'Hysterical' Paris back in jail
A LOS ANGELES judge has ordered a screaming and crying Paris Hilton back to jail to finish a sentence for probation violation, overturning a decision by the LA Sheriff's Department to have the celebrity heiress serve the sentence at home for medical reasons.
Screaming "Mom, Mom, it's not right," a dishevelled Hilton was taken away from the courtroom by sherriff's deputies after a hearing called by Los Angeles city prosecutors demanding that she be returned to jail to serve out the remainder of her sentence.
Hilton appeared in court looking ungroomed, with hair out of place, no makeup and wearing a grey sweat shirt, AP reported.
She looked distraught throughout the court proceeding, crying and shaking constantly.
Celebrity website TMZ.com reported that Hilton will now be checked back into Twin Towers Correctional Facility, where she will probably spend the weekend in a medical facility while her lawyer files an appeal.
Earlier in the day, there were wild scenes and a media circus as the infamous socialite was taken handcuffed from her home.
AP reported that the heiress was transported from her mansion in a police car while the papaparazzi crushed around the car, and media helicopters flew overhead.
Hilton, 26, had been transferred from jail to house arrest on Thursday for unspecified medical reasons after serving only three days of her 23-day sentence.
Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer ordered that the 26-year-old heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune had to serve out her sentence imposed for driving on a suspended license in the Los Angeles women's prison and not under house arrest.
She was given a jail term after being caught driving her Bentley without a valid licence, a violation of her probation for a prior drunken-driving offense.
Thursday's decision to let her serve the sentence at home because of a medical complaint caused national outrage and accusations of favorable treatment.
- with Reuters and AFP
A LOS ANGELES judge has ordered a screaming and crying Paris Hilton back to jail to finish a sentence for probation violation, overturning a decision by the LA Sheriff's Department to have the celebrity heiress serve the sentence at home for medical reasons.
Screaming "Mom, Mom, it's not right," a dishevelled Hilton was taken away from the courtroom by sherriff's deputies after a hearing called by Los Angeles city prosecutors demanding that she be returned to jail to serve out the remainder of her sentence.
Hilton appeared in court looking ungroomed, with hair out of place, no makeup and wearing a grey sweat shirt, AP reported.
She looked distraught throughout the court proceeding, crying and shaking constantly.
Celebrity website TMZ.com reported that Hilton will now be checked back into Twin Towers Correctional Facility, where she will probably spend the weekend in a medical facility while her lawyer files an appeal.
Earlier in the day, there were wild scenes and a media circus as the infamous socialite was taken handcuffed from her home.
AP reported that the heiress was transported from her mansion in a police car while the papaparazzi crushed around the car, and media helicopters flew overhead.
Hilton, 26, had been transferred from jail to house arrest on Thursday for unspecified medical reasons after serving only three days of her 23-day sentence.
Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer ordered that the 26-year-old heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune had to serve out her sentence imposed for driving on a suspended license in the Los Angeles women's prison and not under house arrest.
She was given a jail term after being caught driving her Bentley without a valid licence, a violation of her probation for a prior drunken-driving offense.
Thursday's decision to let her serve the sentence at home because of a medical complaint caused national outrage and accusations of favorable treatment.
- with Reuters and AFP
