Paris Hilton May Be Ordered Back To Jail In Friday Hearing
Posted June 7, 2007 12:00 pm.
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She’s out – but she could soon be back in. There’s been yet another twist in the bizarre story of Paris Hilton. The 26-year-old was suddenly released from jail on Thursday, because of a mysterious medical condition. But she may be feeling sick about this news – she’s now been ordered back to court for a hearing Friday on whether she’ll be put back in the pokey.
“My understanding is she will be brought in in a sheriff’s vehicle from her home,” Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini said.
Sheriff Lee Baca, who allowed Hilton’s release, was being heavily critized for his decision Thursday.
“What transpired here is outrageous,” county Supervisor Don Knabe said. Knabe says he’s received more than 400 angry e-mails and hundreds more phone calls from across the United States.
The hotel heiress was released just after 2am after serving just three days behind bars. She was ordered to house arrest for 40 days and fitted with an electronic monitoring ankle bracelet that only lets her go about three to four thousand feet from her home.
Hilton checked into the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California on Sunday night to begin serving a 23-day sentence for violating probation. Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore said, “I can’t specifically talk about the medical situation other than to say that, yes, it played a part in this,” he said in a press conference Thursday. “Because she has agreed to this through her attorney, her sentence is now back up to the 45 days. She has served already five days so that’s 40 days,” he explained.
Hilton was housed in the “special needs” unit of the 13-year-old jail, separate from most of its 2,200 inmates. The unit contains 12 two-person cells reserved for police officers, public officials, celebrities and other high-profile inmates. She didn’t have a cellmate. Like other inmates in the special-needs area, Hilton took meals in her cell and was allowed outside for at least an hour each day to shower, watch TV in the day room, participate in outdoor recreation or talk on the phone.
Meanwhile, Hilton’s lawyer, Richard A. Hutton, said Monday after his client’s first night in jail that she was doing well under the circumstances. “She’s using this time to reflect on her life, to see what she can do to make the world better and hopefully, in my opinion, to change the attitudes that exist about her among many people,” Hutton said after visiting his client.
The star of “The Simple Life” reality TV show pleaded no contest to a reckless-driving charge in January and was sentenced to 36 months probation. When she was later pulled over by the California Highway Patrol, Hilton was told that she was driving on a suspended license and signed a document acknowledging she was not to drive. She was then pulled over by sheriff’s deputies on Feb. 27 and charged with violating probation.
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