Paris Hilton Cries As She Gets Driven Back to Prison
June 9th 2007

Picture from PEOPLE. Paris Hilton crying after being ordered back to prison.
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Images of the wailing, disheveled millionaire heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune being driven back to jail Friday eclipsed other news coverage in the US media so much that one commentator likened it to the attention paid to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
And while the paparazzi-pursued bombshell’s return jaunt to the slammer earned both cheers and jeers from a public weary from Paris-overload, analysts said her reincarceration after one day of freedom cast a spotlight on the drive for equal penalties for the rich and famous.
“Here, primarily because of who Paris Hilton is, the judge wanted to send a very strong message,” said Jean Rosenbluth, professor of law at University of Southern California.
“If the very same action were taken for someone who wasn’t a celebrity it would have been very rare for a judge to go back and hold this hearing and order her to prison again,” she said.
Hilton was released from jail Thursday on the local sheriff’s order after serving five days of a 45-day sentence, which she earned by violating probation after a drunk driving arrest and driving with a suspended license.
She probably thought doing a couple of days would be enough to silent everyone. She probably went in just for fun, thinking it’s only for a couple of days. She probably thought she could buy her way out. She probably thought she could get away from going to prison. She was wrong.
It’s not a game, Miss Hilton. She’s violated the laws and she shall pay for it.

