paris hilton is pokey bound
Sydney Morning Herald — May 5, 2007 — A judge sentenced a shocked and tearful Paris Hilton to 45 days in jail on Friday, ruling that the hotel heiress violated her probation for a previous traffic offence by knowingly driving without a valid licence.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer rejected Hilton’s defence that she didn’t realise her license was suspended.
He ordered the 26-year-old socialite to report to a county detention facility on June 5. She will not be allowed any work release, no furloughs, no use of an alternative jail and no electronic monitoring in lieu of jail.
Hilton wept and her mother, Kathy, yelled at the prosecutor, “You’re pathetic,” as the packed courtroom cleared.
The stunning decision capped a two-hour hearing in which prosecutors argued that Hilton was thumbing her nose at the court and seeking to be placed above the law, while defence lawyers said she was being singled out for harsh treatment because of her celebrity.
jay: ok, i concede. there is a god.
dan: nah. just a superior court judge who stays at the marriot.