Paris Hilton: Will her fans turn on her now?

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Paris Hilton was released from Jail today for an unspecified medical condition. It was probably a runny nose. She basically got the equivalent of 45-days of being grounded by her parents.

I wonder if her popularity will start waning now? For the past few years, she has been an icon of infamy for her partying exploits. However, what she doesn't know is that Fame is fleeting. Ask any teen idol what happened to them after their fans got bored with them. Depression, drugs and self destruction often times followed.

I believe there is a chance that she will be a lot less popular than before this commuted sentence. Why? Because there is tremendous anger at her and her kind by normal folks in this country. I was very surprised at reports I saw about how angry people were that she would even consider asking Arnold for a pardon. Average everyday people wanted very badly to see her serve the just penalty that she received for the deeds she did.

So, let's play it out. She gets 45-days jail time. The general public cheers beyond belief. Finally, Paris gets what she deserves. There is a chance that she will learn an important lesson in life. That is, you screw up and you pay the penalty.

Then, she gets her penalty commuted in half for good behavior and she hasn't even served day one. Doesn't someone have to make an assessment of that performance AFTER the fact? Average Joe and Jane are getting angrier.

Now, after only 5-days (3 full days and 2 partial days) of the already commuted sentence, she gets out and goes home for an unspecified medical condition. THIS WILL BE A BIG STORY that will follow her around for a LONG TIME. It MAY end her career, whatever it was.

I am not an entertainment mogul and I couldn't predict who will win an academy award if they gave me the winners list ahead of the show. I do know when every day Americans are pissed off. And, this will probably be considered over the top by most Americans.

I can't wait to see the analysis on today's news programs.

I could be wrong. But, I can tell you that I have turned from neutral to Paris Hilton to very negative. I'm probably not the only one.

If she had a very good publicist. They would probably advise Paris to clear up her medical condition and go back to jail for the full 23-days completely out of her own volition. Then, she would gain sympathy from some of her detractors.

Hmm. Maybe not. The partying, live for today generation doesn't give a dang about doing the upstanding thing. After all, it's all about "me" to them. They may just turn her into even more of a pop icon.

I'm not concerned. America will turn on her eventually. It always does when it finds the next teen idol. You can never escape your own Karma.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

I'm still trying to figure out what she's ever done to have "fans"?

[BoardGirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BoardGirl]

Yeah, I'm not sure she has "fans" tho there are followers, and those that simply liked the burger commercial. She does have friends, also.

"Unspecified medical condition" is prob'ly the same STD she's had for years. Finally is useful.

I agree that she needs to go back and finish her tiny sentence and that there is probably a growing tide against her and the other 'super privileged' that don't have to play the game like normal Americans do.

[janapur Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close janapur]

What has she ever done to deserve "fans"? I think this mockery she's made of her very serious offense is despicable. Self-proclaimed (and self-serving) icons like her make our job of parenting young daughters more critical than ever.

If you do the crime, do the time. Where are the good female role models?? And why aren't they on the cover of Glamour?

Jana

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I heard on the radio that she has a rash. I get a rash everytime I take an advil but sometimes I take one with a benedryl when I really need one. Heck, if you have really sensitive skin, you can easily create a rash. So much for justice. Is anyone surprised? Not I!

[bigeyes1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bigeyes1]

I knew Paris would find some lame excuse to get out of jail. That's just like her. I wasn't surprised, either..

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Surely anybody who sees Paris Hilton as a role model / icon must be as thick as she is. Therefore her actions will presumably seem perfectly normal and acceptable to them also.

[bluka Member Find all posts View Profile Close bluka]

Let face it , the only fans she has are the ones that watched her video.

Trust me, as a NYS (New York State) prison guard ,the last thing she has to worry about is a "cold cell".

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Paris Hilton ordered to return to court

By LINDA DEUTSCH, AP Special Correspondent

LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton's release from jail may be short lived. Hours after she was sent home under house arrest Thursday for an undisclosed medical condition, the judge who put her in jail for violating her reckless-driving probation ordered her into court to decide if she should go back behind bars.

Hilton must report to court at 9 a.m. Friday, Superior Court spokesman Allan Parachini told The Associated Press.

"My understanding is she will be brought in in a sheriff's vehicle from her home," Parachini said.

The celebrity inmate was sent home from the Los Angeles County jail's Lynwood lockup shortly after 2 a.m. in a stunning reduction to her original 45-day sentence. She had reported to jail Sunday night after attending the MTV Movie Awards in a strapless designer dress.

She was ordered to finish her sentence under house arrest, meaning she could not leave her four-bedroom, three-bath home in the Hollywood Hills until next month.

City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo complained that he learned of her release the same way as almost everyone else — through news reports.

Then, late Thursday, he filed a petition questioning whether Sheriff Lee Baca should be held in contempt of court for releasing Hilton — and demanding that she be held in custody. Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer's decision to haul Hilton back to the courtroom came shortly after.

"It is the city attorney's position that the decision on whether or not Ms. Hilton should be released early and placed on electronic monitoring should be made by Judge Sauer and not the Sheriff's Department," said Jeffrey Isaacs of the city attorney's office.

Sauer himself had expressed his 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.

Delgadillo's office indicated that it would argue that the Sheriff's Department violated Sauer's May 4 sentencing order.

As word spread earlier Thursday that the 26-year-old poster child for bad celebrity behavior was back home, radio helicopter pilots who normally report on traffic conditions were dispatched to hover over her house and describe it to morning commuters. Paparazzi photographers on the ground quickly assembled outside its gates.

Hilton herself kept a low profile, although late in the morning a man arrived outside her house with a supply of cupcakes he said she had instructed him to distribute to the media horde.

Her parents also arrived and briefly entered, then left, the home.

Shortly before noon, Hilton issued a statement through her attorney.

"I want to thank the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department and staff of the Century Regional Detention Center for treating me fairly and professionally," she said. "I am going to serve the remaining 40 days of my sentence. I have learned a great deal from this ordeal and hope that others have learned from my mistakes."

Attorneys differed on whether her treatment was unusual.

"She would have gotten out early if she was plain Jane," said Leonard Levine, who has handled numerous probation violation cases. He noted that overcrowding in the Los Angeles County jail system has led to thousands of nonviolent offenders serving only 10 percent of their sentences. "She did as much time as a normal person would have done."

Loyola University law professor Laurie Levenson said that she suspected the deal for Hilton's early release was in the works even before she entered the jail system — and that officials probably were anxious to get her out of their custody.

"The time and resources needed to take care of a Paris Hilton are huge," she said. "They have to make sure she is safe and her medical needs are attended to. Everything they did was going to be looked at under a microscope."

Levine said that with rewards being offered for pictures of Hilton in custody, jail officials would have had to monitor the cell phone cameras of every employee.

Rene Seidel of the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services said he had "never heard of" an inmate being released from jail for a medical condition.

Inmates with a cold are sent to a jail clinic, he said, and the seriously ill go to the jail ward of the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.

Hilton's path to jail began Sept. 7, when she failed a sobriety test after police saw her weaving down a Hollywood street in her Mercedes-Benz on what she said was a late-night run to a hamburger stand.

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 by officers who discovered her driving on a suspended license. The second stop landed her in Sauer's courtroom, where he sentenced her to jail.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Tonight Southpark substituted a repeat of the Paris Hilton for the scheduled one. Classic Southpark, really does her justice.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Another example of the inequality between the rich and the not so rich.