RonJonSurfer Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 Screaming Paris Hilton sent back to jail 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. 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." She had been brought to court in sheriff's custody today for a court hearing on her early release from jail after back-and-forth decisions on whether she could participate by telephone from her home. Hilton, appearing to be in handcuffs, cried after she was placed into a black-and-white patrol car, which sped away from her home with lights flashing as news helicopters pursued, broadcasting live TV coverage. The car carrying her disappeared into the courthouse's underground parking lot, avoiding a swarm of news media, and her parents then arrived. In the hearing, which began at late morning, a judge was to listen to the city attorney's complaint that the county sheriff did not have the right to reassign her to electronically monitored home detention after only three days in jail for violating probation in a reckless driving case. On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer ordered that Hilton be brought to Friday's hearing. But early Friday a court spokesman announced that she would be allowed to participate by telephone, which is common in misdemeanor cases. Then, in a reversal, the spokesman said the judge had ordered the Sheriff's Department to pick her up and bring her to court. The frenzy began early Thursday when sheriff's officials released Hilton because of an undisclosed medical condition and sent her home under house arrest. She had been in jail for three days. Hilton was fitted with an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet and was expected to finish her 45-day sentence for a reckless driving probation violation at her four-bedroom, three-bath home. The decision by Sheriff Lee Baca to move Hilton chafed prosecutors and Sauer, who spelled out during sentencing that Hilton was not allowed to serve house detention. Late Thursday, Sauer issued the order for Hilton to return to court after the city attorney filed a petition demanding that Hilton be returned to jail and to show cause why Baca shouldn't be held in contempt of court. Baca does not have to be in court, and it was unclear who would represent the Sheriff's Department. The move also was met with outrage from the sheriff's deputies union, members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, civil rights leaders, defense attorneys and others. "What transpired here is outrageous," county Supervisor Don Knabe told The Associated Press, adding he received more than 400 angry e-mails and hundreds more phone calls from around the country. Hilton's return home "gives the impression of ... celebrity justice being handed out," he said. Baca dismissed the criticism, saying the decision was made based on medical advice. "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 told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday. "My message to those who don't like celebrities is that punishing celebrities more than the average American is not justice," Baca said. California Attorney General Jerry Brown criticized the Sheriff's Department for letting Hilton out of jail, saying he believed she should serve out her sentence. "It does hold up the system to ridicule when the powerful and the famous get special treatment," Brown told The Associated Press in an interview before testifying at a congressional hearing in Washington, D.C. "I'm sure there's a lot of people who've seen their family members go to jail and have various ailments, physical and psychological, that didn't get them released," he said. "I'd say it's time for a course correction." The Los Angeles County jail system is so overcrowded that attorneys and jail officials have said it is not unusual for nonviolent offenders like Hilton to be released after serving as little as 10 percent of their sentences. In the hours after Hilton's release, it was a madcap scene outside her house in the hills above the Sunset Strip. As word spread 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. 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." Hilton's path to jail began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a 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. ___ Associated Press Writer Erica Werner in Washington, D.C., contributed to the report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Jane 61 Posted June 8, 2007 Report Share Posted June 8, 2007 "It's not right!" shouted the weeping Hilton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otokichi Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 You can fool some of the people some of the time... :sleepy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawna Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 While I completely agree that she should not get preferential treatment, I also feel that nobody - not even her - deserves to be a ping-pong ball between people representing the law and meting out "justice." It was wrong what the sheriff did in allowing her to go home and causing her to believe she would be able to stay there. He should have kept her where she was ordered to stay in the first place, and I doubt it would have been as traumatic. It's also sad to note that this has become as "sensational" of a story in the media as any significant murder trial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Shawna, I was going to post exactly the same... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockstar-101 Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 I can't believe that this has been on the news all day! I'm tired of hearing about it! I agree with Shawna that she shouldn't be a "ping-pong ball" but it doesn't deserve the coverage it has gotten! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 That is quickly becoming one of the most expensive hamburgers in history . She'd have been better off just giving somebody $10,000 or so to pick one up for her - it would've seemed still worth in comparison to all this hulabaloo . Her record company should see this as a chance to put out a prison-themed bad-assed album . Hell , she's got more credibility than Johnny Cash , The Stones ( even Keith and Mick avoided jail ) , and most punks or rappers now . Keep it 'real' , Paris ! LOL ! Anyway , that was a VERY long ' 15 Minutes ' , hopefully it's all or mostly over now . Gees, and to think that poor Pee-Wee Herman went from the A-List to obscurity overnight just for having a wank at a porno theatre - no videos nor photos for the media either - he should have just went to rehab , or blamed it on some mental disorder ( which many would buy , I think ) or something . Different times I guess ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 Apparently this news was important enough to interrupt a story on the Joint Chiefs of Staff replacing a General. I'm sorry, but during a time of war, I think that's a little important. I'm sick of these warped American priorities. Just wondering, all SFers outside of America, is your media as celebrity-obsessed as ours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 To a certain extent, yes. However even though they love reporting stories about celebrities there always seems to be a limit to how much air-time it gets. Our media will report other news, but celebrities and their idiocy seems to be the first thing they'll talk about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted June 9, 2007 Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 I am glad she is back in custody. I was tired of having crackpots calling and yelling at me for letting her go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted June 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2007 I am glad she is back in custody. I was tired of having crackpots calling and yelling at me for letting her go. I knew it was you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcM Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 sHE SAID SHE WOULD CLEAN MY HOUSE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 Why don't you have her come stay with your family for a while a la " The Simple Life " ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted June 10, 2007 Report Share Posted June 10, 2007 I'm sorry, but during a time of war, I think that's a little important. I'm sick of these warped American priorities. Just wondering, all SFers outside of America, is your media as celebrity-obsessed as ours? Yes, they have all kind of local idiots here to waiste time and paper with. And I totally agree with you once again, Tim, if no one cared about her and talk about her and watch everything about her she wouldn´t be the media star right now. But you know, the mass needs entertainement... panem et circenses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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