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Paris Cries Out To Mom After Being Ordered Back To Jail
LOS ANGELES -- 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 who were seated behind her in the courtroom and mouthed the words, "I love you."
Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer was calm but apparently irked by developments of the morning. He said he had left the courthouse Thursday night having signed an order for Hilton to appear for the hearing.
When he got in his car early Friday, he said, he heard a radio report that she would not appear and that he had approved a telephonic hearing. He said no such thing had been approved by him.
"I at no time condoned the actions of the sheriff and at no time told him I approved the actions," he said of the decision to release Hilton from jail after three days.
"At no time did I approve the defendant being released from custody to her home on Kings Road," he said.
A circus atmosphere surrounded Hilton's court appearance before she was transported, with media camped outside her West Hollywood home and helicopters hovering above in anticipation of her trip to downtown Los Angeles to determine if she will be sent back to jail.
At about 10:20 a.m. -- 80 minutes after the court hearing was scheduled to begin -- a handcuffed Hilton was placed into the back of a Sheriff's Department cruiser, which slowly pushed through a throng of paparazzi in front of her home en route to the Metropolitan Courthouse.
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.
KNBC's Robert Kovacik was knocked down in the crowd and later went to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
Earlier Friday, news broke that Hilton would not be appearing in person at the court hearing, but would participate by telephone. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer, however, ordered the Sheriff's Department to send a car to pick up the heiress and bring her to court.
On May 4, Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. Under state sentencing guidelines, she was only expected to serve 23 days, meaning she should have remained behind bars until June 26. She checked into jail late Sunday night.
When Hilton was sentenced, Sauer specifically ordered that Hilton not be allowed any work release, furloughs, access to an alternative jail or electronic monitoring in lieu of jail.
Despite that order, the 26-year-old hotel heiress was released from the Century Regional Detention Facility yesterday morning -- after about 72 hours of incarceration -- and ordered to remain inside her cushy home overlooking the Sunset Strip for the next 40 days and wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.
Sheriff Lee Baca said Hilton was released because of "a medical issue."
"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. "In my opinion, justice is being served by the decision to have her serve her time at home. She would still be in the county jail if it were not for the medical advice."
Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said the decision to release Hilton was made after "extensive consultation" with medical personnel, but he refused to elaborate, citing her privacy rights, although he said "there was no staph infection, or anything like that."
Her release sparked a public outcry, with hundreds of people telephoning, e-mailing and faxing county officials and city prosecutors, calling her three-week-early departure from jail a case of preferential treatment for a Hollywood celebrity.
Late Thursday, the City Attorney's Office filed court papers asking that the socialite be ordered to serve out the remainder of her term behind bars -- prompting today's scheduled hearing. City prosecutors also asked that the Sheriff's Department be held in contempt of court, saying the agency violated the court's order "by permitting Hilton to leave the detention center subject to electronic monitoring."
LA City Attorney Filing
Responding to the allegation, Whitmore told NBC4 the contempt accusation appeared to be another "press stunt" by City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo.
"We've examined documents and will respond accordingly in court," he said.
Delgadillo said he was "extremely troubled" by Hilton's release, saying jail medical facilities could have handled any of the heiress' health concerns. He also said Hilton was jailed as a condition of probation, and only the judge has the authority to change the conditions of her probation.
Meanwhile, county Supervisors Yvonne Brathwaite Burke and Mike Antonovich said they planned to ask Baca to provide a full report on the basis for Hilton's release.
In a brief statement issued through her attorney Thursday, Hilton thanked the Sheriff's Department and the jail staff "for treating me fairly and professionally."
"I am going to serve the remaining 40 days of my sentence," Hilton said. "I have learned a great deal from this ordeal and hope that others have learned from my mistakes."
Allan Parachini, spokesman for Los Angeles Superior Court, said the judge could not comment on the sheriff's decision to release Hilton. But he said Sauer was notified of the decision Wednesday afternoon, and he "reaffirmed the terms of the sentence" that Hilton be jailed. The judge said "he would not change his order absent a written application supported by substantial facts," according to a statement from the Superior Court.
Whitmore said jail overcrowding was not a factor in Hilton's release and that the socialite -- who resides in a luxury home near West Hollywood -- is now the responsibility of the Los Angeles County Probation Department.
"It is not an early release. It is a reassignment," Whitmore said.
The celebrity-news Web site TMZ.com reported that Hilton's release was a psychiatric decision and that she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
While in jail, Hilton also had repeated visits from her psychiatrist -- Dr. Charles Sophy, who also serves as medical director for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
The arrangement under which Hilton was allowed to go home actually reinstates her original 45-day sentence but gives her credit for five days served, including Sunday, even though she surrendered late Sunday night, Whitmore said. The time of her surrender was listed by the Sheriff's Department as 11:15 p.m. Sunday.
The star of the "Simple Life" reality television program was incarcerated in a "special-needs" section generally reserved for potentially vulnerable inmates, such as police officers and public officials.
Not surprisingly, Hilton reportedly wasn't a happy jailbird.
According to TMZ.com, which broke the story of her release from jail yesterday, Hilton had spent time crying on the phone, saying she wasn't sleeping or eating, and had complained that her cell was "freezing cold."
She had three small blankets and no pillow and used one of the blankets as a pillow, according to TMZ. Moreover, the cell was bright and jail noise echoed through her space.
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Paris Cries Out To Mom After Being Ordered Back To Jail
LOS ANGELES -- 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 who were seated behind her in the courtroom and mouthed the words, "I love you."
Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer was calm but apparently irked by developments of the morning. He said he had left the courthouse Thursday night having signed an order for Hilton to appear for the hearing.
When he got in his car early Friday, he said, he heard a radio report that she would not appear and that he had approved a telephonic hearing. He said no such thing had been approved by him.
"I at no time condoned the actions of the sheriff and at no time told him I approved the actions," he said of the decision to release Hilton from jail after three days.
"At no time did I approve the defendant being released from custody to her home on Kings Road," he said.
A circus atmosphere surrounded Hilton's court appearance before she was transported, with media camped outside her West Hollywood home and helicopters hovering above in anticipation of her trip to downtown Los Angeles to determine if she will be sent back to jail.
At about 10:20 a.m. -- 80 minutes after the court hearing was scheduled to begin -- a handcuffed Hilton was placed into the back of a Sheriff's Department cruiser, which slowly pushed through a throng of paparazzi in front of her home en route to the Metropolitan Courthouse.
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.
KNBC's Robert Kovacik was knocked down in the crowd and later went to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries.
Earlier Friday, news broke that Hilton would not be appearing in person at the court hearing, but would participate by telephone. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer, however, ordered the Sheriff's Department to send a car to pick up the heiress and bring her to court.
On May 4, Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. Under state sentencing guidelines, she was only expected to serve 23 days, meaning she should have remained behind bars until June 26. She checked into jail late Sunday night.
When Hilton was sentenced, Sauer specifically ordered that Hilton not be allowed any work release, furloughs, access to an alternative jail or electronic monitoring in lieu of jail.
Despite that order, the 26-year-old hotel heiress was released from the Century Regional Detention Facility yesterday morning -- after about 72 hours of incarceration -- and ordered to remain inside her cushy home overlooking the Sunset Strip for the next 40 days and wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.
Sheriff Lee Baca said Hilton was released because of "a medical issue."
"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. "In my opinion, justice is being served by the decision to have her serve her time at home. She would still be in the county jail if it were not for the medical advice."
Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said the decision to release Hilton was made after "extensive consultation" with medical personnel, but he refused to elaborate, citing her privacy rights, although he said "there was no staph infection, or anything like that."
Her release sparked a public outcry, with hundreds of people telephoning, e-mailing and faxing county officials and city prosecutors, calling her three-week-early departure from jail a case of preferential treatment for a Hollywood celebrity.
Late Thursday, the City Attorney's Office filed court papers asking that the socialite be ordered to serve out the remainder of her term behind bars -- prompting today's scheduled hearing. City prosecutors also asked that the Sheriff's Department be held in contempt of court, saying the agency violated the court's order "by permitting Hilton to leave the detention center subject to electronic monitoring."
LA City Attorney Filing
Responding to the allegation, Whitmore told NBC4 the contempt accusation appeared to be another "press stunt" by City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo.
"We've examined documents and will respond accordingly in court," he said.
Delgadillo said he was "extremely troubled" by Hilton's release, saying jail medical facilities could have handled any of the heiress' health concerns. He also said Hilton was jailed as a condition of probation, and only the judge has the authority to change the conditions of her probation.
Meanwhile, county Supervisors Yvonne Brathwaite Burke and Mike Antonovich said they planned to ask Baca to provide a full report on the basis for Hilton's release.
In a brief statement issued through her attorney Thursday, Hilton thanked the Sheriff's Department and the jail staff "for treating me fairly and professionally."
"I am going to serve the remaining 40 days of my sentence," Hilton said. "I have learned a great deal from this ordeal and hope that others have learned from my mistakes."
Allan Parachini, spokesman for Los Angeles Superior Court, said the judge could not comment on the sheriff's decision to release Hilton. But he said Sauer was notified of the decision Wednesday afternoon, and he "reaffirmed the terms of the sentence" that Hilton be jailed. The judge said "he would not change his order absent a written application supported by substantial facts," according to a statement from the Superior Court.
Whitmore said jail overcrowding was not a factor in Hilton's release and that the socialite -- who resides in a luxury home near West Hollywood -- is now the responsibility of the Los Angeles County Probation Department.
"It is not an early release. It is a reassignment," Whitmore said.
The celebrity-news Web site TMZ.com reported that Hilton's release was a psychiatric decision and that she was on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
While in jail, Hilton also had repeated visits from her psychiatrist -- Dr. Charles Sophy, who also serves as medical director for the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services.
The arrangement under which Hilton was allowed to go home actually reinstates her original 45-day sentence but gives her credit for five days served, including Sunday, even though she surrendered late Sunday night, Whitmore said. The time of her surrender was listed by the Sheriff's Department as 11:15 p.m. Sunday.
The star of the "Simple Life" reality television program was incarcerated in a "special-needs" section generally reserved for potentially vulnerable inmates, such as police officers and public officials.
Not surprisingly, Hilton reportedly wasn't a happy jailbird.
According to TMZ.com, which broke the story of her release from jail yesterday, Hilton had spent time crying on the phone, saying she wasn't sleeping or eating, and had complained that her cell was "freezing cold."
She had three small blankets and no pillow and used one of the blankets as a pillow, according to TMZ. Moreover, the cell was bright and jail noise echoed through her space.
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