Paris Hilton - Update
Posted by: Denelle
I know I said I'd never mention her name again . . . however, given the turn of events that have transpired in the last few days (and a request from someone higher-up) I think it's only fair to give an update:
I know I said I'd never mention her name again . . . however, given the turn of events that have transpired in the last few days (and a request from someone higher-up) I think it's only fair to give an update:
Thursday 6/7 late afternoon - the LA City Attorney and the Judge who sentenced Paris ordered her to appear in court Friday morning to discuss her release. It seems the LA Sheriff failed to notify anyone else that Paris was going home. Not a good move Baca.
Thursday night - Paris spends the evening enjoying visits from her family, eating In-N-Out, and talking to her legal team.
Friday 6/8 morning - word leaks to the press that Paris is going to be calling in her testimony from home instead of appearing in person before the Judge. This clearly doesn't sit well with the Judge and he orders Paris to appear and sends a patrol to pick her up from her home.
Mass pandemonium ensues outside of Hilton's West-Hollywood home as the paparazzi and the police all try to get into the compound. Paris finally surrenders to police and his cuffed and placed in the back of a squad car, crying uncontrollably, where she is driven off to her court appearance in grey sweats and a messy ponytail (way to play up that mental instability thing).
Friday - 1pm - After arriving nearly two hours late for her hearing, Paris is ordered by the Judge to be taken back into custody and returned to the facility in Lynnwood where she will serve out the remainder of her FULL 45 day sentence. (Hallelujah) The Judge claims that the LAPD has excellent health facilities that are more than capable of dealing with Paris' "condition." She will spend the weekend in the mental health facility of the "Twin Towers" in downtown LA before a decision is made as to where she will serve the remainder of her sentence. Upon receiving the sentence, Paris starts sobbing and reportedly screaming "Mom, mom, mom . . . it's not fair," and has to be physically removed from the courtroom.
The judge and the prosecuting attorney also managed to get in several well placed and justified comments about Lee Baca, my favorite being that he "is trying to be all three branches of the government by himself." There has been no official comment yet on whether the Sheriff's Dept. will be held in contempt of court for releasing Paris to home arrest after the Judge specifically said she was not to be.
Paris' legal team announces that they plan to file an appeal to her sentencing.
Saturday 6/9 - reports leak out that Paris has not eaten or slept since being admitted to the Twin Towers facility and that she is under 24 hour guard and on psychotropic drugs. She hasn't seen anyone because family is only allowed to visit in the mental facility on Sundays and Tuesdays.
Sunday 6/10 - in a sudden turn of events, Paris' legal team announces that they are dropping their appeal, that Paris' will serve her full sentence and released a statement from the "certifiable waste of space." It claims:
Today I told my attorneys not to appeal the judge's decision . . . During the past several days, I have had a lot of time to reflect and have already learned a bitter, but important lesson from this experience . . . I would hope going forward that the public and the media will focus on more important things, like the men and women serving our country in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world.
You know, I might feel a little more sympathetic toward her if I thought she could even find Afghanistan on a map.
It's also been confirmed that she will serve out the remainder of her sentence in the Twin Towers facility and not in her 12' x 8' cell in Lynnwood. I don't care where she serves her time as long as she does.
