Paris has 9 a.m. hearing in front of judge that sent her to prison
Paris Hilton has been ordered to attend a 9 a.m. hearing today in LA by the judge who sent her to prison. The LA City Attorney asked for another hearing before the judge who sentenced Paris to figure out why she got sprung early. His request was granted and Paris must show up to face the judge who ordered her to spend 23 days in jail – not at home, and not at the facility of her choice.

The LA County attorney’s statement is harsh and clear. He says no one notified his office that Paris was about to make a mockery of the justice system, and that Paris’ “medical condition” could have been dealt with in jail:

Delgadillo released a statement today condemning the decision to release Paris from jail. “Had we been provided with the proper notification, we would have opposed the decision on legal grounds,” he said.

Delgadillo also called the medical condition explanation for releasing Paris “puzzling,” adding that “Los Angeles County Jail medical facilities are well-equipped to deal with medical situations involving inmates.”

“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,” he said. “If law enforcement officials are to enjoy the respect of those we are charged with protecting, we cannot tolerate a two-tiered jail system where the rich and powerful receive special treatment. We must ensure that in our city, in our nation, and under our Constitution, justice remains blind.”

[From Entertainment Tonight online]

The attorney says 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.” He thinks that the Sheriff’s department violated the judge’s oder by giving Paris a pass.

The judge even said Paris could not serve out her sentence in a paid facility of her choice like Martha Stewart (even though Paris lied and said this option was open to her when she was interviewed at the MTV Movie awards) or at home with electronic monitoring.

I wonder how late she’ll be to this court appearance.

Paris’ mystery mental medical problem
Everyone is speculating as to why Paris got out early, with some questionable stories that she was suicidal, that the stress caused her herpes to flare up, that she had a rash all over her body, and/or that she was detoxing from too much drug use. The overall consensus is that Paris had “mental problems” as the decision to spring her was based on her psychiatrist’s’ report. [Thanks Kiwi for the tip on the detoxing]

Regardless of why she was sprung, there are surely countless women in that jail right now that faced the same issues or worse that got Paris out early. They just didn’t have the resources or the pull needed to influence the sheriff for an early release.

She might have gotten out early as an average inmate anyway
The Sheriff’s office is standing by their early release of Paris, saying that this happens all the time. The AP quotes an expert that states that most nonviolent offenders do only 10% of their sentences due to overcrowding.

A Loyola University professor is also quoted by the AP with suspicions that Paris’ release was arranged well ahead of time to give prison staff a break. It takes a lot of planning and money to look after such a high-profile inmate, and they were probably happy to get her off their hands:

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.”

[AP Article from Yahoo! News]

Paris’ PR disaster
This is going to be a PR disaster for Paris. If she would have done her time she could have emerged triumphant and hairy, even more of a star for having endured a little hardship in her charmed life.

Instead, even if she does go back to jail for three weeks she’ll always be known as a wuss and a copout, and people will go on hating her like they always have. It almost doesn’t matter if she would have got out early if she wasn’t rich and powerful. People wanted her to do the time, and it will always be perceived that she pulled rank.

Thanks to Pretty on the Outside for the header image. The rest of the photos are from Paris’ May court appearance.

There are no paparazzi photos of Paris post jail, just of her parents, sister Nicky and a few other people arriving at her house. She is said to have given cupcakes that she had delivered to the media gathered outside.

We’ll see plenty of pictures of Paris a little later on.