Paris Hilton Going to Jail for 45 Days [Merged Threads]

[Figgyluv03]

I think they should accidentally throw away the key...

[Ian]

Doesn't this thread beg this question ...

Not one person in this thread has expressed any interest in Paris Hilton, so why does the media insist on shoving these stories down our throats?

Who does care about these ridiculous wastes of space??

[2Epcot]

Paris apparantly has at least 900 fans, who have signed a petition to give to the Governor to get her pardoned from her sentence.

Free Paris!
Petition asks Schwarzenegger to terminate sentence


(AFP)Paris Hilton is backing an online campaign to request California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger issue a pardon following her 45-day prison sentence for driving on a suspended license.

In a blog posted on her MySpace homepage on Tuesday, Hilton urges fans to sign a petition being organized by a supporter calling for the socialite to be spared jail time.

"My friend Joshua started this petition, please help and sign it. i LOVE YOU ALL!!!!!," Hilton said in a message above a link to the petition.

The petition calls on Schwarzenegger to issue a pardon, claiming that she has been used as a scapegoat by authorities seeking to highlight the dangers of drink-driving.

Petition:
The Hilton hotel heiress "provides hope for young people all over the US and the world. She provides beauty and excitement to (most of) our otherwise mundane lives," the petition reads.

"We, the American public who support Paris, are shocked, dismayed and appalled by how Paris has been the person to be used as an example that Drunk Driving is wrong," it adds.

"We do not support drunk driving or DUI charges. Paris should have been sober. But she shouldn't go to jail, either."



A spokesman for Schwarzenegger indicated an intervention from the movie-star turned politician was unlikely.

"It would be inappropriate for the governor to insert himself in this battle until the individual has exhausted all of his or her legal remedies," Schwarzenegger press secretary Aaron McLear told local broadcast network ABC 7.

"And at this point I don't think this is the case."

Hilton must begin her prison sentence at the Los Angeles Century Regional Detention Facility on June 5 or else risk seeing her sentence doubled.

She was handed her jail term on Friday after a court ruled she had broken her probation by twice driving while banned earlier this year following a conviction for drink-driving. Lawyers have said they will appeal the decision.

In a separate development, Tuesday, Hilton's long-time representative Elliot Mintz confirmed to AFP that he would continue to work for the "celebutante," a day after issuing a statement saying he had parted company with her.

"We met last evening and had a very good discussion and decided to continue our working relationship," said Mintz.

Hilton had testified during her court hearing that Mintz had wrongly advised her she was legally allowed to drive despite having a suspended license.

[AvonleaCF]

I have nothing against Paris Hilton and have no feelings towards her one way or the other, but I think the drunk driving laws in our country are APALLING. You have celebrity status and a ton of money so you get off scott-free for DUI?!? What kind of system is that?? Driving while drunk should be punishable no matter who you are. Why are our laws different for celebrities? This country needs some serious help in that department.

[Ian]

How can she claim that she's being used as a scapegoat?? The judge is enforcing the rules of the law. It's not like a judge can just arbitrarily throw you in jail because he feels like it.

She broke the law ... and in my mind it is far worse when a celeb like her gets caught for a DUI because she should have a limo at the ready. She has even less of an excuse than normal people do (not that they have any either).

[sunlyon]

While I can't really argue with any of the foregoing comments, I can say that I hope someone talks some sense into this girl. Yes, she's rich and spoiled, but she is in need of help. She is on a self-destructive path that will only lead to heartache for her family. I know people won't change until they want to, but someone needs to explain life to this girl. While I believe she must serve the time for flouting the law, she also needs to go into counseling after jail to look into her need for attention-seeking actions and why she feels she is above the law.

The laws about drunk driving in CA have changed as of January and they are requiring jail time, even for 1st time offenders. A friend I know living in CA got caught. It was her own fault, but there is jail time as well as a suspended, then a severely restricted license.

[minnie1956]

I hope the spoiled little girl stays the whole 45 days.
Us "little people" have to follow the law so does she. Her mother turns my stomach with her behavior. With her mother's attitude, no wonder Paris is the princess she is. I've known plenty of people that had to do time for their drinking antics.
The only reason Paris is whining is because somebody for whatever. She and Mommie just can't stand that princess actually has to pay a consequence. Off my soapbox. Honest.

[2Epcot]

I hope the spoiled little girl stays the whole 45 days.

Paris Hilton Drops Appeal - Likely only 23 Days

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Paris Hilton won't appeal the 45-day jail term she was sentenced to earlier this month for violating probation, according to court documents filed Thursday.

A lawyer for the 26-year-old socialite notified Los Angeles Count Superior Court that she is abandoning her appeal, said court spokeswoman Katherine Roberts.

Hilton was ordered earlier this month to report to jail by June 5 for violating the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.

Hilton initially called the sentence unfair, and lawyers representing her filed a notice to appeal the sentence.

She then switched attorneys and is now represented by drunken driving specialist Richard Hutton. Hutton did not immediately return several calls for comment Thursday.

Hilton will be jailed for about 23 days of a 45-day sentence and will be separated from the general inmate population, authorities decided after reviewing her case.

The shorter sentence reflects an expectation that Hilton behaves behind bars. (Watch why Hilton's public behavior bothers many )

"All inmates get credit for good behavior," Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Thursday. "The inmate knows that if they behave and follow the rules, that's something to shoot for."

She will be held in a "special needs housing unit" at the Century Regional Detention Center in suburban Lynwood, Whitmore said.

Hilton will stay in a unit that contains 12 two-person cells reserved for police officers, public officials, celebrities and other high-profile inmates, he said.

She could have a cellmate.

Like everyone else in the 2,200-inmate facility, Hilton will get at least an hour outside her cell each day to shower, watch television, participate in outdoor recreation or talk on the telephone, he said.

May 17, 2007 - CNN/Associated Press

[Figgyluv03]

She's an adult and she has responsabilties weather she likes them or not! She needs to step up and pay the price and serve the sentence like any normal person.

[DNS]

The biggest question in my mind is ... who cares?

The national fascination with Paris Hilton and Anna Nicole Smith (not to speak ill of the dead) is something I will never understand.

Why Americans pay so much attention to people who have never done one productive or positive thing in their lives is just baffling.

I agree with most of this except I don't think it's just Americans and it's not all Americans. I personally don't know anyone who cares what happens with celebrities, but you can't help but be drowned with it trying to get some "real" news.

[2Epcot]

Sheriff will not allow Paris Hilton TV interviews in jail
The Associated Press
Friday, June 1, 2007

LOS ANGELES: Paris Hilton will not be allowed to give television interviews while serving her jail sentence, and aggressive steps are being taken to prevent cameras from being smuggled into the facility, Sheriff Lee Baca said Friday.

Hilton was ordered to begin her sentence by Tuesday in Lynwood, about five miles (8 kilometers) south of Los Angeles. She was sentenced last month to 45 days for violating the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.

Sheriff's officials have said she will serve about 23 days because of state rules allowing shorter sentences for good behavior.

Deputies and jail employees have been told to treat the 26-year-old heiress like any other inmate, Baca told the Los Angeles Times.

"Paying a debt to society should not be an element of her celebrity," Baca said. "Her occupation is publicity, but no one should profit in jail."

Hollywood photo agencies expect a photo of Hilton in jail could be worth big money.

"The reality is why don't they just let her walk down the concrete carpet," Frank Griffin, co-owner of the Bauer-Griffin paparazzi agency, told the newspaper. "This is going to be turned into an event like the Oscars."

Baca said it was unclear whether Hilton will surrender at the court where she was sentenced or report straight to jail. He said authorities will not allow her to "be seen in handcuffs ... or in the back of a police car, forlorn and in handcuffs."

Once there, Hilton will go through the normal intake process, Baca said. That involves undergoing an interview by jail staff and evaluations for any medical and other needs.

"Jails are not circuses and not places where 'fun' is the priority," Baca said. "Jail should be a corrective learning experience."

The jail houses about 2,200 women, but officials have said Hilton will be kept away from the general population. Baca said no decision has been made about whether she will share a cell with anyone.

Hilton will "experience her incarceration as all other women will experience it," Baca said. "She won't get better food, she won't get different lockup time or a different environment."

[goofiecrazy]

Paris is being let out of jail to finish her sentence at home with a electronic bracelet on her ankle.They said it was due to medical resons.Whatever I feel she is getting special treatment because of who she is.What is that telling everyone out there about what she did..I feel she shouldve been held there for all 45 days instead of the 23 days they were going to hold her..

[SBETigg]

Medical reasons? What, did she break a nail? Oh, the poor dear.

[PirateLover]

I'll bet she was refusing to eat or something like that. No big surprise here I guess. 4 days is not enough to learn your lesson and then get sent back to your posh home. Oh well.

[pshokie]

Come on guys, take it easy on her. She was cold. They only gave her 1 pillow and three thin blankets. It was very uncomfortable.

Oh wait, I forgot, this was JAIL!

The rich and the famous....great googley moogley, what have we come too.

I say, put her in for the full 45! And take away two of those blankets.

[Advnt05]

There are two separate issues to debate. One, should she have gone to jail? Our jails are overcrowded already and more violent criminals are let loose every day due to space issues. Losing liscense and home arrest would have served the same goal.
But, once she was convicted and sentenced to jail, I have to agree that she should have served her time. Else, why send her to jail in the first place? Story is that she did in fact refuse to eat prison food. It may be rumor but that's what is reported. How many other people are let out of jail for refusing to eat?

I don't think she should have been there in the first place. Either should Scooter Libby. But that's another story for another day.

[thrillme]

Medical reasons? What, did she break a nail? Oh, the poor dear.

Yeah that's a pretty good theory...I thought she might have had something more serious like "cramps".

Sigh...I don't think even the BEST Disney hotel will be HALF as fancy as her multimillion $$ house. She's got servants galore to cater to her every whim, personal massuses (however you spell it), SIGH...I guess life will totally stink for her.

I guess we know where the party is going to be.

The next "tragedy" will be that her ankle bracelet doesn't match her outfit.

[mrsgaribaldi]

Even if they take away her license she still was driving when she wasn't supposed to, what good will it do to send her home and tell her don't go out?
I wouldn't mind 40 days in a mansion. How can they be so cruel? If they really want to punish her, they should send her to my little apartment

There are hundreds of thousands of people in jails with medical problems, they don't send them home. What a joke. I agree with goofiecrazy, and she should have been in the general population too.

[disneyfan369]

What an interesting look into our justice system. That girl is disgusting and pathetic. I bet she scraped her hand and they decided to let her out. What a loser.

[Marker]

In jail or out, I wonder how much this whole episode has cost the tax payers of California.

And the saddest part is, 6 months from now, how many will really care or remember. She'll still have her fans, she'll still be all over the "news".

Alcohol related reckless driving, driving with a suspended license, violation of parole, failure to appear, etc, etc, etc. Where would the rest of us be?

Not exactly a shining example of being accountable for your actions, and facing your consequences is it?