Paris Hilton Arrested For Drunk Driving, Released in Minutes

parishiltondrunk.jpg She acts like a princess, talks like a princess, and thanks to the LAPD, Paris Hilton continues to be treated like a princess.

According to fly-on-shit gossip site TMZ.com, Paris was arrested around 12:30am after police noticed her driving erratically, conducted a field sobriety test, and when she blew a .08, she was taken into the Hollywood police station for drunk driving. The star was not blind, she was boozed.

Not long after Paris was jailed, sister Nicky arrived at the station along with Entourage star Kevin Connolly, and minutes later Paris's publicist Elliot Mintz showed up. Less than 90 minutes later the heiress was riding shotgun as Mintz drove her home.

Now LAist has never has the misfortune of being arrested for driving while drunk, and although Mintz, in an impromptu press conference with paparazzi in Hilton's driveway, claimed that she had "just one drink", we have a feeling that if we had been popped in Hollywood drinking and driving this morning, we'd still have our ass in the pokey -- and Lord knows we wouldn't have been released before last call like Paris was.

Despite Mintz repeatedly stating that the LAPD treated his employer "like everyone else", we'd be curious to see if we could pull a Paris and demand to be set free in an hour and a half after being arrested, filling out the paperwork, and paying the fine(s). In fact the last time we were at the DMV it took three times longer to renew our freaking drivers license than Paris spent in the clink, and we hadn't done anything as dangerous as the Simple Life star.

Reporters failed to ask if the "one drink" was a yard of beer guzzled through a beer bong.

AP Photo by Kevork Djansezian

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To be fair, a .08 is the minimum you can be arrested for. Not that I'm a Paris fan, but after playing extensive drinking games w/ my friend's breathalyzer, I know that you can't even really feel it when you're blowing a .08. However, she still sucks.

agreed manmademound, but she still got popped, and she still got out in less time than it took me to get Chinese food delivered last friday.

just because you *sorta* were a manslaughter away from a tragedy doesnt make it excuseable to be treated like the royalty that she was.

the law used to be 1.0 but it was lowered for a reason. to keep people with their quarter-ton hunks of metal off the roads while being impared.

added with the fact that she was probably also on her Sidekick makes me thrilled that she didnt kill anyone.

unlike you i really like Paris, but that doesnt mean that i am as willing to let her off the hook.

How can you "really like" Paris Hilton? Do you know her? Lots of people have opinions about her, but do any of them actually know her? Is she knowable?

Using that logic, how can anyone hate her without knowing her - or how can anyone say she's not knowable? She's a human being just like anyone. Which is why even though i like what ive seen, heard, and read about her (happy?) I like her, but I think she should have spent the night in the pokey just like you or I would have.

I know that Paris Hilton had a bit more than one drink. If it was me that had been put in a cell i would not be coming out after a few minutes because my sister ran down their. I have done much work on Paris Hilton and have come to a conclusion that she is more than guilty for having to much to drink. If she wasen't drunk or had to much to drink then why was she driving in that manner

Tahnkyou for your time

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