Paris Hilton, who served a 23-day
sentence in a prison in Los Angeles,
was freed early on Tuesday.
The heiress to the Hilton hotel empire
was sent to jail hotel for having
violated her probation on a reckless
driving conviction.
Paris Hilton, 26, smiled and waved
as photographers and reporters swarmed
behind a police barrier, after she
walked out of the prison around 12:15
a.m.
She walked past sheriff’s deputies
and entered a sport utility vehicle
where her parents waited for her.
The media chased the socialite as she
made her way out, vying for vantage
position and snapping photos of her
for miles along the Los Angeles
freeway system.
When Paris Hilton’s vehicle had to
stop at a red light, photographers
jumped out of their cars and
surrounded it.
One report said she went to her
grandparents’ home in the Benedict
Canyon area of Beverly Hills.
Paris had been sentenced to 45 days in
prison but only served about half the
term, gaining credit for good
behavior.
Paris Hilton is scheduled to give her
first post-jail television interview
on Wednesday on CNN’s Larry King Live
show after ABC and NBC dropped rival
offers last week.
Her imprisonment – and temporary
release later – had sparked a global
media storm and raised questions about
justice being meted out to
celebrities.
Three days after Paris Hilton began
her stay in jail, she had been
released by the Los Angeles County
sheriff to home detention with
electronic monitoring because of an
unspecified medical condition.
She was at home a little more than a
day before the judge ordered her back
to jail to complete her sentence.
Paris Hilton was arrested in September
2006 on a charge of drunk driving. She
admitted to alcohol-related reckless
driving in January 2007 and was
sentenced to three-year probation, but
was caught driving the following month
on a suspended licence.
Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer
ruled in May 2007 that this violated
her probation. He rejected Paris
Hilton’s defence that her publicist
had misinformed her about the status
of her licence.
Paris Hilton surrendered to
authorities on June 3, 2007, to begin
her sentence and spent all 23 days,
except one, at Century Regional
Detention Facility in Lynwood,
California.
Her probation will end in March 2009,
provided she keeps her driver’s
licence current and does not break the
law. She can cut 12 months off that
time if she does community service,
which could include a public-service
announcement.
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