Lapdog spindoctor Elliott Mintz has broken up with Paris Hilton, with Elliott taking personal responsibility for not drumming it into Paris’ vapid head that she’s not allowed to drive. The way I read into this was that he’s pissed off that that Paris blamed him for not telling her she’s not supposed to drive, and is leaving her because of it. It sounds like he told her in a carefully worded e-mail that he could no longer represent her. He gives this kind of vague statement that he’s sorry for the misunderstanding, but if he’s severing ties with her, it’s probably because he clearly told her that she can’t drive and refuses to let her lie and try to blame him for her mistake:

According to Mintz’s message, “The day after the hearing, I sent Paris an e-mail expressing my sadness over the ruling of the judge and the irrational sentence he imposed.”

At her hearing Friday, Hilton told Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer that Mintz had repeatedly informed her that her license had been suspended for only 30 days and that she could still drive for work-related matters.

“In that e-mail [to Paris],” Mintz said in his message to PEOPLE, “I also offered my sincerest apology for any misunderstanding she received from me regarding the terms of her probation. To the extent that I have miscommunicated information I received from her attorneys … I am deeply and profoundly sorry.”

He added, “I told her that I assume personal responsibility for my part in this matter.”

The message continues: “I believe when Paris stated in court that she believed it was o.k. for her to drive under certain circumstances she was being absolutely truthful.

“Due to this misunderstanding, I am no longer representing Paris.”

[From People]

Everyone is talking about the hardships Paris will have to endure in the clink. The NY Daily News reports that Paris is lucky to be given a single cell and separation from the rest of the prison, because there’s some mean women in there who prey on girls like Paris. They only get two pairs of underwear that have to last the whole week so most inmates wash them in the showers, and their bedding is minimal with a “scratchy” wool blanket. The food is described as “disgusting”:

A woman who gave her name only as Melanie and whose mother is in the jail on a narcotics charge said Hilton better thank her lucky stars for the extra security.

She said the general population showers together and that a large group of “very masculine lesbians” prey on them.

“This is bad,” she said. “She’s not going to make it.”

Hilton will have to say “goodbye” to dye jobs and cosmetics and “hello” to five-minute showers once a day.

Her friends and family will only be able to talk to her through glass and her phone calls will be made on the jail’s closely monitored pay phones…

In the big house, Paris will have to make two pairs of socks, one bra, two pairs of panties and two blue jumpsuits last for a week.

“You have to take your underwear and wash them out in the shower,” said Chavis, whose sister has been in the jail for the past month on a stolen car charge. “The only thing you’re allowed for makeup is a lipliner…”

She’ll get a stainless steel cot topped by a thin mattress, one thin sheet and one scratchy wool blanket.

“The bedding is very minimal,” said Debbie Day, whose 25-year-old daughter is locked up on a counterfeit bill charge. “And my daughter says the food is disgusting.”

Paris would start her days in jail with a hard-boiled egg, a bowl of cold cereal and a small carton of milk.

And for lunch?

“They get baloney and bread with either mustard or mayonnaise, sometimes an apple and some watered down juice,” said Chavis. “For dinner, they do get a hot meal.”

Madam Heidi Fleiss has some advice to help Paris cope with prison. She tells her that lesbianism is rampant in jail and that she might end up liking it. Fleiss says she had two different girlfriends during the 21 months she served for tax evasion.

Header picture of Nicky, Elliott Mintz and Paris from NYTimes. Thanks to Gallery of the Absurd for the art of Paris Hilton as a jailbird below.