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Paris Hilton's lawyer Richard A Hutton announced that Paris has turned herself in and has started serving her time in jail. She issued the floowing statement:
"I am ready to face the consequences of violating probation. During the past few weeks I have had a lot of time to think and have come to realize I made some mistakes," stated Paris Hilton. "This is an important point in my life and I need to take responsibility for my actions. In the future, I plan on taking more of an active role in the decisions I make. I want to thank my family, friends and fans for their continued support. Although I am scared, I am ready to begin my jail sentence."
Paris being Paris went to the MTV Movie Awards before going over to her parents house and then to turn herself into jail.
TMZ chronicled Paris's last few minutes of freedom, "It didn't go down at the jail. Paris' mega-lawyer, Richard Hutton, picked her up at her parents' house at 10:30 PM. Hilton, Hutton, mom Kathy and sister Nicky then drove to the Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles — commonly referred to as the Twin Towers — where Paris officially surrendered to the L.A. County Sheriff to begin her 23-day sentence. The Sheriff devised the plan of surrendering miles away from the actual where Paris will be doing time because the crush of paparazzi at the jail created a potential safety hazard. Paris was then driven to the jail in Lynwood where she is now serving her sentence."
TMZ also has video video of her leaving her parents' house.
You have to give her credit for going out in style by going to the MTV Movie Awards. I seriously thought she was going to wait until 11:59p on June 5th. I wonder will her sentence start on June 2nd or June 3rd? Because isn't that like cheating a day by checking in at 10:30p?
I wonder will jail change Paris Hilton's attitude about life and make her less superficial about things?
UPDATE: Yesterday counted and her expected release date is June 26th, so 22 days and counting…
