Hotel heiress Paris Hilton walked out of a Los Angeles-area jail

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton walked out of a Los Angeles-area jail early Tuesday with a big smile on her face after serving 23 days for violating her probation on a reckless driving conviction.

With paparazzi and reporters swarming behind a police barrier, Hilton waved and beamed but ignored shouted questions as she left the jail about 12:15 a.m. PT.

She walked past sheriff's deputies into a sport utility vehicle where her parents waited. (Watch as Hilton walks free )

The media dogged Hilton as she made her getaway, jockeying for position and snapping photos of the socialite for miles along the Los Angeles freeway system.

When her SUV had to stop at a red light, photographers jumped out of their cars and surrounded it, The Associated Press reported. (Blog: Much ado about nothing)

CNN affiliate KTLA-TV in Los Angeles reported that Hilton went to her grandparents' home in the Benedict Canyon area of Beverly Hills.

Her arrival there initially provoked amusement among residents out for early morning walks, according to the Associated Press.

"What I think is funny is every single news person here apologized to me," said 50-year-old retired attorney Martha Karsh, out for a stroll with her college-age daughter, Katie, told the AP.


"It's not real news. What's the story here?" asked Karsh, adding that she wasn't aware that any Hiltons lived in the neighborhood until TV satellite trucks and other news vehicles crammed the street.

Later in the day, the AP added, neighbors were less blase as traffic built up amid the frenzy of media personnel and equipment. The news service noted that one motorist made an obscene gesture to reporters while driving by.

Hilton, 26, was sentenced to 45 days for the 2006 probation violation but served about half the term, gaining credit for good behavior. (Gallery: Stars who have done time)

"She has fulfilled her debt to society and it's now concluded," said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Hilton is scheduled to give her first post-jail television interview Wednesday on CNN's "Larry King Live" show after ABC and NBC dropped rival offers last week.

The imprisonment -- and temporary release -- of Hilton ignited a global media storm and raised questions about celebrity justice.

Her jail time was sparked by her arrest in September on a drunken-driving charge. (People.com: Full Hilton coverage)

She admitted alcohol-related reckless driving in January and was sentenced to three years' probation but was caught driving the following month on a suspended license. Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer ruled in May this violated her probation.

He rejected Hilton's defense that her publicist had misinformed her about the status of her license.

Hilton surrendered to authorities on June 3 to begin her sentence and spent all 23 days -- bar one -- at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California. (Watch what might be next for Hilton )

'Hardest thing I've ever done'
Three days after Hilton began her jail stay, she was released by the Los Angeles County sheriff to home detention with electronic monitoring because of an unspecified medical condition.

She was at home a little more than a day before the judge ordered her back to jail to complete her sentence. Hilton was led out of the courtroom weeping.

"This is by far the hardest thing I have ever done," she said in a statement. "I have had a lot of time to reflect and have already learned a bitter but important lesson from this experience."

Hilton's probation will end in March 2009, as long as she keeps her driver's license current and doesn't break the law, according to the AP.

The city attorney's office has said she can cut 12 months off that time if she does community service, which could include a public-service announcement, the AP reported.

Nicole Richie: I'm worried I might go to jail

Does Nicole Richie think she's next?

Paris Hilton's good buddy told David Letterman during a taping for his talk show on Wednesday that she's worried about landing in the pokey, too.

"I'm just keeping my fingers crossed, and, you know, of course, I'm scared also, but, you know, I'm willing to face whatever consequences come my way, and I take responsibility for what I've done," she said.

Richie, the 25-year-old daughter of pop singer Lionel Richie, pleaded not guilty in February to driving under the influence. She was arrested December 11 and volunteered she had smoked marijuana and taken the prescription painkiller Vicodin, but no drugs were found on her or in the car, police said.

Richie already had a 2003 misdemeanor DUI conviction. The California vehicle code says if convicted of DUI twice within 10 years, a person can be sentenced to between 90 days and a year in jail and have his or her driving privileges suspended.


During the "Late Show" taping, Letterman asked Richie, who acknowledged previous legal troubles, when she'll learn her fate.

"Probably the end of this month," she responded.

A sympathetic Letterman wished her the best, saying, "I hope you don't have to go to jail."

Richie starred in the TV reality show "The Simple Life" with Hilton, who has had similar problems. The 26-year-old hotel heiress checked into the Century Regional Detention Facility in suburban Los Angeles on Sunday to serve 23 days

Paris Hilton sent back in jail

LOS ANGELES - A sobbing Paris Hilton was sent back to jail Friday a day after her early release under house arrest triggered outrage that one of Hollywood's rich and famous was getting special treatment.

Hilton, who had spent little more than 72 hours behind bars, cried and wailed "Mom, Mom, Mom" as Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer ordered her back to prison to serve out her 45-day sentence imposed for driving on a suspended license.

Earlier when the 26-year-old heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune failed to turn up at court on time, having reportedly asked to appear by telephone, police turned up at her home in the Hollywood foothills to fetch her.

She was seen tearfully hugging her mother, before being handcuffed and put in the back of a police car.

Shots taken from helicopters buzzing overhead showed her sobbing uncontrollably as the police convoy, speeding through the crush of waiting media, took her back to court where the judge ruled she must go back to prison.

The pictures of a distraught Hilton were very different from the shots of her strutting her stuff in designer clothes at red-carpet soirees.

Hilton, the multi-millionaire hotels heiress and star of the TV reality show "The Simple Life," had been sent home early Thursday after entering prison late Sunday following a red-carpet MTV music awards ceremony.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, citing unspecified "medical reasons," released her under house arrest with an electronic monitoring bracelet on her ankle.

But her release stunned prosecutors, who quickly filed a motion seeking to haul Hilton back behind bars to complete her sentence for violating probation by driving on a suspended license.

They were also bombarded by a barrage of angry phone calls, emails and faxes from people protesting the preferential treatment being handed out to Hilton.

Black civil rights leader Al Sharpton said: "This early release gives all of the appearances of economic and racial favoritism that is constantly cited by poor people and people of color."

"This decision sends the message that no individual -- no matter how wealthy or powerful -- is above the law. Today justice was served," City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said in a statement after Friday's decision.

Hilton's stunned parents were watching the proceedings, and her mother, Kathy, began crying and hugging her husband, Rick, wailing, "Oh my God!" as the judge made his ruling.

The saga surrounding Hilton has sparked a media frenzy around one of the world's most photographed women, who is a A-list guest on the Hollywood party circuit.

She is mainly well-known for being rich and famous, and shot to international fame thanks largely to a sex tape of her and an-ex boyfriend which appeared on the Internet.

She has also released a music album and appeared in films such as "House of Wax," "Pledge This," and the forthcoming "The Hottie and the Nottie."

Earlier in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Sheriff Lee Baca had defended his department's decision to release Hilton on Thursday.

"My message to those who don't like celebrities is that punishing celebrities more than the average American is not justice," Baca was quoted as saying.

"The problem here is that there is a medical issue and it isn't wise to keep a person in jail with her problem over an extended period of time and let the problem get worse," Baca said, refusing to describe the medical problem.

But City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said that Los Angeles jails were well-equipped to deal with the medical needs of inmates and the decision to release her was "puzzling."

"If law enforcement officials are to enjoy the respect of those we are charged with protecting, we cannot tolerate a two-tiered jail system where the rich and powerful receive special treatment," Delgadillo

Hutchison: Paris Hilton gets mansion-detention

Hutchison: Paris Hilton gets mansion-detention






Not too fast Paris HiltonDaily Entertainment Break: Paris Hilton out of jail, confined to Hollywood mansionCassidy: There's a better punishment for Paris HiltonParis Hilton ordered back to courtOh come on, you knew it was going to happen didn't you? You knew there was no way that poor li'l rich girl Paris Hilton was going to have to serve out her time in the slammer.
Barely five days after she arrived at the Los Angeles County jail, she's back in her Barbie Dream House for the remaining 40 days of her sentence, sporting an electronic monitoring bracelet (Gucci?). Reports are that she had some sort of medical condition which prompted her early release. At this point, it's anyone's guess what it is. Dandruff? An unattractive rash from the chafing of her prison-issue jumpsuit?

We know she didn't contract anything from her cell-mate because she didn't have one. The Associated Press reports that her jail accommodations were in the "special needs" division which is separate from the other un-pedicured miscreants. (Can you even imagine Paris' "special needs" in jail? Just the shampoos alone boggle the mind.)

Home-confinement chez Hilton is pretty plush punishment for violating probation, as Paris did when she was caught twice early this year boppin' around in her Bentley despite having had her license suspended for alcohol-fueled reckless driving. As her clubbin' buddy Britney would say, "Oops! I did it again!"

Considering all the other injustices and crises in the world such as, oh, the continued mayhem in Iraq, global warming and the alarming failure of so many of our public schools, it seems awfully frivolous to give a rat's posterior about the trials of an airhead celebutante. Why waste the energy?
Maybe it's because the Hilton-irritant seems like something that should be very manageable. She's a blond mosquito who so needs to be swatted. How many times have you seen that ridiculous commercial of her making love to a cheeseburger and thought, "Can't we at least throw this bimbo in jail?'`

Of course, there are legions of Paris' fans who think she's being treated unfairly. These are the same people she insulted on her Web site by posting a get-out-of-jail-free petition that claims her lasting gift to humanity is bringing glamour and excitment into their otherwise `mundane lives.'

I don't get it. My first reaction when I saw that petition was, "You know what would brighten up my mundane life? Send Paris to Gitmo!"

Yet, apparently, she got a gazillion signatures on that thing.

So, in a world turned upside down by celebrity obsession - and Paris is a celebrity mainly for being a beautiful, rich do-nothing - it makes twisted sense that she would get off with mansion-arrest.

There was one moment during this fiasco when our gal Paris had a chance to actually learn something and impart it to her fans. She showed promise when she was interviewed on the red carpet at the MTV awards, just before her incarceration, and said she was ready to be strong, do the right thing and serve her time like a good little inmate.

Now she's probably getting her electronic bracelet fitted with diamond studs while she has a margarita out on the sun deck.

Who knows, maybe she'll end up having Scooter Libby over for a pre-jail spa day, if he goes to jail at all. Paris can give him tips on how to avoid that sort of inconvenience.

Lindsay Lohan Plays With Knives, Has No Friends

News Of the World, the fine folks who brought us pictures of Lindsay Lohan snorting lines of coke in the loo, has now obtained some frightening pics of Lilo playing with knives.



Lindsay, who entered rehab at Malibu Promises last week, is seen holding a knife to a friend’s throat and also putting a knife in her own mouth. Never one to avoid a photo op, Lindsay appears quite out of it in these pictures taken at a house party four months ago. This once again proves that Lindsay’s first visit to rehab was NOT successful, much like her efforts to find trustworthy and good-hearted friends. Lindsay must have been coked-out-of this-universe to allow such candid shots of herself to be taken.


I must say, Ms. Lohan has made some outrageously stellar choices in friends. And when I say “friend” in Lindsay’s case what I mean is: people who would drug you, rape you, steal your wallet, hump your corpse, run over your dog, stab your grandmother, mooch your drugs, spit in your beer, leave you stranded, let your wear something that makes you look fat, screw your boyfriend, and possibly take unflattering and incriminating photos of you while you’re high on illegal substances. Real pals, that’s what I’m saying.

Lindsay, when you get out of rehab (if you get out) here’s a definition of a friend. Write this down, refer to it often, and make a mental note, for this information will serve you well in life.

A Friend is someone who looks out for you, who holds your secrets in confidence, who has your back when needed and who tells you the truth, not just what you want to hear. A friend is someone who would tell you if the guy you liked hit on them, rather than making out with them. A friend is someone who might take a silly photo of you, but also let’s you watch them delete it. A true friend is someone you can have fun with WHILE NOT fried out of your mind.

And ultimately Lindsay, a friend is someone who you choose, not who fate has chosen for you. A real friend doesn’t want anything from you, they don’t care about how much money you have or what you can do for them, they just care about you.

I think it’s safe to say that you don’t have any of these in your life, so how about you dump all these other a-holes and start all over? Your mom is not your friend, btw, that’s not her job. If she isn’t doing her job, you should fire her ass too.

Also, one last thing, in order to have a true friend, you need to be a true friend. Perhaps start with yourself and then work your way up to others, ‘cuz if you don’t like yourself, how can anyone else like you.

No need to thank me Lindsay, I’m just telling you what any person who actually cared about you should have told you long ago.

THEY WERE BOUND FOR TROUBLE !!

Paris Hilton Mocked by Sarah Silverman at the MTV Movie Awards

Sarah Silverman gave it hard Paris Hilton at the MTV Movie Awards just hours before Paris changed clothes and headed to jail. The comedienne cracked a crude joke at the expense Paris in her opening monologue. She said to the audience, "In a couple of days, Paris Hilton is going to jail." Silverman then went on to say that "The judge says that it’s going to be a no-frills thing and that is ridiculous. She is totally going to get special treatment."


Paris Hilton Mocked by Sarah Silverman at the MTV Movie Awards

The came the inevitable penis joke at Hilton's expense and the concern that Paris may have to need some dental work done after the jail stint. The usually confident and happy Hilton looked anything but happy when the camera panned to her following Silverman's remark. Jack Nicholson loved it though.



"Why do I feel dirty," Silverman deadpanned. Star Magazine reports that Hilton appeared awkward and uncomfortable following Silverman's jokes. Earlier in the evening Paris told reporters on the red carpet, "I'm really scared but I'm ready to face my sentence. Even though this is a really hard time, I have my family, my friends and my fans to support me, and that's really helpful."

Michael K has the video here. Paris should have known she would be teased and mocked at the show. She should have just laughed it off.

PARIS GOES TO JAIL !!

WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSH!T

Paris Hilton Gets 45 Days in Jail



Paris Hilton has successfully completed her first night at a US jail, reports says.

Celebrity socialite Paris Hilton went from a red-carpeted Hollywood soiree to a spartan Los Angeles prison cell early on Monday, surrendering ahead of schedule for a minimum 23-day incarceration.

Hilton, 26, an heir to her family's hotel fortune, surrendered to police at the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles late on Sunday in an attempt to foil the crush of media attention, a spokeswoman with the county sheriff's office, Maribel Rizo, said.

Hilton was accompanied by her mother, her younger sister Nicky, and her lawyer Richard Hutton.

Police then drove her to the Century Regional Detention Facility, the county women's jail in the Los Angeles suburb of Lynwood, about 25 km from her mansion in the Hollywood foothills.

A judge sentenced Hilton to 45 days for violating the terms of her probation, after being arrested for driving with a suspended licence.

Police had pulled the heiress over in February while she was on probation for a previous drink-driving violation.

Although sentenced to serve 45 days, she could be released after 23 days for good behaviour, court officials said.

Just ahead of checking in to jail Hilton made a glittering red-carpet appearance wearing a black strapless dress at the MTV Music Awards. She was the centre of attention, with event hosts cracking jokes about her difficulties.

The roundabout route to prison one day earlier than expected was designed to throw off the army of paparazzi camped out in front of the women's jail, creating a potential safety hazard, police said.

Hilton "was cooperative during the (booking) process, which included being fingerprinted, photographed, medically screened," said Sergeant Diane Hecht of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department.

The celebrity prisoner was "issued jail clothing, an orange top and pants, and personal hygiene items", then escorted to her cell about 1am on Monday (1800 AEST), he said.

In a change from earlier plans, Hilton will be in solitary confinement 23 hours a day and "segregated in a special housing unit from the general population", Hecht said.

Hilton will be allowed to spend an hour a day outside the cell to shower, use the jail telephone and watch television, he said.

"Although I am scared, I am ready to begin my jail sentence," Hilton said earlier in a statement. "During the past few weeks, I have had a lot of time to think and have come to realise I made some mistakes.

"This is an important point in my life and I need to take responsibility for my actions. In the future, I plan on taking more of an active role in the decisions I make," said Hilton.

A high-school dropout, Hilton was first noticed as a model represented by property tycoon Donald Trump's agency, then rapidly acquired a reputation as a party girl alongside sister Nicky.

But it was the 2003 release of an internet home sex video featuring her and then boyfriend Rick Salomon which made her permanent tabloid material.

Hilton starred with Nicole Richie in the reality television show, The Simple Life.

Hilton has also appeared in supporting roles in some Hollywood films such as Nine Lives, Raising Helen, The Hillz, and House of Wax.

Last year, she released a music album called Paris, which peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 chart for a week and then dropped out of sight.

In her private life, she has been engaged to male model Jason Shaw and Greek shipping heir Paris Latsis, but both relationships ended in break-ups. She also dated Stavros Niarchos, the scion of another Greek shipping family.