LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Celebrity socialite Paris Hilton was given a 45-day prison sentence by a Los Angeles court here Friday after being found guilty of a parole violation.
The 26-year-old heiress to the Hilton hotel empire will begin her sentence on June 5, the court ruled, following a packed three-hour hearing at the Metropolitan Court House.
Hilton's parole violation conviction came after she was caught driving on a suspended license following her no contest plea to drink-driving.
Prosecutors had warned on Thursday they would seek a jail sentence, but despite the prospect of a custodial sentence, Hilton kept the court waiting on Friday, arriving for her hearing at least 15 minutes late.
Soberly dressed in a dark suit with a white blouse, with her blonde hair swept back in a pony tail, Hilton did not comment as she arrived, running a gauntlet of around 60 paparazzi and reporters.
Builders on a construction site opposite the court-house shouted "Jail time!" to dozens of television crews and photographers who ringed the building in downtown Los Angeles.
Satellite television trucks crowded side streets and local news crews hovered overhead in helicopters, to complete a surreal scene at the court, which normally deals with minor traffic violations.
Prosecutors told the court Hilton had been stopped in her 190,000-dollar Bentley Continental GTC on January 15 by California Highway Patrol and told that she was not allowed to be driving.
On that occasion, Hilton signed a police statement acknowledging that she was not supposed to drive, and she was let off with an informal warning.
But just over a month later she was hauled over again in Hollywood when spotted driving at night with her headlights off.
Hilton's spokesman said his client was unaware she was violating her parole -- but prosecutors dismissed that line of argument, citing the earlier brush with traffic police in January.
Hilton had lost her license for alcohol-related reckless driving and was given 36 months probation.
The charges stemmed from her September 7 arrest after she was found driving her Mercedes with an alcohol level equal to the legal limit.
Court documents described her decision to repeatedly keep driving as a "flagrant" violation of court orders and demanded that she be given a custodial sentence.
They also alleged Hilton failed to enroll in an alcohol education program within 21 days of the order directing her to do so.
A favorite target for tabloid gossip and the paparazzi, Hilton appeared in the reality television series "The Simple Life," and in 2003 an unauthorized sex video with her former boyfriend appeared on the Internet.
She ventured into music last year with a debut album and has had cameo roles in a handful of films, including the 2005 horror film "House of Wax." _________________ kyranŠ
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Do yo think she will be able to survive the 45 days, or do you think she'll become unglued?
Personally I think she'll be able to get through without a scratch, she's probably stronger than we think, I'm not worried! _________________ kyranŠ
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