Los Angeles – Hours after Paris Hilton was sent home under house arrest Thursday, the judge who put her in jail for violating her reckless-driving probation ordered her into court to determine whether she should be put back behind bars.
Hilton must report to court this morning, Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini told The Associated Press.
Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer issued his order after the city attorney filed a petition Thursday afternoon questioning whether Sheriff Lee Baca should be held in contempt of court for releasing Hilton.
The hotel heiress was sent home from the Los Angeles County jail’s Lynwood lockup for an unspecified medical condition. She was ordered to finish her sentence under house arrest, meaning she could not leave her four-bedroom, three- bath home until next month.
“What transpired here is outrageous,” county Supervisor Don Knabe said, adding that he received more than 400 angry e-mails and hundreds of phone calls from around the country.
City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo complained that he learned of her release the same way as almost everyone else – through news reports.
Sauer had expressed unhappiness with Hilton’s release before Delgadillo asked him to return her to court. When he sentenced Hilton to jail last month, he ruled specifically that she could not serve her sentence at home under electronic monitoring.
Hilton failed a roadside sobriety test Sept. 7, pleaded no contest to reckless driving and was sentenced to 36 months of probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines. Two more driving arrests later, she had violated her probation and was sentenced to 45 days in jail.
