Paris Hilton going to jail for 45 days By SANDY COHEN, AP Entertainment Writer
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LOS ANGELES - 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 not be allowed any work release, furloughs, use of an alternative jail or any electronic monitoring in lieu of jail, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer ruled after a hearing.

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

"I'm very sorry and from now on I'm going to pay complete attention to everything. I'm sorry and I did not do it on purpose at all," she told the judge before he announced the sentence.

She was then ordered to report to a women's jail in suburban Lynwood on the set date or face 90 days behind bars.

As a city prosecutor said during closing arguments that Hilton deserved jail time, Hilton's mother, Kathy, laughed. When the judge ruled, Kathy Hilton then blurted out: "May I have your autograph?"

Paris Hilton was among a series of witnesses who took the stand during the hearing. She maintained she was unaware her license was suspended and thought she was allowed to drive for work purposes.

She said that when an officer who stopped her in January made her sign a document stating her license was suspended, she thought he was mistaken and did not actually look at the document.

Hilton arrived at the courthouse 10 minutes after the scheduled 1:30 p.m. start time of the hearing.

The heiress arrived in the back of a black Cadillac Escalade and swept into the Metropolitan Courthouse with several men in suits, ignoring screams of photographers lining the route into a rear entrance. In addition to her mother, her father, Rick, also came with her.

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

The celebrity case brought an unusual scene to the austere courthouse south of downtown in a commercial area. As if at a red-carpet event, dozens of photographers and reporters lined up at the rear entrance. Yellow police tape substituted for velvet ropes.

Hilton, 26, pleaded no contest in January to reckless driving stemming from a Sept. 7 arrest in Hollywood. Police said she appeared intoxicated and failed a field sobriety test. She had a blood-alcohol level of .08 percent, the level at which an adult driver is in violation of the law.

She was sentenced to 36 months probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.

Two other traffic stops and failure to enroll in a mandated alcohol education program are what landed the socialite back in court.

On Jan. 15, Hilton was pulled over by California Highway Patrol. Officers informed her that she was driving on a suspended license and she signed a document acknowledging that she was not to drive, according to papers filed in Superior Court.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies stopped Hilton on Feb. 27 and charged her with violating her probation. Police said she was pulled over at about 11 p.m. after authorities saw the car speeding with its headlights off.

Hilton's spokesman, Elliot Mintz, said at the time Hilton wasn't aware her license was suspended. A copy of the document Hilton signed on Jan. 15 was found in the car's glove compartment, court papers say.

Hilton was also required to enroll in an alcohol education program by Feb. 12. As of April 17, she had not enrolled, prosecutors said.

Hilton, heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune, first gained notoriety for her hard partying as a teen. She attracted worldwide attention when a sex tape she made with a boyfriend was released on the Internet.

She stars in the reality-TV series, "The Simple Life," now in its fifth season, with Nicole Richie. She appeared in the 2005 film, "House of Wax" and recently finished filming "The Hottie and the Nottie." She also is a handbag designer and has a namesake perfume.

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Associated Press Writer Daisy Nguyen contributed to this report

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The newest season of a Simple Life: Doing Hard-Time.

That's what happens when you think your money lets ou get away with anything.

Paris in prison stripes?

That's hot.

Rhondab said:

I was going post a smiling face but...

Illustrator said:

Stymie said:

That's right.

Tremolina said:

damn, she looks like she's wearing a paris hilton mask.

ha-ha! paris hilton's going to jay-ail! paris hilton's going to jay-ail! nah nah!



seriously, how many of you think that she's not going to get out of this somehow? Maybe she'll have to spend the night when this is all said and done.



And wtf is up with her mother laughing and asking the judge for his autograph?

JasmineFire said:

She'll be okay; she's got enough money to get smokes and coke on the inside.

live4lust said:

And she's beautiful enough to make shiv scars sexy.

IrresistibleB1tch said:

If there's a God.

Stymie said:

consider me converted if that happens...

My question is, how many different kinds of stupid do you have to be to drive on a suspended license when you can well afford a chauffeur to take you anywhere you want to go?

I'm just about fed up with all the info-tainment media saturation of celebrity fools taking news time away from other issues. I'd like to throw away the key and forget about 'em.

babynoz said:

babynoz said:

Damn, then you should be happy with this news.
Now that she is going to do hard time.

Paris Hilton is a grotsky little byotch

Now Anna Nicole would be proud of this publicity!!

dang~! i have really mixed feeling about this. on the one hand, poor paris. she's not going to have any fun in there. hope they provide her with bodyguards? have a cadre of dedicated Hilton family loyals be arrested and incarcerated to keep an eye on her in there?

on the other hand, she did have it coming, and her jail time will spare the world more trivia 'news' about paris hilton for 45 days.

mostly, though, i feel sorry for her. she seems ill-equipped to handle this reality.

Stax said:

now what the fuck was up with this? had Paris hit a car loaded with teenagers and killed them all, would she still had been laughing in the courtroom? God forbid what would happen if some poor kid was driving under the influence with a suspended license and hit Paris Hilton's car while she was being chauffered.... let's see her reaction then.

fuckin' rich people....
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Good! Time for her to grow up but I doubt it. Paris has nothing between her ears

And the comments made by her mother in court Disgusting behaviour.

Somewhere between the Hilton & Paris,
lays the grey bar hotel.

I would like to see how this turns out, but what are the chances of the media taking an interest in this story?