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Paris Hilton: Mugged by Repercussions

Actually, I always viewed her as someone to remind people about what not to become, and how we can all feel better about ourselves for being…ourselves.

Paris 2.0: An online plea for sympathy

Paris Hilton, socialite, sometimes actress, singer, and heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune, is using the Web dig up a get-out-of-jail-free card.

PC World reports that a link to this online petition has been posted to her MySpace page. The petition urges California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to pardon the socialite who was recently sentenced to 45 days in jail for driving with a suspended license. She has been ordered to report to the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, Calif. on June 5.

It’s not clear who the source of the petition is, and to describe it as over-the-top would be putting it mildly. A sample of the reasons she should be granted leniency, according to the petition:

–“She provides hope for young people all over the U.S. and the world. She provides beauty and excitement to (most of) our otherwise mundane lives.”

–In addition, she “is notable for her leading roles on the FOX reality series The Simple Life and in the remake of the Vincent Price horror classic “House of Wax”.

–And besides, “Paris Hilton did not hurt, injure, or kill anyone or anything.”

Nah, actually, she just drove drunk, and then did it again, with a suspended license and her lights off. At night. But nobody got hurt. Actually, I think the internet discussion is getting it right with her real panic at her 45 day jail sentence for violating her DUI probation is that her TV show may have to change its name from “The Simple Life” to “The Simple Lice.” Yes, it’s awful and just the sort of thing, I’m sure, she thought her ‘position’ would protect her from.

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Just as the outraged British were reminded when President Bush winked at Queen Elizabeth, we aren’t anyone’s ‘subjects’ and there are no class lines here to shield the vapid from fairness, honesty and the non-‘royal’ experience.

Every now and then it would be nice to get proof of that.

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  1. lnthomp says:

    I don’t care if she goes to jail, but I wish we could sentence “The Insider”, ET, US, People, etc. to 10 years of not mentioning her. Or perhaps make her wear an electronic device that scrambles the functioning of any camera or microphone that comes withing 300 yards of her.

  2. ltlme says:

    After thinking about Paris’s position in this case (for five whole seconds), it’s gotten me to think that perhaps we shouldn’t have blood alcohol limits. I mean, really, what’s the point? Just because 25,000 people were killed in alcohol related accidents in 2004 shouldn’t be too alarming. Right? Give me a break. I did find the following from MADD with their take on the whole thing:

    MADD Profoundly Disappointed Over Paris Hilton’s Behavior

    Statement of Attribution: Glynn R. Birch, MADD National President

    This is not hot. MADD is disappointed that Paris Hilton is not accepting the consequences for her serious actions. MADD believes everyone convicted of drunk driving should be held accountable and receive an alcohol ignition interlock device on their vehicle. A person typically drives drunk nearly 100 times before they are arrested, so being lenient with “first-time” drunk drivers does society more danger in the long run. A 5000-pound vehicle in the hands of a drunk driver is a weapon.

  3. Mwalimu Daudi says:

    I hate to say it, Tammy, but I think she will walk. Hollywood celebrity … beautiful … young … connections … loaded with $dough$ … this is the sort of person that some pinhead judge will take pity on and decide that her “rights” were violated. Or maybe a back-room deal will be worked out to keep her out of the slammer.

    Just look at Congress. Almost half belong in prison, and the vast majority of the rest need their own rubber room and nice white coat with closed sleeves that tie in the back.

  4. Talkin Horse says:

    Is it really so bad that George Bush winked at Queen Elizabeth? It’s the double standard at work again. Bill Clinton would’ve grabbed her ass and nobody would have said a thing. Ambassador to the world indeed!

  5. Dave J says:

    Mwalimu Daudi, I’ve spent most of the last year prosecuting DUI’s. There’s no way on God’s green earth that ANYONE who picks up a second DUI within a year, while ON DUI PROBATION, walks away without some time in jail, unless they go to trial and are acquitted. I don’t care how much money you have or how famous you are: admitting to a VOP like that, 45 days isn’t excessive or even unusual.

  6. Kimj7157 says:

    I loved “the wink” (a glimpse of the cowboy now lost) and I admit that I LOVE that Paris is (rightfully) going to the slammer. I doubt this will change her future behavior, but the fact that the little snot will be miserable for 45 days does my heart some good.

  7. Skeptic says:

    The media fawning over a bimbo like Paris Hilton is irritating. I refuse to watch any show that spends time on these faux celebrities. People focus on her behavior because it is like watching a train wreck with a bit of schadenfreude thrown in for good measure.

    She needs to go to jail. I realize that California has a huge problem with the celebrity set getting away literally with murder often. Spinal transfusions for the legal system down there are probably required.

    I am ready to be not surprised when some judge or official feels sorry for her. She will probably end up doing it as house arrest because they can’t guarantee her safety. This situation is a perfect example of how money and fame (infamy?) allow people to skate too often.

  8. Mwalimu Daudi says:

    I sincerely hope so, Dave J. But having seen the rich and powerful in Hollywood and Washington beat the rap time and time again, I will stick with my original prediction until proven wrong.

    Actually, one does not even need to be rich and powerful – if you have low friends in high places. My Exhibit A: immigration law. At the risk of moving seriously off-topic – how many illegal aliens are there in the US? 11 million? 13 million? How many illegals dumb enough to get caught and ordered deported actually get kicked out? And how many businesses hire illegals with no penalty? In other words – any law can be flouted with impunity given enough people who either look the other way or actively sabotage the efforts of justice.

    If Paris and her lawyers find the right “angle” to play in the media, pitch it to a sympathetic jury (or judge), and stall for time long enough, I would not bet against her staying out of jail.

  9. Michelvis says:

    I wish Hilton would get off ONLY because the publicity she gets will be triple when she gets out.
    All that frickin money and all she does is carry a rat with her (wait it’s a dog!) and pose for pictures. How about some charity work maybe? If she was to really be punished, all we need to do is take away all mirrors.

    GW Bush…I love the wink. We KNOW if Clinton did it, all would be fawning “what a down to Earth guy Bill is” In fact, I can’t believe Bubba didn’t somehow get into the event.
    He’s as big an ego-maniac media whore as Hilton.

  10. Dave J says:

    “If Paris and her lawyers find the right “angle” to play in the media, pitch it to a sympathetic jury…”

    She plead. There isn’t going to be any jury because there isn’t going to be a trial.

    “(or judge), and stall for time long enough, I would not bet against her staying out of jail.”

    I don’t see how one can stall here. Staying execution of sentence pending appeal requires a reasonable likelihood of success on appeal, and since she doesn’t HAVE any grounds for appeal, i.e., since even filing notice of appeal would be a frivolous exercise in bad faith, I can’t see how that happens.

    “She will probably end up doing it as house arrest because they can’t guarantee her safety.”

    I’m not sufficiently versed with California’s criminal statutes to know if that’s possible, but at least here in Florida community control (i.e., house arrest) is not a valid legal sentence for a misdemeanor.

  11. pat_s says:

    One way or another, the privileged always win.

    Paris Hilton to be saved by overcrowded jails


    The socialite Paris Hilton – who demanded to be saved from 45 days in jail because she provides “beauty and excitement to most of our otherwise mundane lives” – is set to escape serving most of her term anyway because of prison overcrowding, it emerged today.


    The Los Angeles sheriff’s department has announced that the heiress to the Hilton Hotel fortune could serve as little as 21 days because the county’s prisons are “bursting at the seams”.

  12. Kimj7157 says:

    Pat_S:

    Hated to read that news. Still, the little snot being miserable for even 21 days is better than none.:)

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