París Hílton thread

She'll probably get 2-3 weeks max, if even that much.

Sad part, if it was a regular poor broke woman, she'd find herself in jail for a long time.

Maxim Hot 100
May 18 11:45am



Actress / singer Lindsay Lohan toppled 'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria in the 2007 poll of Maxim magazine's list of the 100 hottest women in the world.

Party pals Britney Spears and Paris Hilton failed to make the cut.

Lohan took out the magazine's eighth annual "Hot 100" list for the first time after debuting at No. 2 on the list in 2005 and slipping to No. 3 last year.

Longoria, who held the crown for the past two years, slipped to ninth place on the list, which consists of women from film, television, music, sports and fashion.

Maxim magazine's 2007 Hot 100 top ten:

1 Lindsay Lohan
2 Jessica Alba
3 Scarlett Johansson
4 Christina Aguilera
5 Jessica Biel
6 Ali Larter
7 Eva Mendes
8 Rihanna
9 Eva Longoria
10 Fergie

The party for the poll took place in New York City.

I move that this whore gets thrown in the slammer with the general population with cameras. Make it "The Real Life: In the Cell" Fucking hard labor would not be enough to teach her a lesson.

Oh, I'm rich, I'm special, The law only is for the poor, not me!

Burn bitch Burn!

Rant mode off!

I'm sure she'll only be in for a day or so before the let her out for hardship reasons.

sir_darkstar wrote:
Lindsay Lohan is sexier and/or prettier than my Jessica Alba? What, did Maxim go out and poll only white US rednecks who were probably watching Walker Texas Ranger at the time (and need to have it explained to them)?

No fuckin' way. No, no no no no. Not in this, or any, world.

What a joke.

Disbelievin'Man

Paris Hilton Video Clip

I hate to say it but its ok really, download and judge for yourselves, its only 8m

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Paris Hilton's Bible panic

May 23, 2007 12:00



JAIL-bound heiress Paris Hilton is arming herself for the ordeal ahead - with a Bible, a self-help book and a panic button.

Hilton, 26, has been spotted out and about in Los Angeles clutching the holy book and a tome called The Power Of Now.

Sources also say the party girl is to be armed with a panic button whilst in jail, in case she gets attacked by other inmates.

Although Hilton will be kept away from the majority prison population, an insider told us Hilton had been given a “panic device giving her a 24-hour link to prison guards in case she encounters trouble when she begins her prison sentence next month.”

The jail’s spokesman Steve Whitmore had previously stated Hilton would “be treated like any other inmate who’s classified as a low-level security risk.”

But she will be kept in the prison’s "special needs" unit, which is reserved for high-profile inmates.
With only two weeks left, Paris has said that she’s “really scared” to report to the Century Regional Detention Center in suburban Lynwood, California on June 5.

Once there, she will spend about three weeks behind bars - only half of her original 45 day sentence.

Give her fears, it appears the Bible and self-help book are less attempts to win sympathy than genuine preparation

21 May 2007


Dumb decade and its mascot is Paris

Paris Hilton and Nicole Ritchie in their reality TV show The Simple Life.

PARIS HILTON grabbed so much media attention last week I thought she must have done something interesting while I wasn't paying attention. There were, of course, many possibilities. Maybe she stunned the press by making a joke. Perhaps one of the paparazzi pack called out: "Why did your parents name you after a hotel, Paris?" And Paris stopped mid-sashay, turned her pale pout towards the questioner and said: "I know my parents, like, named me after a hotel. But I'm so, like, lucky. They nearly called me The Ritz."
Maybe Paris invented a new fashion, a pair of sunglasses so big they can be used as riot shields in an emergency. Or maybe her pet Chihuahua, Tinkerbelle, had to go into dog rehab. There must be substance abuse clinics for dogs in LA. They've got everything else: dog spas, dog psychologists and dog cook books including my favourite Bone Appetit, Gourmet Cooking for Dogs. So I could just picture little Tinkerbelle going into The Betty Four-leg Clinic to be treated for, say, a shoe sniffing addiction. All you have to do is take one look at Tinkerbelle with those big googly-eyes and that snappy, twitchy nature and you know she's on something!

Then I thought I was just being a cynical journo. Maybe Paris has made a real contribution to society. What could that be? Maybe she's taken up a cause. I can just see her wearing the little t-shirt with the words "Stop, like, bad stuff" or "Give Tibet back to the Tibets". Or, maybe, she's written a book. Once again there are many possibilities. Porn Home Video Etiquette for Beginners, How to become an Heiress for Dummies (I mean, Duh! You've got to so, like, pick the right parents!) and Waxing Lyrical: The Brazilian Song Book (Oh! Ah! EEEEEEEh!)

Or perhaps Paris has embraced religion and took up Gospel Aerobics or Pontius Pilot Pilates. I'm not being funny. Classes like this actually exist in LA.

When I finally caught up with the cause of the recent Paris Hilton media frenzy, I discovered nothing much had happened at all. Paris had just been stupid again. She'd been caught drink driving again and threatened with jail again. But, in some strange way, I admire Paris because she's managed to, like, totally represent this decade. If the '80s were the "Greed is Good" decade, then this, the first decade of the millennium, is the decade of "Dumb is Good". We listen to dumb songs.

BBC listeners just voted a Des'ree song with the lines: "I don't want to see a ghost/It's the sight I fear the most/I'd rather have a piece of toast" as having the dumbest lyrics.

We wear dumb t-shirts. Once t-shirts were ironic and political. Now you're likely to see the Kama Sutra for Dogs. We watch dumb TV. It's called reality TV, which is rather frightening because it mostly involves dumb people saying dumb things to other dumb people. We watch dumb singing shows and dumb dancing shows. I say this because they seem to involve people who can't sing or dance. We read dumb books. Not all books are dumb, but they're not too bright either. In the best-selling book line-up in Australia last year, among the Harry Potters and Dan Browns, was Spotless and The CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet. So we're not exactly worried about developing our brain power. We're concerned about removing stains and the size of our butts. We even have dumb university degrees now. Loony uni I call it. Today in Australia you can get a degree in surfing.

So I rest my case. This is the dumb decade. We're not pondering on the meaning of life. The big question this decade is: What will Paris Hilton wear in jail?

Jail Paris Hilton in Australia

Sydney Confidential
May 28, 2007 12:00



HIS father might be one of the most powerful players in Australian advertising but Jack Singleton is proving he's got the chutz-pah to pack a solid publicity punch.

But forget about Sydney – Singo Jr's ticket to advertising fame and dollars is Paris.

Hilton, that is.

After generating $3 million worth of coverage for beer Bondi Blonde when the heiress visited Sydney, the sassy adman is continuing to cash in on Hilton's association with the brand by using her prison term for a publicity stunt.

In what he terms a "community service announcement", Singleton's agency Jack Watts Currie has forked out close to $1 million to place ads in US papers and trade magazines asking authorities to send the socialite to Australia instead of jail.

Hilton has to report to Los Angeles' Century Regional Detention Center by June 5 to start serving her 23-day sentence for violating her probation following her 2006 drink-driving arrest.

But Singleton has come up with an alternative in the cheeky marketing ploy, asking authorities: "Please send Paris Hilton to the world's biggest convict colony: Australia."

The ad continues: "Paris has already served time Down Under. We'd be happy (especially the blokes) to have her back and we already have a special place put aside for Ms Hilton to serve out her sentence. It's called Bondi Beach."

As the beer is not available for sale in the US, Singleton dismissed the campaign as being "just a bit of fun" when contacted by Confidential.

"Paris was great to us when she was here so we want to let her know we're thinking of her," he said

Korean company suspends Paris Hilton commercials

Friday June 1, 06:47 PM



SEOUL (AFP) - Paris Hilton will temporarily disappear from advertisements for a South Korean sportswear firm while she is serving a jail sentence, the company said Friday.

The multi-millionaire celebrity and heiress to the Hilton hotel empire was given a 45-day prison term in the United States earlier this month for continuing to drive despite having her licence suspended.

She is likely to be released after 23 days if she behaves while behind bars.

"We knew she is rather free-spirited but we never imagined she would go to prison for her behaviour," Fila Korea marketing director Min Se-Joung told AFP.

"As of today, we stopped all kinds of ads including TV commercials and print ads in which Paris appears," he said, adding it was hard to tell when the company would resume the advertising.

Fila Korea in late December signed a one-year contract with Hilton which is reportedly worth one million dollars.

Min said that despite the latest case his company was "satisfied" with Hilton's contribution to enhancing popularity of the brand, especially among young consumers.

"Almost all the products that were worn by her in ads have been sold out," he said.

Hey Paris, the party is over

PETA HELLARD in Los Angeles
June 03, 2007 12:00am



SO-CALLED celebutante Paris Hilton is counting down the hours -- and planning a glamour makeover -- before beginning her simple life behind bars.

Hilton, 26, has until one minute to midnight on Tuesday (Los Angeles time) to report to the Century Regional Detention Facility in LA.

Stepping out of her designer duds and into a jail-issue jumpsuit will mark the end of the party for Hollywood's most famous member of the partygirl brat pack.

It also heralds the start of another lucrative stretch for the heiress socialite wsiho has created her fame and boosted her fortune by doing mostly nothing.

She will pen her jail-time memoirs during the minimum 23 days she will be imprisoned for violating probation when she drove while her licence was suspended.

And the inmate-to-be plans to turn the "perp" walk -- from her limousine to the county jail gates -- into a catwalk, according to New York reports. They say she insists the media see her looking her best before her extended leave from the limelight.

As the clock ticked away relentlessly -- and she was said to "break down and cry a lot" at the prospect of incarceration -- the star of reality wannabe show The Simple Life found time to make a red carpet appearance on Friday with little sister Nicky.

Nicky found time to tell reporters she thought Paris's jail punishment "was pretty absurd".

While Paris Hilton is said to be fretting -- and "preparing and praying" and being photographed toting copies of the Bible and The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment -- she has been living it up with drunk driver Lindsay Lohan, the actress who is hooked on Oxycontin, also called Hillbilly Heroin.

But Lohan can't play for a while either; she checked into a rehabilitation clinic this week.

People magazine reported Hilton also had sought support on the shoulder of Simple Life co-star Nicole Richie -- a brat pack pal facing charges of driving under the influence of marijuana and a cocktail of prescription medication.

Hilton reportedly has been matched with a cellmate who is serving time for reckless driving -- and who prison authorities believe won't want to "cash in" on the Hilton-as-a-jailbird saga.

When it's all over, Hilton will be off to St Tropez to party as the face of a canned sparkling wine -- as if it were all just a bad dream.

Is this simply a case of a bunch of spoiled brats behaving badly?

Almost every day, the wild antics of Lohan, the Hiltons (mostly Paris), Richie, Britney Spears and Mischa Barton make headlines that cement their reputations as the hardest-partying celebrities in Tinseltown.

Lohan's rehab check-in is the second in four months. Hilton grew up shielded by the real world and swaddled in privilege. So did Beverly Hills brat Richie, daughter of 1980s pop star Lionel Richie. And Barton's career has nosedived since TV's The OC -- she fell, dead drunk, at an afternoon barbecue only days after being seen at Cannes smoking marijuana.

With their massive bank balances, jetset lifestyles and hitherto seemingly unlimited career prospects, the question begs to be asked -- why do they do it?

Many factors appear to have affected Lohan, who seems the most troubled.

She spent most of her adolescence in the glare of the spotlight after rocketing to fame at 11 in Disney's The Parent Trap and has had little chance to experience life outside showbiz.

Her remarkable transition from adorable **** star to out-of-control party girl follows a ****hood that saw her father jailed for securities fraud in her pre-teen years. Then, after her parents' acrimonious divorce, Lohan was effectively the family bread-winner.

For Hilton, privilege, wealth and fame appear an intoxicating insulator from the rules and consequences of the real world.

The hotel heiress was genuinely shocked at a Los Angeles courthouse when a judge sentenced her to jail -- thinking the consequences for flagrantly ignoring probation conditions did not apply to her.

After Lohan's arrest and admittance to rehab, many Hollywood watchers have suggested the anti-social behaviour of Tinseltown's newly-minted glitterati has its roots in the LA party scene's willingness to turn a blind eye to the often-illegal antics of young stars.

The opportunity for stars to party hard at trendy clubs and bars -- often drinking, despite being under age, for free due to the cachet their attendance brings a venue -- is one of the worst-kept secrets in Hollywood.

Doormen at Hollywood hot spots have been lifting the velvet rope for teen stars for years.

Two decades ago, Drew Barrymore became tabloid fodder after being spotted drinking at Hollywood clubs when she was 13 and 14.

These days, there is no hiding the illicit behavior -- thanks to Hollywood's aggressive paparazzi.

Johnny Grant, longtime Hollywood showman, Tinseltown's unofficial mayor and who has seen many star antics, is shocked by the partying and law-breaking of the current young brigade.

"They're out of hand," Grant, 84, says. "They used to be much more discreet -- studios used to control their images."

But he says there is hope -- if they follow the example of Hollywood's most famous former young addict.

"Maybe these young people should have a talk with Drew Barrymore," Grant says. "She was very public with her drinking and straightened herself out to become a star."

Media scrum await Hilton's jail arrival

3rd June 2007, 6:22 WST

Media from around the world converged on a Los Angeles County jail Saturday in hopes of spotting Paris Hilton arriving for a three-week stay for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.

About 15 photographers, reporters and television crews staked out positions at three entrances to the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood. Authorities also cordoned off a grassy area outside the jail for members of the media.

"Today, Paris is the story," said Robert Penfold, a reporter with the Nine Network.

As of late afternoon, however, the hotel heiress had yet to appear.

Hilton has been ordered to turn herself in by Tuesday to begin her sentence.

The prospect of Hilton's arrival was on the minds of some at the 2,200-bed facility.

"If it was me, I'd want to see her, because she's famous!" said 29-year-old Trishan Bell during a visit with her mother, who is serving an 8-year sentence for drug-related offenses.

Susannah Johnson, who was released Saturday after a one-day stay at the jail, said many inmates were angry at Hilton, believing officials were making room for the starlet at the expense of other inmates already coping with crowded conditions.

"The only advice I could give her when she comes is to shut her mouth and do the time," said Johnson, 35, of Claremont.

The 13-year-old jail, located five miles south of downtown Los Angeles, has been an all-female facility since March 2006. The two-story concrete building sits in an industrial neighbourhood, beside train tracks and beneath a bustling freeway.

Though a judge sentenced her to 45 days behind bars, Hilton is expected to serve only 23 days because of a state law that requires shorter sentences for good behavior, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Once Hilton arrives, she will be housed in the jail's "special needs" unit.

Like other inmates in the special-needs area, Hilton will take her meals in her cell and will be allowed outside the 3.7 meter-by-2.4-metre space for at least an hour each day to shower, watch TV in the day room, participate in outdoor recreation or talk on the telephone.

Inmates are not allowed to bring cell phones into the jail.

Besides a decidedly unglamorous orange jumpsuit, inmates are issued a standard-issue kit that includes: a toothbrush, tube of toothpaste, soap, a comb, deodorant, shampoo and shaving implements, along with a jail-issued pencil, stationery, envelopes and stamps.

Officers arrested Hilton in Hollywood on September 7. In January, she pleaded no contest to the reckless-driving charge and was sentenced to 36 months' probation, alcohol education and $US1,500 ($A1,815.21) in fines.

She was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol on January 15. Officers informed Hilton she was driving on a suspended license and she signed a document acknowledging she was not to drive. She then was pulled over by sheriff's deputies on February 27, at which time she was charged with violating her probation.

Paris' prison mate handpicked
weekly Famous
Jun 01 12:44pm



With Paris Hilton due to hit the special needs wing of Los Angeles' Century Regional Detention Facility on June 5 for 23 days, her bunkmate has been selected to be someone who officials believe will not try to sell their story of their time in the clink alongside the hotel heiress.

Officials are also conducting random searches for any electronic devices in order to stop footage of Paris' jail time being leaked to the media, with cameras, phones and all recording devices banned for inmates.

It's not just the inmates that are being prepared for Paris' stay either - staff have been warned that anyone who photographs the celebutante will have their employment terminated.

It has been reported that a "written protocol" has been specifically drafted for Paris' arrival, advising "when and how things should be done for her".

Should Paris get all this special treatment?

Paris heads to jail

Jun 05 08:49am



Accompanied by her mother, Kathy, sister Nicky and lawyer Richard Hutton, Paris Hilton has headed to jail to report for her paltry 23 days of incarceration.

Originally sentenced to 45 days behind bars, Paris' prison sentence was reduced for good behaviour...before she'd even spent a minute at the facility.

After attending the MTV Movie Awards for 2007, Paris reported to Men's Central Jail in Los Angeles in order to avoid the paparazzi snappers who were awaiting her arrival at the Century Regional Detention Facility in the L.A. suburb of Lynwood.

Sergeant Diane Hecht of the Los Angeles Sheriff Department reported that Hilton "was cooperative during the (booking) process, which included being fingerprinted, photographed, medically screened."

Issued jail clothing, comprising of a so not hot orange top and pants as well as personal hygiene items for her stay in prison, Paris landed in her cell at about 1am Monday morning, L.A. time.

Originally set to have a prison mate, Hilton instead will spend her 23 days in solitary confinement for 23 hours of each day, housed in a " special housing unit from the general population", Hecht reported.

Hilton will be allowed to spend an hour a day outside the cell to shower, use the jail telephone and watch television, he said.

So, for the next 23 days Paris Hilton will be known as Inmate #9818783.

Will this be a lucky number for Paris?

Paris Hilton's jailhouse update

Jun 06 11:23am

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Paris Hilton may be under threat at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California...but not from fellow inmates!

With Paris due to spend 23 hours a day of her 23 days of incarceration in solitary confinement, it's now emerged that Paris' current residency is rife with staph infection, with over 402 inmates diagnosed with the serious infection last year alone.

The staph strain that is spreading throughout the women's prison is a particularly nasty one, resistant to the first line of antibiotics usually used to treat staph infection.

At least Paris won't be able to speak in her secret language to other inmates who are already infected - her gal pal Bijou Phillips has told shock jock Howard Stern that Paris uses a secret language in order to secretly diss those around her without them knowing what she's doing.

While she looked entirely glamorous heading straight from the MTV Movie Awards for 2007 to jail, Paris Hilton also won't be able to maintain her regular beauty regime during her stay, as razors, tweezers, hair-removal wax, rollers, hair brushes, blow-dryers and hair sprays are all banned for inmates.

The only beauty tool Paris will have is a jail-issue wide-tooth comb.

How will Paris look when she ends her 23 day jailhouse stay?

Paris out of jail for medical reasons

Friday June 8, 06:33 AM



Hotel heiress Paris Hilton has been released from jail for medical reasons after serving just three days of a three-week term, but is confined to her home with an electronic ankle bracelet for 40 days.

Steve Whitmore of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's office declined to specify the medical issue that led to her "reassignment" or say why she could not be treated in jail.

The 26-year-old hotel Hilton Hotel heiress and star of reality television show The Simple Life turned herself in late last Sunday night to begin a jail term for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.

Citing sources close to Hilton's family, the syndicated TV show Entertainment Tonight reported on its website that the health problem was a rash that she developed on her body.

Los Angeles County detention facilities, like many jails around the country, are known to have problems controlling outbreaks of staphylococcus infections, which can cause rashes, but Whitmore said staph was not an issue in Hilton's case.

Whitmore said only that Hilton's move was done after extensive consultation among various parties involved, including the sentencing judge and the sheriff.

Hilton, a symbol of privilege and American celebrity culture whose great-grandfather, Conrad, started the global Hilton Hotel empire, was taken to her house in the Hollywood Hills, Whitmore said.

Hilton was originally sentenced to 45 days in jail. But her jail term was effectively cut to just 23 days under state sentencing guidelines that give inmates one day's credit for each day of incarceration.

Hilton began her short-lived jail stay just hours after attending the MTV Movie Awards near Hollywood, where she was the butt of comedians' jokes.

Under the home-confinement order, her sentence was increased back to 45 days, but Whitmore said she would be credited with five days incarceration, including Sunday and Thursday, even though she actually only spent three full days in jail.

The exact terms of Hilton's home confinement were not released.

One reporter described Hilton's job as going to parties and events and asked if she would be allowed to leave her home for work, just as lifestyle media star Martha Stewart could during her five months under house arrest for insider trading.

"My understanding is that she's confined to her home with an ankle bracelet, she cannot leave that facility," said Whitmore. "She will fulfill the remainder of her time confined to her home."

Hilton was arrested on charges of drunken driving in September. In January, she pleaded no contest - the equivalent of a guilty plea - to a reduced charge of alcohol-related reckless driving. She was sentenced to three years' probation and had her licence suspended.

But she was caught driving on a suspended licence in February, when police stopped her for speeding and with her headlights off at night. A traffic court judge ruled on May 4 that Hilton's latest offence constituted a probation violation.

Hilton had been housed in a special unit for celebrities and high-profile inmates at the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, about 24km from Los Angeles.

She had been incarcerated alone in her cell, an enclosure 2.4 metres wide, 3.7 metres deep and 2.4 metres high, equipped with two bunks, a sink, a small table, a slit window and a metal toilet.

Heiress Paris Hilton was let out of prison and will spend the rest of her sentence for violating probation confined to her home, the Los Angeles sheriff said.

Here is a snapshot of the socialite's life:

* Paris Whitney Hilton, whose great-grandfather, Conrad, started the global Hilton Hotel empire, was born in New York on February 17, 1981.

* She gained international fame in 2003 when a home video - made when she was 19 - of her having sex with a boyfriend was posted on the internet.

* Hilton used the publicity, coupled with a popular reality television show called The Simple Life, to build a multi million-dollar celebrity juggernaut. The show debuted in December 2003 and featured Hilton and Nicole Richie, daughter of singer Lionel Richie.

* Hilton has published a 178-page book, Confessions of an Heiress, in 2004. Hilton has also been an increasing presence on-screen in TV commercials, and in the movies, including ****lander (2001), Wonderland (2003). She had a more substantial role in the horror film House of Wax (2005).

* Hilton, charged in September 2006 with drunken driving, was caught in February driving with a suspended licence. A judge sentenced her in May to 45 days in jail, later cut to 23 days.


Paris Hilton gets out of jail for medical reasons

Friday June 8, 09:35 AM

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was let out of jail early and put under house arrest on Thursday, drawing fire from prosecutors and court officials and sparking public debate about celebrity justice.
Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said he was "concerned that the judicial process may have been improperly circumvented" and directed his office to open an inquiry.

A statement from the Los Angeles Superior Court said the decision to release Hilton for unspecified health reasons after she had served three days of her three-week sentence was made without the consent of the sentencing judge.

And at least three members of the five-member county Board of Supervisers challenged the early release. One, Yvonne Burke, called for an investigation. Another, Mike Antonovich, called it "a mockery of due process."

"You're dealing with a spoiled brat, acting out to get her way instead of serving her time as was adjudicated by the courts," he said.

Officials said Hilton, 26, was sent home early on Thursday wearing an electronic ankle bracelet to track her movements and ordered confined to her Hollywood Hills house for 40 days.

Hilton, who has lampooned her own image as a clueless **** of privilege while starring in the reality TV show "The Simple Life," turned herself in on Sunday night to begin a jail term for violating her probation in a drunken-driving case.

Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Hilton was "reassigned" to the county's Community-Based Alternatives to Custody (CBAC) program for medical reasons after "extensive consultations" with doctors at the jail and others, including the sentencing judge.

He declined to reveal the health issues involved.

The syndicated television show "Entertainment Tonight," citing sources close to Hilton's family, said on its Web site that Hilton had developed a rash, while celebrity Web site TMZ.com, citing unidentified law enforcement sources, said her problem was psychological.

'NOT ADVISED'

Delgadillo, whose office prosecuted Hilton, issued a statement saying he was "not advised of this action" and would have opposed it on legal grounds.

"I have directed my criminal branch to immediately explore all possible legal options to ensure that the law is being applied equally and justly in this case."

Although Whitmore said the judge in the case, Michael Sauer, had been consulted, the court statement said the sheriff's department acted alone.

"Sauer ... indicated to the sheriff's department that he would not change his order absent a written application supported by substantial facts," the court said. "No application was made."

Hours after leaving jail, Hilton issued a statement through her lawyer saying, "I have learned a great deal from this ordeal and hope that others have learned from my mistakes."

Some radio talk show hosts seized on Hilton's early release as proof of preferential treatment based on her celebrity status, a point of view echoed by the head of the union representing county sheriff's deputies.

New York civil rights activist The Rev. Al Sharpton said Hilton's home confinement "gives all of the appearances of economic and racial favoritism that is constantly cited by poor people and people of color."