she signed the ticket admitting she was driving suspended.

[heliarc]

60. Classic case of entitlement.

She's entitled to whatever she wants whenever she wants. I'm glad the justice system isn't playing along.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

67. she knows how to write? you're kidding, right?

come on. people like that have others read shit for her.

[Greyskye]

10. schadenfreude

I'm guilty. Are you? :evilgrin:

[Chovexani]

37. Makin' me feel glad that I'm not you!

*busts out the Avenue Q soundtrack*

[Atman]

11. Oh, cool! I can't wait for the hot lesbian prison videos!

Doh...did I post that out loud?

:hi:

.

[rockymountaindem]

28. So it would seem

Given the propensity of some people, mainly celebrities, to film everything they do I wouldn't put this past her. OTOH, jail restrictions might prevent it.

[Booster]

40. Hell, you kiddin'? I'd watch it for sure.

[SKKY]

30. I'm glad I'm not the only one.

[LiberalFighter]

53. Will she have her cell phone and send the pictures out?

How will she survive without her cell phone? The humanity of it all!!

[otohara]

12. Excellent News

I'm sure she thought they would never do it.

[Breeze54]

14. How come it's not on ET or the other gossip shows?

It wasn't even on the news!! Is she appealing the decision?

[Shakespeare]

17. It's not appeal-able. n/t

[depakid]

15. The price of celebrity...

Getting a "wet reckless" in this case was probably a good result... but my guess would be that as a condition of her probation, she's not allowed to drink.

Any time she's seen in public with alcohol in her hands while on probation, she can be reported for a violation....

That has got to suck.

[Bicoastal]

21. Hey, What's that sound? That scratchy, barely-audible music coming from between my fingers...

Oh yeah...

:nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity::nopity:

[LSparkle]

22. Seriously ... I remember thinking "poor Martha Stewart"

She couldn't even have any champagne on the plane going home because she was still on probation. Totally, totally sucks ... Doesn't mean ol' Paris doesn't deserve it, but I'm just sayin, it sucks.

[Marnieworld]

20. I have no pity

She is going to jail for the simple reason that she thought that rules didn't apply to her. She kept driving again and again when she shouldn't have. She couldn't even bother registering for th alcohol class that she was required to take as part of her sentence. She thought that somehow she was exempt as if others are required but not her. This is completely of her own doing and her actual defense was that she wasn't paying attention? Well I bet this got her attention.

No pity.

[LiberalFighter]

54. It might be the mother's fault too

Did you hear that she yelled at the judge?

[cassiepriam]

68. Unbelievably stupid on the mother's part

The judge is already pissed off and the mother makes it worse.
Guess the apple does not fall far from the tree....

[cassiepriam]

69. I didn't get the mother's sarcasm about wanting the judge's autograph??

[ChairmanAgnostic]

71. she competes with long dead, petrified gnats on the attention span scale.

of course, the gnats have the distinct advantage of being able to stay put in one spot, absent a strong wind gust.

[Greeby]

24. Can't pass by without a big

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

34. Big?

[liberal renegade]

26. Don't disrespect the judge

as a 20 something year old I found that out the hard way... I was sentenced to 3 days in jail for disturbing the peace and told the judge I could do that standing on my head, he said well good for you, he gave me 30 more days to get back down on my feet..... Lesson learned......

[Renew Deal]

36. lol

:spank:

[Ian David]

44. Did they not have TV shows about courts and judges when you were growing up?

If you'd watched a few episodes of LA Law, you would have known better.

[liberal renegade]

58. it wasn't that I didn't know better

I just didn't give a shit........

[cassiepriam]

70. This is a great story..... lessons learned the hard way.

Rule One: Don't irritate judges.

[Jed Dilligan]

29. If rich people were treated like poor people

when they go to jail, they would sue, and win.

She probably spends most of the sentence (what she serves of it) sitting in someone's office.

[truthisfreedom]

31. Aww. I guess the judge wasn't a fan.

[dflprincess]

33. I laughed about the no work release

"Poor" Paris, if only she was gainfully employed she might have gotton easier time.

[tabasco]

35. I hope she gets it together and starts doing some good with her wealth and fame.

I'm not optimistic after seeing her hanging around with the Girls Gone Wild guy though.

[emilyg]

45. She won't.

[Frank Cannon]

48. 45 days is nowhere near long enough to straighten...

her skanky ass out.

This full-grown, immature, selfish brat truly believes down to the bone that no rules apply to her.

45 weeks in stir might be more like it. It's probably what she'll get the next time she's caught driving drunk and violating parole, which will be the week after she serves this piddly sentence.

[Egnever]

73. 45 days is a looong time

Try it sometime

[Seabiscuit]

38. Next time (and there will be a next time) lock her up and throw away the key.

Rich white trash.

[Ian David]

42. That's so hot. n/t

[militaryspouse]

46. ....

does this mean nicole richie has to do 'the simple life' alone now:D

[pokercat999]

47. It will be a reality show soon. eom

[Le Taz Hot]

55. ABC "news"

keeps saying she violated her PAROLE. Look, I'm not a celebrity watcher but come on, parole is when you've been in a state or federal prison and a board has decided, because you've been a good boy/girl, you can get out early with conditions. Probation is something a judge gives you as part/all of your sentenced after you've been arrested and put in County Jail.

[tidy_bowl]

57. Showed up 10 minutes late....

...not good at all. This spoiled brat perhaps will learn something by spending 45 days in the slammer.

[rocktivity]

62. She's free until June 5? Seeing as it was her second probation violation

why wasn't she locked up on the spot?

Hilton, 26, pleaded no contest in January to reckless driving stemming from a Sept. 7 arrest in Hollywood. She was sentenced to 36 months' probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.

On January 15, Hilton was pulled over...Officers informed her that she was driving on a suspended license, and she signed a document acknowledging that she was not to drive, ...(O)n February 27...Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies...pulled (her) over...(Her) car (was) speeding with its headlights off...A copy of the document Hilton signed on January 15 was found in the car's glove compartment...

Hilton...testified she believed her license was initially suspended for 30 days...Hilton's spokesman...testified that...he...advised her that he believed her license was no longer suspended.

[Old Vet]

74. Even though paris is an asshole,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I wouldn't wish jail time on anyone, And the lawyers should know better. Some of my fellow DUers haven't been reading up on the whole conception, We've already incarcerated 2 MILLION people. Jail is a business now,Not a punishment.

[sui generis]

75. I guess that's 45 days some violent criminal will have to wait

to go to jail.

Brilliant, judgie poo, brilliant. There are a hundred other things he could have done besides taking up jail space for a non violent offense based on a marginal alcohol reading, and I'd like to suggest he could start by smoking a little less crack.

[bamacrat]

76. Good, I cant believe she said she was being teated unfairly.

If I had violated probation once let alone twice my ass would be in jail for months, she got off lucky. Drinking and driving is not something to be taken lightly because you are cute.