Paris Hilton is back in jail

[KBay84]

Paris Hilton is back in jail


She is led from the courtroom screaming after the judge orders her to serve her entire 45-day sentence.
By LINDA DEUTSCH
The Associated Press
Paris Hilton was taken from a courtroom screaming and crying Friday seconds after a judge ordered her returned 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. ( Oh, but that's rich indeed)

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 who were seated behind her in the courtroom and mouthed the words, "I love you."

Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer was calm but apparently irked by developments of the morning. He said he had left the courthouse Thursday night having signed an order for Hilton to appear for the hearing.

When he got in his car early Friday, he said, he heard a radio report that she would not appear and that he had approved a telephonic hearing. He said no such thing had been approved by him.

"I at no time condoned the actions of the sheriff and at no time told him I approved the actions," he said of the decision to release Hilton from jail after three days.

"At no time did I approve the defendant being released from custody to her home on Kings Road," he said.

Assistant City Attorney Dan F. Jeffries argued that Hilton should be returned to jail and said that was purely the judge's decision to make.

He said that "her release after only three days erodes confidence in the judicial system."

Hilton's attorney, Richard Hutton, implored the judge to order a hearing in his chambers at which he would hear testimony about Hilton's medical condition before making a decision.

The judge did not respond to that suggestion.

Another of her attorneys, Steve Levine, said, "The sheriff has determined that because of her medical situation, this (jail) is a dangerous place for her."

"The court's role here is to let the Sheriff's Department run the jail," he said.

A former district attorney, Robert Philibosian, also represented Hilton. He said that the law supports the sheriff in making an independent decision on her custodial situation.

The judge interrupted several times to say that he had received a call last Wednesday from an undersheriff informing him that Hilton had a medical condition and that he would submit papers to the judge to consider. He said the papers never arrived.

Every few minutes, the judge would interrupt proceedings and state the time on the clock and note that the papers still had not arrived.

He also noted that he had heard that a private psychiatrist visited Hilton in jail and he wondered if that person played a role in deciding her medical needs.

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[Chrisj]

A judge with a bit of common sense. Will wonders never cease.

[KBay84]

The offending sheriff is holding a press conference this evening, this should be good. I imagine he'll try and spin it in favor of CYA (cover yer arse), but there's zero getting around from circumventing the wishes of the court, and said law of the land.

What's a bet that someone got paid off from very deep pockets....I hope the sheriff gets fired.

[leobold1]

Wonder who's been giving all the bad info?

I can see a boycott of Hilton hotels over this.

I stayed in a nice one in Anchorage when on the way to Okinawa in '00 (the plane broke and gave us an 18 hour layover).

Don't think I'll be staying in one again.

Wake up Teen-America. Not even your poster child is above the law!

[cec]

Like the excuse that I'm sick would keep anyone of us out of jail.

[Betty Boop]

Actually, in Los Angeles County the Sheriff is an elected position. He could be impeached or just not re-elected - the latter I suspect will happen.

Sheriff Baca is probably more responsible for the lengthened sentence than anyone as had she stayed in the pokey, even been transferred to a hospital jail ward for medical treatment, she would have been out in 18 days - Now Paris will serve the entire 45 - so she still has about 40 more to go.

If he had deep pockets, I hope he didn't spend it ...

Originally Posted by KBay84

The offending sheriff is holding a press conference this evening, this should be good. I imagine he'll try and spin it in favor of CYA (cover yer arse), but there's zero getting around from circumventing the wishes of the court, and said law of the land.

What's a bet that someone got paid off from very deep pockets....I hope the sheriff gets fired.

[katerina]

Oh, I am so happy that she is in jail. She deserves it. Hopefully she will survive.