Resolute judge sends wailing Paris Hilton back to jail

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael T Sauer decided to send Paris Hilton back to jail.

11 June, 2007:

Amid hysterics and high drama in the courtroom, actress and hotel heiress Paris Hilton has been sent back to prison by a Los Angeles judge barely two days after she was released by the sheriff on unspecified medical grounds.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael T Sauer overturned a decision by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to allow Paris Hilton, 26, to serve the rest of her term at home with an electronic monitoring device. The judge insisted that Paris Hilton serve her full sentence, not the reduced 23-day sentence she was given by the sheriff’s office.

Sheriff Lee Baca had cited a “medical” condition when he slapped an electronic ankle bracelet on Hilton and sent her home on Thursday – after just three days in prison – to serve out the rest of her sentence in her $2.1-million mansion.

Judge Sauer said during the court hearing that he had not been given details of the medical condition that apparently prompted her release.

The judge said he was told that a psychiatrist had visited her at the jail but did not go into the details.

More accusations were heaped on Lee Baca on Friday – such as, he had given Paris Hilton special treatment after it was revealed that her grandfather had given him a $1,000 campaign contribution.

Dozens of reporters and photographers waited for the star of The Simple Life reality show to emerge from her home as news helicopters buzzed in the skies overhead.

Obviously angered that Lee Baca had ignored his expressed orders to keep Paris Hilton in jail, Judge Sauer had ordered the heiress to appear in his court at 9 a.m. But Paris Hilton, who was apparently under the mistaken impression that she would be able to testify by phone, did not show up.

So the judge dispatched deputies to fetch her.

Paris cried “Mom! Mom! Mom!” as a female deputy escorted her out of court. Paris cried out: “It’s not right.”

Kathy Hilton, her mother, could only say “I love you” as her daughter was cuffed and driven back to the a Los Angeles county jail where she will serve a 45-day sentence for violating her probation imposed for reckless driving.

Dressed in a gray sweatshirt over slacks, her blond hair pulled back in a ponytail, and wearing no makeup, Paris was screaming throughout the hearing. She dabbed her eyes, wiped her nose on her sleeve, and her body shook constantly. She turned several times to look at her parents, who were seated behind her in the courtroom.

From the court, she was taken straight to the medical ward of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility for the weekend, where doctors will evaluate her before moving her back to a regular jail.

Paris Hilton’s attorneys are expected to appeal against the Los Angeles judge’s order in a couple of days.