Paris Hilton’s release from jail, which I wrote about yesterday, may be short-lived:
News Flash! Late Thursday Hilton was ordered back in court for a 9 a.m. hearing Friday — and she might get sent back to jail. Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo, whose office prosecuted Hilton, was enraged that she was sprung by the sheriff because of a medical condition, and so Delgadillo filed a motion to Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer asking the court to return Hilton to the clinker. Earlier, Sauer’s spokesman said that while the judge was disappointed that Hilton was released to house arrest, there wasn’t anything he could do about it. Judges sentence. Sheriffs incarcerate. So it’s a legal cliffhanger.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca was on the defensive already, saying that his department did not treat celebrities any differently from ordinary criminal-citizens. The headline for Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez’s critique: “Paris’s New Lap Dog Wears a Badge.”
Also peeved was City Attorney Delgadillo, who prosecuted Hilton for violating her probation by driving with a suspended license after a plea agreement following a drunk-driving arrest. “My office was not advised of this action. We learned of it this morning through news reports, just like everyone else. Had we been provided with the proper notification, we would have opposed the decision on legal grounds,” Delgadillo said in a statement, adding that he found the house arrest “puzzling.”
The drama continues this morning at 9am Pacific time.
