Paris Hilton ordered back to jail
Drugs and Alcohol, Famous People, Paris Hilton, Scandal June 10th, 2007For a few hours on Friday (June 8), it looked like Paris Hilton wasn’t even going to show up for a hearing to determine whether she would be sent back to jail. And then, when she finally did make it to the courthouse, she probably wished she hadn’t.
Judge Michael Sauer ordered Hilton back to jail, to serve out “the remainder of her sentence” after a brief hearing, despite her lawyer’s pleas that a return would be “dangerous” to the heiress.
According to several media outlets, after the decision was read, Hilton screamed out, “It’s not right” and was escorted from the courthouse, in tears, by two deputies, one holding each of her arms. AP reported Hilton cried out to her mother, Kathy, who embraced her husband, Rick, and sobbed. Hilton reportedly looked back at her parents several times, as she was led out of the courtroom. Before Sauer handed down his order, Hilton repeatedly turned to her parents and mouthed the words “I love you”.
Several of Hilton’s supporters gathered outside the courthouse to show their support, and according to AP, most seemed devastated by the news. One of them, a man identified as Chino, California, resident Jake Byrd, cried out “No! No! No!” as a court spokesman informed a horde of reporters outside of Sauer’s ruling.
Hilton served three days at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood. She was admitted to the facility to begin serving her sentence for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case directly after attending the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday night.
Her original 45-day sentence had been reduced to 23 for various reasons, including good behavior, but part of the reassignment included reinstating the original sentence.
Hilton was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated in September and pleaded no contest in January. She was sentenced to three years’ probation and her license was suspended. The following month, she was caught driving with the suspended license, which was ruled a probation violation.