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Paris Hilton to Go Back to Jail

by jordan | June 8, 2007 at 06:06 am | 1875 views | 11 comments | 25 recommendations

The authentic face of Paris Hilton (CNN screengrab)

Paris Hilton will go back to jail, and, according to the AP, was taken screaming from the courtroom. As expected, the judge denounced the sherriff's decision to release Ms. Hilton, ordering her to serve her entire 45-day sentence.

Update: TMZ, as usual, is right up to speed on this:

Here's what's going down in court right now. Judge Michael Sauer said,
before Paris was released, he was contacted by theSheriff and told they
would file a motion to place Paris under house arrest. The judge said
the motion was never filed, and added, "There's no way I would have
approved it even if I got the motion."

The prosecutor, Dan
Jeffries, who is also pissed at the Sheriff, accused the Sheriff of
"assuming all three roles of the criminal justice system," claiming
"Sheriff Lee Baca is interpreting the law all by himself."

Update: The police car has arrived at the courthouse, bearing a very distraught young lady. Paris Hilton is now before the judge.

Update: The police car is en route to the courthouse, which is beset with onlookers and protestors. One sign reads, "Money talks, Paris Walks".
At this point it is difficult to tell who is in more trouble, Hilton or the Sherriff who let her go without proper authorization.

Update: Hilton is on her way to meet a very angry judge; she's in car #865, pursued by a gaggle of eager reporters and paparrazzi.

The saga continues... The judge is having none of it, sending a white van to Hilton's mansion to bring her before the bench. It is clear now that the District Attorney's office was unaware of Hilton's early release. This must be costing the city of Los Angeles an heiress-sized fortune.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's vehicle is already on the way to pick up the heiress from her West Hollywood home.

Further update: Attorneys and the judge are livid at Ms. Hilton's decision not to show up, and they're beginning to turn on her. My question is mainly about her supposed "medical condition"-- I'd give that one a Fishy flag because, if it's bad enough to get her out of jail, surely she'd be taken to the hospital. As the son of a career parole officer, I find her story simply impossible to swallow, and this will no doubt be seen as another indication of a double-standard in the criminal justice system, in which the rich-and-famous have one law, and the rest of us have another. If you or I missed a court date, they'd be bringing in Dog the Bounty Hunter.

Now, TMZ is learning that there is a battle raging inside the courtroom
between Paris' lawyer, the City Attorney and the Sheriff's Dept. over
the decision to allow Paris Hilton to appear by phone this morning.

Update: Evidently Ms. Hilton will be a no-show at her court appearance, instead appearing via telephone from her mansion.

Remember how, in Lord of the Rings, Gandalf kicks that demon into the bottomless pit and then walks away, thinking it's over and done with, and then that fiery whip lashes up and drags him down into the murky darkness? This is sort of the same thing. Paris walked free, only to be dragged back to court.

Hours after Paris Hilton was sent home under house arrest Thursday, the judge who put her in jail for violating her reckless-driving probation ordered her into court to determine whether she should be put back behind bars.

Hilton must report to court at 9 a.m. today, Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini told the Associated Press.

In other celebrity/DUI news...

George
Michael has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service and banned
from driving for two years at Brent Magistrates court, north London.

The 43-year-old had pleaded guilty to driving while unfit, blaming "tiredness and prescribed drugs" for the offence.

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babblingdweeb

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 06:09 on June 8th, 2007

Good stuff....I'm still laughing.

p.s. I hope she goes back in...and I hope she learns that she can't get out of everything.

jordan

at 07:11 on June 8th, 2007

I mark this as breaking because it raises a huge issue in terms of the application of criminal law.

babblingdweeb

at 07:19 on June 8th, 2007

jordan, thanks for getting this story out so quickly. It will now show up on the home page for four hours. If new developments justify it, I'll renew this flag for another cycle.

pgaliba

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 07:58 on June 8th, 2007

jordan, this is Good stuff.

the source

at 08:33 on June 8th, 2007

liamssoft

flagged this story as Good Stuff

at 09:33 on June 8th, 2007

jordan, thank you for highlighting the wealthy receiving
special treatment. Its a bit like the Ultra wealthy not having to pay income tax
in the UK. Double Standards. Good stuff.

insaniac (not verified)

at 09:58 on June 8th, 2007

Meanwhile the G8 is carving up the planet whilst Greenpeace gets treated like terrorists, and all every channel shows is a spoiled little girl.

Dave99669

at 12:04 on June 8th, 2007

Thanks for the updates Jordan. No one should be above the law, do the crime, do the time.

ricknight

at 13:22 on June 8th, 2007

Jon Stewart and the Daily Show said it best... "Shaw Skank Redemption"

matte

at 16:13 on June 8th, 2007

Interesting that a story about a socialite gets two breakings, yest a real ongoing breaking story (ship aground in Aust) does not.

Barry Artiste

at 16:14 on June 8th, 2007

Yeah, well, Ms. Paris should thanks her lucky "Limo Bucket Shots" she doesn't live in Fun and Lively places like IRAN or other Islamic countries where their Islamic prison parties will make "Deliverance" and "Midnight Express" seem like a bad "Monostat Commercial".

Will she learn from all of this? OOHHH You Betcha, she'll probably take public transit after this. Too bad the parents who raised (Badly) her won't be joining her.