Paris Hilton Taken Back to Jail Screaming

The fact that she called out to her mother says it all--she is used to being treated like a princess with no rules, no expectation that she behave within the law.

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By Roger Friedman

"If they couldn't get Simpson, Jackson or Blake, and if they can't get Spector, they're going to get Paris Hilton to prove a point.

It's too funny. But that's California, and Los Angeles, specifically.

You know what guys? Leave her alone already. Pick on someone your own size."

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Thanks Brandon! Hopefully, we'll properly inform the right people. This Judge Sauer shouldn't have been on the bench! The LA prosecutor responsible shouldn't have been elected either because he's violating the constitution with this injustice, and I'm serious.

How exactly is he violating the constitution?

This woman got a DUI, then drove on a suspended license in blatant disregard of the law threatening the lives of innocent civilians as it may be. She could have killed people. Why should that not be punished?

It violates Californa's and the federal constitutions because of its unfairness. As I've repeated over and over, Michelle Rodriguez, for example, was convicted of two DUIs, a hit and run, and violation of probation but only served like 5 minutes. Paris wasn't even convicted of a DUI but reckless driving. It's a double standard.

Not all celebrities are created - or treated - equally?

Do I think it's fair that Michelle Rodriguez got off easy? No. Do I think people would seriously take heed if this were the sentence for DUIs? I do. DUIs account for 39% of the traffic-related deaths in the country.

@ Vincent

It violates Californa's and the federal constitutions because of its unfairness. As I've repeated over and over, Michelle Rodriguez, for example, was convicted of two DUIs, a hit and run, and violation of probation but only served like 5 minutes. Paris wasn't even convicted of a DUI but reckless driving. It's a double standard.

So by letting Paris slide on this, then we destroy the double standard and all celebrities can look forward to being treated with he same negligence as Rodriguez? No. You've got to start fixing it somewhere.

I really don't see how this is against Federal constitutions.

What, calling me on the typo or on the concept?

both

I'll quote Frederick Douglass from his famous speech, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" Written way back in 1852, and I hope that literacy rates have improved since then, Douglass says to his ante-bellum audience:

Ex-Vice President Dallas tells us that the constitution is an object to which no American mind can be too devoted. He further says, the constitution in its words is plain and intelligible, and is meant for the home-bred, unsophisticated understandings of our fellow-citizens...

He goes on to further justify citizens' opinions of the document with further authority, "esteemed... sound lawyers..." and also politicians such as Senator Breese.

and you are going where with that? Seriously.

I hope that literacy rates have improved since then

...

He further says, the constitution in its words is plain and intelligible, and is meant for the home-bred, unsophisticated understandings of our fellow-citizens...

yet so many people have a problem understanding what it really says, despite how plain and intellible it is.

Still... where exactly are you going with your point? You've equated Socrates with Paris and prosecution, and now an excerpt of a Frederick Douglas speech somehow has a bearing. You've lost me.

Didn't you respond that you were objecting to my comment and mistake about the federal constitution (and California's BTW, which can only provide more rights to the individual)? Whether you want to listen seems the issue, not your attack that "You've lost me."

Not really... forget it.

Well, please reconsider :) LOL!

Gee. I hear her lawyer is going to evoke the writ of habeas corpus on her behalf. Too bad the prisoners in Gitmo aren't given the same privilege.

Paris Hilton has no sympathy from me. She's essentially a spoiled, rich kid who thought she was above the law and expected to be treated preferentially because of the media hype that surrounds her.

I'm still trying to figure out what her appeal is. She's not particularly attractive, she's not nice, she has no talent and she doesn't DO anything. Is her wealth her only selling point?

Frankly, I'm stumped. I think someone should make her live in the 'Hood for a decade or so. Give her an opportunity to discover how the other half lives.

Wasn't that the purpose of their reality show, "The Simple Life?"

If that is the case, it most certainly didn't work. And I think the point was more in making fun of how the other half live, not in learning anything from how the other half lived.

Agreed. I think it's a lost cause. A lot of people speculated that the experience of jail would fundamentally change her and reshape her outlook on life. Given this afternoon's spectacle, I guess not.

This reminds me of an article that I think I read on Newsvine some time ago about the number of celebs who take time out for "exhaustion."

The whole point of the article is that there isn't a medical condition that is labeled exhaustion at all, and if I remember right, it's usually a load of crap. Most of us would love to take a few days off from work due to "exhaustion" and most of us don't have it as easy as some of these celebs.

poor little rich snot can't do her drugs of choice or drink in jail. I'm thinking that is her "medical condition" - addiction.

i might be on the verge of a nervous breakdown too if i had to go to jail. only i would go to a real one, not an upscale, special jail for celebrities.

I sincerely hope the psychiatrist didn't use the term "nervous breakdown"

I'd bet she said she was suicidal and that's why they let her go home.

addiction, she's best off under medical supervision, Jail's as good as anywhere if she's that strung out.

I think everyone could say they feel on the verge of a nervous breakdown sometimes - i 'm sure none of us would get any get out of jail free card.

It is the PRINCIPLE of the thing!

I would think anyone would be on the verge of a nervous breakdown if they were going to get locked up. funny thing is, she was at MTV awards the night before. It must have just dawned on her that it was really going to happen. I had nothing against her myself, and even enjoyed her daftness to a large extent BUT calling the judge to ask if she could attend the hearing by phone from her house arrest was the last straw.

From WWTDD.com

sexy Heather:
My friend's brother (who works with [Sheriff Lee] Baca's assistant sheriffs) told me that Paris was released due to a severe, "stress-induced" herpes outbreak. He also said that he heard that the blisters had apparently spread to her anus and had taken on abcess-like features that required more serious medical attention. Thus, after taking into account jail overcrowding, the increasing liability that Paris presents, and Paris's lesions, all things weighed in favor of her being put on home confinement.

may or may not be true.

Then I say let everybody in the Big House recuperate at home when their hemorrhoids are acting up.

And if it's not another Paris addendum, it'll be about Lindsey, Britney, or Nicole. Because that's what passes for headline news today in the USA. (Especially in California.)

I'm afraid that people like Paris, Britney and Lindsey hog the headline news no matter where you live in America.

AOL's "Top News" listing is always citing their antics as media-worthy. What a depressing commentary on our nation's priorities . . .

I'm afraid that people like Paris, Britney and Lindsey hog the headline news no matter where you live in America.

AOL's "Top News" listing is always citing their antics as media-worthy. What a depressing commentary on our nation's priorities . . .

We're not alone. It's listed under "Other top stories" on the front page of the BBC website as well...

I agree, but criminals get away with stuff all of the time. It's not just celebrities, nor should it be.

I've been wondering if the sheriff was bribed.

I've been wondering if the sheriff was bribed.

As was I

Wait - there's something wrong with the justice system?

I would have never guessed....

Yeah, bribed... Or... perhaps he spent a night in Paris....

Or... perhaps he spent a night in Paris...

And couldn't stand the sight of her after that?

Yeah, bribed... Or... perhaps he spent a night in Paris....

Well, if that's the case, there just has to be a video of it floating around the Internet, right?

Los Angeles, CA, isn't Alburqurque in around 2004-2005, nor is it Georgia. The corruption's with Judge Sauer and LA City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo's office, if anywhere, their disregard of the state and federal constitution's Fifth Amendment on fairness. Our media's also behaving in its usually iressponsible fashion and those accepting imporper information and/or the emotion of schadenfreude.

But you agree that Paris Hilton herself is not above the law, and that the punishment given for violation of probation is not unfair. If I were to violate my hypothetical probation I would expect to be served with jail time irrespective of what judge I was in front of.

While violation of probation sentences are likely to vary state to state, I'm fairly certain that every state has jail time attached to the failure to comply with the circumstances of said probation.

It seems that you're hinging on saying that Paris has no reason to be in jail on the grounds of an unfair judge. If so, fine, but the punishment given I see as fair.

Hilton's twisted jailhouse saga began September 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a street in her Mercedes-Benz on what she said was a late-night hamburger run. (Watch how drunken driving is the bane of celebrities Video)

She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months' probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines. In the months that followed she was stopped twice while driving on a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer's courtroom.

So Hilton plead 'no contest'. 'No contest' isn't 'pleading the 5th'. "Pleading the 5th" is a right, whereas no contest (nolo contendere) is not. A nolo plea has the same effect as a guilty plea.

A conviction arising from a nolo plea is subject to any and all penalties, fines, and forfeitures of a conviction from a guilty plea, and can be considered as an aggravating factor in future criminal actions. However, unlike a guilty plea, a defendant may not be required to allocute the charges, and the conviction may be used to establish neither negligence per se, malice, nor whether the acts were committed at all, in later civil proceedings related to the same set of facts as the criminal prosecution.

-source

I'm not out to delight in the misfortune of Hilton, but at the same time I'm not going to hope and wish her luck simply because it's noble or to set a balance in the social cluster that sits back, points and laughs at her. Personally, I give a rat's ass about Paris Hilton (though I do find it funny to listen to her try and make a complete sentence). It's not that who she is effects my attitude for her, I just loathe people who choose to remain stupid and delight in their downfall regardless of who, where, and how. Equal opportunity is like that...

Yeah, well as I said in the other clipping from Newsvine on this topic, society would still put Socrates to death if it had the chance.

Yeah, well as I said in the other clipping from Newsvine on this topic, society would still put Socrates to death if it had the chance.

So now we are comparing Paris to Socrates? Socrates was one of the greatest minds this world has ever seen; Paris...well she's not really one of the greatest anything this world has ever seen. Dude you are seriously off your rocker.

Sectim42:

I've requested your comment be removed. It's libelous, an ad hominem, a flame war. You crossed the line.

Vincent, methinks you need to calm down, if you are upset about this little remark, you are going to have a hard time here on a social news site. His remark was tame compared to some of the stuff I see around here. So just calm down, I dont think he crossed the line at all, unless you think disagreeing with you is crossing the line, in which case you dont need to be here in the first place.

Calvin knows, don't ya Calvin? ha ha. If I didn't have a thick skin, I would left newsvine running and crying a long time ago. Hell, just this past week, I've been told to "@!$%# off" more times than Tony Soprano.

Controls didn't work with the exclamation point, but I've ignored him by going to his page and doing it. What about the bugs?

Falsely accusing someone of being sick is libel. You want to allow that on Newsvine along with the bugs and violations of the "honor code" I see?

Wow...

I'm way beyond concern for her learning anything. That went out the window two episodes into "the simple life" when it became clear that it wasn't really a reality show so much as a loosely scripted sitcom.

I just want to see her punished so I can believe in justice.

I can't believe she is 26 years old. How pathetic!!!!

No, I think she was roasted the night that she checked herself into jail. She was asked if she was going to any after parties, and she said no. Then, that night, there was video footage of her going to the prison (still with her MTV movie award makeup and hair extensions).

I would think being called "princess" would be better than being called "a rabble rouser." However, "a disgusting excuse for a human being"? Who are you to call her that?

Who am I to call her that? Who are you to ask me who I am to call her that? I am frickin' Phaedrus, and I am entitled to my opinions, and I stand by my assertion that she is a disgusting excuse for a human being? Don't like it? I don't really care.

yea, it's jail too, not prison, it's not like she is gonna be made some girl's "Butch".

I knew ole' G.W. would get pulled into this eventually, never fails.

Gideon, drunken driving IS an actually deadly crime, as you put it.

I knew ole' G.W. would get pulled into this eventually, never fails.

My sentiments exactly. It really goes to show the immaturity of the poster to bring totally unrelated elements into a discussion to vindicate one's negative feelings towards some political slant.

What does the war have to do with Paris? I'd be surprised if Paris even knows there's a war going on

Well, I do see his point in that the hype about Paris seems like a distraction from far, far more serious matters. Why is it so wrong (and "immature") to compare-

Oooh look! Paris is on the news again!

Drunk driving is a POTENTIALLY deadly crime; Bush and his confreres (notably Dr Rice, aka Dr Death) are complicit in ACTUAL deadly crimes with millions of ACTUAL VICTIMS (mostly Women and Children).

Take it to another article, Gideon. Threadjacking at every opportunity doesn't help your cause at all...

Agreed.

We are talking 20 days tops... She is acting like she got sentenced to life...

Pathetic!