Paris Hilton out of jail

[Intrepid]

TMZ.com

TMZ has learned that Paris Hilton has not only had her sentence cut short, she is already out of jail!

Unimpeachable sources tell TMZ the deal was sealed yesterday, and that Hilton made her exit early early this morning.

She was originally sentenced to 45 days in jail, but that was reduced to 23. She served a total of three days.

The L.A. County Sheriff's Department will hold a news conference in an hour to discuss what went down.

(I originally saw the "breaking news" headline on MSNBC.com, but they didn't have the story yet, so I went to TMZ.com instead)

[Intrepid]

I'm guessing that someone made a HUGE campaign contribution to some judge.

[Karried]

What!!

I guess money does talk..

I'm sure she learned her lesson and will now go on to live a crime free life.

Do the crime, serve the time... unless you're wealthy.

[Intrepid]

MSNBC.com has now updated their site:

Paris Hilton reportedly released from jail - Celebrity News - MSNBC.com

[CuatrodeMayo]

Just when I thought there WAS justice in this country.

[Intrepid]

Just when I thought there WAS justice in this country.

Justice for Paris Hilton would have been for her to spend her 23 days living in a homeless shelter. Or serving as a maid in one of the Hilton Hotels (or one of the beautiful 'motel' establishments located on South Shields Blvd - e.g. The Swank Motel) during the day and then spending the night in jail (or the shelter) at night.

=)

[Intrepid]

I would assume that for someone like Paris, cruel and unusual punishment would be if she had to wear diamonique earrings, off the rack clothing, and a knock off Prada handbag.

[PUGalicious]

What a joke.

[Easy180]

Whitmore said the decision to have Hilton serve out her sentence at home was for medical reasons

Is having the shakes and going through withdrawal a valid medical reason?

[Intrepid]

Paris Hilton ‘reassigned’ to home detention - Celebrity News - MSNBC.com


For medical reasons, Paris Hilton will serve her sentence at home, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

After serving just three days behind bars, Hilton was "reassigned" to home detention and was sent home with a electronic-monitoring device. In conjunction with her home detention, Hilton's sentence was re-set at 40 days.

[PUGalicious]

You think that excuse would work for you or me?

[bandnerd]

Oh hell no.

[Martin]

note to self: if you ever get jail time, just refuse to eat the food so that you can hang out at your lavish home instead.

-M

[Misty]

Man, I wish I would have know I could have gotten out of my sentence with a "medical condition" before I spent all that time in the pokey.

(i'm totally kidding....or am I???)

[Stinger]

[jbrown84]

Good thing she held onto that.

[PUGalicious]

note to self: if you ever get jail time, just refuse to eat the food so that you can hang out at your lavish home instead.

-M

I don't have a lavish home... can I hang out at yours instead?

[SpectralMourning]

I hope everyone in L.A. County is sent home for "medical reasons". When I woke up and saw this, I puked up in my mouth a little bit.

[Martin]

sorry, pug... my home is only lavish in the hypothetical sense. : )

-M

[BailJumper]

What world are some of you people living in? Right here in Oklahoma we have people on their 3rd and 4th DUI that have never been in jail longer than it takes to bail out.

Do you guys have any idea how many cases never even get filled, even though the suspect was arrested?

I hear from police friends routinely how they put so much effort into some arrests, only to have the case never filed.

Right now Oklahoma County has put a hold on all 'cost warrants.' Meaning, if you owe the court money (often times in exchange for not going to jail) they will not issue a warrant for you. You simply get a pass.

While I find Paris Hilton annoying, she's a product of her environment. Should she be in jail? Maybe, but I have no problem with her being released early with conditions.

Life isn't an episode of Law and Order.

Most defense lawyers will tell you, counties rely on fines and fees to make budget. They don't want your body, they want your wallet.

[Intrepid]

Yet another twist in the never ending soap opera that is the life of one Paris Hilton.

Join us now for the latest episode of, "As the Stomach Turns"


Hearing could send Hilton back to jail - Celebrity News - MSNBC.com


Paris Hilton’s release from jail may be short lived.

Hours after she was sent home under house arrest Thursday for an undisclosed medical condition, the judge who put her in jail for violating her reckless-driving probation ordered her into court to decide if she should go back behind bars.

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

“My understanding is she will be brought in in a sheriff’s vehicle from her home,” Parachini said.

The celebrity inmate was sent home from the Los Angeles County jail’s Lynwood lockup shortly after 2 a.m. in a stunning reduction to her original 45-day sentence. She had reported to jail Sunday night after attending the MTV Movie Awards in a strapless designer dress.

She was ordered to finish her sentence under house arrest, meaning she could not leave her four-bedroom, three-bath home in the Hollywood Hills until next month.

City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo complained that he learned of her release the same way as almost everyone else — through news reports.

Then, late Thursday, he filed a petition questioning whether Sheriff Lee Baca should be held in contempt of court for releasing Hilton — and demanding that she be held in custody. Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer’s decision to haul Hilton back to the courtroom came shortly after.

“It is the city attorney’s position that the decision on whether or not Ms. Hilton should be released early and placed on electronic monitoring should be made by Judge Sauer and not the Sheriff’s Department,” said Jeffrey Isaacs of the city attorney’s office.

Sauer himself had expressed his unhappiness with Hilton’s release before Delgadillo asked him to return her to court. When he sentenced Hilton to jail last month, he ruled specifically that she could not serve her sentence at home under electronic monitoring.

Delgadillo’s office indicated that it would argue that the Sheriff’s Department violated Sauer’s May 4 sentencing order.

Paparazzi camp out at Hilton home
As word spread earlier Thursday that the 26-year-old poster child for bad celebrity behavior was back home, radio helicopter pilots who normally report on traffic conditions were dispatched to hover over her house and describe it to morning commuters. Paparazzi photographers on the ground quickly assembled outside its gates.

Hilton herself kept a low profile, although late in the morning a man arrived outside her house with a supply of cupcakes he said she had instructed him to distribute to the media horde.

Her parents also arrived and briefly entered, then left, the home.

Shortly before noon, Hilton issued a statement through her attorney.

“I want to thank the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and staff of the Century Regional Detention Center for treating me fairly and professionally,” she said. “I am going to serve the remaining 40 days of my sentence. I have learned a great deal from this ordeal and hope that others have learned from my mistakes.”

Attorneys differed on whether her treatment was unusual.

“She would have gotten out early if she was plain Jane,” said Leonard Levine, who has handled numerous probation violation cases. He noted that overcrowding in the Los Angeles County jail system has led to thousands of nonviolent offenders serving only 10 percent of their sentences. “She did as much time as a normal person would have done.”

Loyola University law professor Laurie Levenson said that she suspected the deal for Hilton’s early release was in the works even before she entered the jail system — and that officials probably were anxious to get her out of their custody.

“The time and resources needed to take care of a Paris Hilton are huge,” she said. “They have to make sure she is safe and her medical needs are attended to. Everything they did was going to be looked at under a microscope.”

Levine said that with rewards being offered for pictures of Hilton in custody, jail officials would have had to monitor the cell phone cameras of every employee.

Rene Seidel of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services said he had “never heard of” an inmate being released from jail for a medical condition.

Inmates with a cold are sent to a jail clinic, he said, and the seriously ill go to the jail ward of the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.

Hilton’s path to jail began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a Hollywood 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.

[Oh GAWD the Smell!]

Can somebody tell me again why people care?

Or why is she famous?

I've seen her porn, it can't be for that.

[BailJumper]

Can somebody tell me again why people care?

Her 'fame' is no more ridiculous than when we make local celebrities out of two brothers who own a furniture store or a guy who tells us the weather on TV.

Or, how about a detective turned author who botched an infamous murder case.

At one time, actors and actresses where looked down on by society.

I think she's famous because so many other people are so bored with their lives they are drawn to people who are actually different. Then the whole 'herd mentality' kicks in and when a few proclaim her fame worthy, the rest follow.

[Misty]

This just in-she's back to the pokey to serve out her 45 days!

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Paris Hilton was escorted from a courtroom screaming and crying on Friday after a judge sent her back to jail to serve out her entire 45-day sentence for a parole violation in a reckless driving case.




"It's not right!" shouted the weeping Hilton. "Mom!" she called out to her mother in the audience.

Hilton, who was brought to court in handcuffs in a sheriff's car, came into the courtroom disheveled and weeping. Her hair was askew and she wore a gray fuzzy sweatshirt over slacks. She wore no makeup and she cried throughout the hearing.

Her body also shook constantly as she dabbed at her eyes. Several times she turned to her parents, seated behind her in the courtroom, and mouthed, "I love you."

[jbrown84]

Sounds like she was putting on a great show. Maybe I'll bring my parents to the matinee.