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BE BRAVE, MISS HILTON, BE BRAVE (a satire)
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cosmo



Joined: 09 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

stevemcgarrett wrote:
Hey, where are the emoticons?

Grade: B-

Contrived couplets but some are rather clever. You're almost ready for a BA Creative Writing program. Keep up the good work.

I'm glad you got a kick out of it. I keep waiting for your avatar to crack a smile, but it continues to hold that steely gaze.
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thepeel



Joined: 08 Aug 2004

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I guess two days is good enough. "E" for effort!

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070607/D8PK26R00.html
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Masta_Don



Joined: 17 Aug 2006
Location: Hyehwa-dong, Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

jinju wrote:
jinju:
The real issue that deserves to be the target of your satire is the unusually harsh sentence she received.


Please tell me how 45 days for drinking and driving while on probation is harsh. I know a kid, first time offense, who got 3 months in a prison (they call the sentence "Shock Treatment") for breaking into a bowling alley. I know another person who went to county for 2 weeks for throwing a bucket of paint on the Gap. And another got 2 days in county for breaking probation on a speeding ticket. All stupid things but were the sentences fair?

That's pretty typical justice. The justice we don't usually see are celebrities getting their comeuppance, when they commit a crime, instead of throwing money left and right to avoid jail and admitting wrong-doing. At least fess up, but no, gotta maintain that impeccable reputation.
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igotthisguitar



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gosh, AmeriKa's favourite poor little rich girl must be a "model" prisoner. Wonder how all the other inmates feel?

It appears that after "serving" a whole 4 days she's now been sent home under house arrest for 40 days.

Ah yes, that magickal little 40 number.

How a propos.

Poor Paris Crying or Very sad
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stevemcgarrett



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 12:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Paris Hilton represents (almost) everything I hold in contempt about Hollywood.

Now her lawyers want us to believe she suffers from a strange mental illness that suddenly afflicted her after those music awards just hours before entering prison.

Yeah, it's called Bimbo Syndrome. Known to affect most of today's young crowd along Rodeo Drive.

This recent development deserves another thread...
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sportsguy35



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://youtube.com/watch?v=k66epna2Sss

a very funny video about Paris going back to jail. Classic. I don't know how they do stuff like this in such a short time.
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stevemcgarrett



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 6:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Kudos sportsguy:

Great video! Hilarious and right on the mark. Even got a smirk from this cop.

Should be required viewing on this forum.
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Alyallen



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

They sent her ass back to JAIL....

Paris Hilton ordered back to jail
POSTED: 10:56 p.m. EDT, June 8, 2007
Story Highlights

LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- She was taken handcuffed and crying from her home. She was escorted into court disheveled, without makeup, hair askew and face red with tears.

Crying out for her mother when she was ordered back to jail, Paris Hilton's cool, glamorous image evaporated Friday as she gave the impression of a little girl lost in a merciless legal system.

"It's not right!" shouted the weeping Hilton. "Mom!" she called out to Kathy Hilton, who also was in tears.


The 26-year-old hotel heiress tried to move toward her parents but was firmly steered away by two sheriff's deputies, who held her by each arm and hustled her from the courtroom.

Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer was apparently unmoved by the pleas of Hilton's three lawyers to send her back to home confinement due to an unspecified medical condition. He ordered Hilton returned to a Los Angeles County jail to serve out the remainder of her 45-day sentence for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. (Watch the details of Hilton's release Video)

The judge gave no explanation for his ruling. But his comments throughout the hearing showed he was affronted by county Sheriff Lee Baca's decision to set aside his instructions and release Hilton after three days in jail to finish her time in the luxury of her Hollywood Hills home.

Her lawyers said the reason for her release was an unspecified medical condition. The judge suggested that could be taken care of at jail medical facilities.

Sheriff hints at psychological problems

The sheriff later hinted at a news conference that Hilton had psychological problems, and said she would be watched in jail "so that there isn't anything that is harmfully done to herself by herself."

Following the hearing, Hilton was taken to a correctional treatment center at the downtown Twin Towers jail for medical and psychiatric examination to determine which facility she will be held in, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.

"She'll be there for at least a couple of days," he said.

The sheriff later defended his decision, citing jail crowding (although Hilton was in special unit and did not have a cell mate) and what he termed "severe medical problems."

He said he had learned from one of her doctors that she was not taking a certain medication while previously in custody, and that her "inexplicable deterioration" puzzled county psychiatrists. (Watch Hilton enter jail the first time Video)

Baca also charged that Hilton received a more severe sentence than the usual penalty for such a crime, but said he would not try to overrule Sauer's decision again.

"The criminal justice system should not create a football out of Ms. Hilton's status," the sheriff said grimly at a press conference. (Timeline: The Hilton case)

After being taken to court in a black-and-white police car, paparazzi sprinting in pursuit and helicopters broadcasting live from above, Hilton entered the courtroom weeping and continued to cry throughout the hearing, which lasted more than an hour.

Her blond hair was pulled back in a disheveled knot, in contrast to the glamorous side-swept style in her booking photo from earlier in the week. She was wrapped in a long gray fuzzy sweat shirt over slacks.

Her body shook constantly as she dabbed at her eyes. Several times she turned to her parents, seated behind her in the courtroom, and mouthed, "I love you." At one point, she made the sign of the cross and appeared to be praying.

Despite being reincarcerated, she could still be released early. Inmates are given a day off their terms for every four days of good behavior, and her days in home detention counted as custody days. It appeared that Friday would count as her sixth day.
Judge displays irritation at hearing

Friday's hearing was delayed by a misunderstanding. Hilton apparently thought she was going to be able to participate from home by telephone. But the judge, who had not authorized that, angrily denounced a media outlet for spreading that rumor, although a court spokesman also gave that information to news media.

He ordered sheriff's deputies to go to Hilton's home and bring her to court. The process took nearly two hours.

Once the hearing began, Sauer was blunt in his criticism of the sheriff for disobeying his orders, which specifically banned home confinement with electronic monitoring.

"I at no time condoned the actions of the sheriff and at no time told him I approved the actions," he said. "At no time did I approve the defendant being released from custody to her home."

The hearing was requested by the city attorney's office, which had prosecuted Hilton and wanted Baca held in contempt for releasing Hilton despite Sauer's express order that she serve her time in jail. The judge took no action on the contempt request.

A member of the county counsel's staff said Baca was willing to come to court with medical personnel. The judge did not take him up on the offer.

Assistant City Attorney Dan F. Jeffries argued that Hilton's incarceration was purely up to the judge. "Her release after only three days erodes confidence in the judicial system," he said.

Hilton's attorney, Richard Hutton, implored the judge to order a hearing in his chambers to hear testimony about Hilton's medical condition before making a decision. The judge did not respond to that suggestion.

The judge interrupted several times to say that he had received a call last Wednesday from an undersheriff informing him that Hilton had a medical condition and that he would submit papers to the judge to consider. He said the papers never arrived.

Every few minutes, the judge would interrupt proceedings, state the time on the clock, and note that the papers still had not arrived.

He also noted that he had heard that a private psychiatrist visited Hilton in jail, and he wondered if that person played a role in deciding her medical needs.

The last attorney to speak was another deputy city attorney, David Bozanich, who declared, "This is a simple case. There was a court. The Sheriff's Department chose to violate that order. There is no ambiguity."
Failed sobriety test last fall

Hilton's twisted jailhouse saga began September 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a street in her Mercedes-Benz on what she said was a late-night hamburger run. (Watch how drunken driving is the bane of celebrities Video)

She pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months' probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines. In the months that followed she was stopped twice while driving on a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer's courtroom.


Back before Sauer on Friday, Hilton's entire body trembled as the final pitch was made for her further incarceration. She clutched a ball of tissue and tears ran down her face.

Seconds later, the judge announced his decision: "The defendant is remanded to county jail to serve the remainder of her 45-day sentence. This order is forthwith."

Hilton screamed.

Eight deputies immediately ordered all spectators out of the courtroom. Hilton's mother, Kathy, threw her arms around her husband, Rick, and sobbed uncontrollably.

Deputies escorted Hilton out of the room, holding each of her arms as she looked back.
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thepeel



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PostPosted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How pathetic.. Her worst hour pasted on the front page of Drudge for millions of people to giggle at.




It is almost as if this is the first time she has ever been consequenced.
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cosmo



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PostPosted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 12:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Julius



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PostPosted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 3:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

She could be out in 2 weeks for good behaviour.

i suppose thats enough for a few chapters.
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