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Paris Hilton released from jail Los Angeles, June 26 The incarceration of the 26-year-old multimillionaire, who has lampooned her own persona as a clueless child of privilege on the reality TV show ''The Simple Life,'' ignited a worldwide media frenzy and debate about celebrity justice. Hilton was released after 22 days in detention, including a day she spent under house arrest. The original 45-day sentence set by the judge was effectively cut in half under a standard credit applied for good behavior. Hilton was released from jail this afternoon and walked alone down a walkway lined with photographers and camera operators. She made no statement was smiled broadly before joining her parents, Kathy and Rick Hilton, in their waiting sports utility vehicle.Hilton's stint behind bars, which a Los Angeles Times analysis found far exceeded the sentence served by most county inmates for similar offenses, stemmed from her arrest last September on a charge of drunk driving. In January, she pleaded no contest — the equivalent of a guilty plea under California law — to a reduced charge of alcohol-related reckless driving and was sentenced to three years on probation. The following month, she was caught driving on a suspended license. At a hearing in May, the judge ruled that constituted a probation violation and ordered her to jail for 45 days, rejecting Hilton's defense that she had been misinformed about her license status by her publicist. Her lawyers vowed an appeal and supporters launched a petition seeking clemency. But Hilton checked into a county detention center near Los Angeles late on the night of June 3 to begin her sentence. Just hours earlier, the willowy blond whose great-grandfather, Conrad, founded the Hilton Hotels empire, had walked the red carpet at a Hollywood awards show where she was the butt of jokes on national television. After Hilton had served just three days behind bars, county Sheriff Lee Baca released her to house arrest under electronic monitoring, citing unspecified medical problems later described as psychological. Hilton has since said she suffers from claustrophobia. Her “reassignment” drew immediate fire from prosecutors and the sentencing judge, who ruled the following day that Baca had exceeded his authority and ordered the distraught socialite back to jail to complete her term. She was sent to the medical unit of another jail before being transferred back to the prison where she began her detention. — Reuters
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To become business guru?
Washington, June 26
The 26-year-old has got the offer for speaking at the 'The Learning Annex Real Estate and Wealth Expos' in Seattle, Chicago, New York and Boston. According to The Learning Annex
"Paris Hilton is a brilliant entrepreneur who has built an incredible brand," TMZ quoted Zanker, as saying. "I consider myself a businesswoman and a brand," Hilton, as telling Newsweek. The hotel heiress has been offered the second biggest paycheque in the worldfor the lecture,
after American business executive, entrepreneur, television personality and author Donald Trump. If she accepts the offer, then Hilton will give her business tips along with Trump, George Foreman, toothy motivator
Tony Robbins and others. — ANI
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