Las Vegas:
Pics: Paris Hilton pleads guilty
Socialite Paris Hilton pleadedguilty today to two misdemeanor charges for possessing cocaineand lying about it, but avoided jail in a legal deal withauthorities.
Judge Joe Bonaventure gave her two six-month suspendedjail terms -- but said she would be jailed for a year if shewas arrested again.
And he warned her: "The Clark County Detention Center isnot the Waldorf Astoria" -- the luxury New York hotel which ispart of the Hilton family's worldwide business empire.
Dressed in a cream silk blouse and black skirt, Hiltonadmitted one misdemeanor drug possession charge and one chargeof obstructing an officer, at the early morning hearing at aLas Vegas court.
The hotel heiress agreed to the deal, offered by ClarkCounty District Attorney David Roger, to avoid a more seriousfelony drug charge.
The deal includes: two separate six-month probationsserved consecutively, totalling one year, a USD 2,000 fine,completion of a substance abuse program and 200 hours ofcommunity service.
The community service can be carried out at a non-profitorganization of her choice, including a church for example.
Although the original felony charge would not haveresulted in jail time for Hilton, if she is arrested duringher probation, she will have to serve a one-year jail term.
The charges stem from an August 27 arrest when Hilton'sboyfriend, nightclub owner Cy Waits, was pulled over on asuspected DUI charge when police smelled marijuana coming fromhis Cadillac Escalade.
During the arrest, Hilton went to the bathroom inside theWynn Las Vegas, but had to leave her handbag with the police.On leaving the restroom she asked for her lip balm and a bagcontaining less than a gram of cocaine tumbled out.
She told the police the Chanel purse was not hers,despite having sent out a picture on her Twitter account amonth earlier with a message saying, "Love my new Chanel purseI got today :)."
Earlier this summer Hilton was arrested in South Africaafter the Brazil-Netherlands World Cup game, on suspicion ofpossession of marijuana, but the case was dropped.
Socialite Paris Hilton pleadedguilty today to two misdemeanor charges for possessing cocaineand lying about it, but avoided jail in a legal deal withauthorities.
Judge Joe Bonaventure gave her two six-month suspendedjail terms -- but said she would be jailed for a year if shewas arrested again.
And he warned her: "The Clark County Detention Center isnot the Waldorf Astoria" -- the luxury New York hotel which ispart of the Hilton family's worldwide business empire.
Dressed in a cream silk blouse and black skirt, Hiltonadmitted one misdemeanor drug possession charge and one chargeof obstructing an officer, at the early morning hearing at aLas Vegas court.
The hotel heiress agreed to the deal, offered by ClarkCounty District Attorney David Roger, to avoid a more seriousfelony drug charge.
The deal includes: two separate six-month probationsserved consecutively, totalling one year, a USD 2,000 fine,completion of a substance abuse program and 200 hours ofcommunity service.
The community service can be carried out at a non-profitorganization of her choice, including a church for example.
Although the original felony charge would not haveresulted in jail time for Hilton, if she is arrested duringher probation, she will have to serve a one-year jail term.
The charges stem from an August 27 arrest when Hilton'sboyfriend, nightclub owner Cy Waits, was pulled over on asuspected DUI charge when police smelled marijuana coming fromhis Cadillac Escalade.
During the arrest, Hilton went to the bathroom inside theWynn Las Vegas, but had to leave her handbag with the police.On leaving the restroom she asked for her lip balm and a bagcontaining less than a gram of cocaine tumbled out.
She told the police the Chanel purse was not hers,despite having sent out a picture on her Twitter account amonth earlier with a message saying, "Love my new Chanel purseI got today :)."
Earlier this summer Hilton was arrested in South Africaafter the Brazil-Netherlands World Cup game, on suspicion ofpossession of marijuana, but the case was dropped.
