Paris Hilton released from jail

LYNWOOD – Paris Hilton left jail yesterday after a bizarre, three-week stay in which the hotel heiress was briefly released to her Hollywood Hills home, then sent screaming and crying back to a county lockup.

The 26-year-old walked out of the all-women’s jail in Lynwood to an enormous horde of cameras and reporters after midnight. She had largely avoided the spotlight when she checked into the jail late June 3 after a surprise appearance at the MTV Movie Awards.Hilton smiled as she left the jail, her blond hair pulled back.Her parents, Kathy and Rick, met her in a black SUV as cameras snapped pictures and Hilton, wearing a sage jacket with white trim over a white shirt and skinny jeans, did not respond to reporters’ questions.”She fulfilled her debt.She was obviously in good spirits.She thanked people as she left,” said sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore.Hilton will complete her probation in March 2009 as long as she keeps her driver’s licence current and doesn’t break any laws.She can reduce that time by 12 months if she does community service that could include a public-service announcement, the city attorney’s office has said.Hilton began her 45-day sentence for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.She was mostly confined to a solitary cell in the special needs unit away from the other 2 200 inmates.She spent only three days there before she was released with electronic monitoring by Sheriff Lee Baca for an unspecified medical condition that he later said was psychological.The following day Superior Court Judge Michael T.Sauer, who sentenced the hotel heiress, called her back into court and ordered her returned to jail, saying he had not approved her release.She was then taken to the downtown Twin Towers jail, which houses men and the county jail’s medical treatment centre, where she underwent medical and psychiatric exams to determine where she should be confined.Nampa-APShe had largely avoided the spotlight when she checked into the jail late June 3 after a surprise appearance at the MTV Movie Awards.Hilton smiled as she left the jail, her blond hair pulled back.Her parents, Kathy and Rick, met her in a black SUV as cameras snapped pictures and Hilton, wearing a sage jacket with white trim over a white shirt and skinny jeans, did not respond to reporters’ questions.”She fulfilled her debt.She was obviously in good spirits.She thanked people as she left,” said sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore.Hilton will complete her probation in March 2009 as long as she keeps her driver’s licence current and doesn’t break any laws.She can reduce that time by 12 months if she does community service that could include a public-service announcement, the city attorney’s office has said.Hilton began her 45-day sentence for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.She was mostly confined to a solitary cell in the special needs unit away from the other 2 200 inmates.She spent only three days there before she was released with electronic monitoring by Sheriff Lee Baca for an unspecified medical condition that he later said was psychological.The following day Superior Court Judge Michael T.Sauer, who sentenced the hotel heiress, called her back into court and ordered her returned to jail, saying he had not approved her release.She was then taken to the downtown Twin Towers jail, which houses men and the county jail’s medical treatment centre, where she underwent medical and psychiatric exams to determine where she should be confined.Nampa-AP