ENTERTAINMENT / Gossip
Hilton's parents visit, breeze past line
(AP)
Updated: 2007-06-13 11:32
Kathy Hilton waves as she and her husband Rick leave the Twin Towers jail
facility after visiting their daughter Paris Hilton Tuesday, June 12,
2007, in Los Angeles. [AP]
The parents of Paris Hilton didn't have to wait long to visit their
daughter Tuesday, raising more questions of whether the hotel heiress was
receiving special treatment. The Hiltons breezed past some waiting in
line for hours to see loved ones.
After her visit, Kathy Hilton said her daughter wants "just to do her
time and get on." She added her daughter has not had much sleep.
The visit angered some others who were waiting to see inmates. Shatani
Alverson, 23, said she was hustled out of the visiting room at the Twin
Towers Correctional Facility moments after her husband walked in because
of the Hiltons. She was told to come back after lunch.
Alvina Floyd waited more than four hours to visit her fiance. It normally
takes two, and Floyd, 20, blamed the Hiltons for the delay.
"I have to be at work later," she said. "I can't wait here all day."
Steve Whitmore, a sheriff's spokesman, deflected criticism about the
Hiltons' visit. He said it was routine for high-profile inmates to
receive visitors during lunch, a time when the visiting room is normally
cleared out and closed.
The visit came shortly after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
ordered Sheriff Lee Baca to respond by next week to allegations of
favoritism for reassigning Hilton to house arrest after she was sent to
jail for violating probation. At the time, Baca cited an undisclosed
medical condition as the reason for making the decision.
The 26-year-old celebrity was later ordered back to jail. She was sent to
a medical ward, where sheriff's officials said it costs $1,109.78 a day
to house a female inmate compared to $99.64 a day in the general
population.
County Supervisor Don Knabe said he and his colleagues had received many
angry e-mails from people who believed Baca was treating the heiress
better than other sick and mentally ill inmates.
Mary Tiedeman, who regularly visits the jails as a monitor for the ACLU,
said the area where Hilton was being housed was usually reserved for
high-security inmates or those worse off than Hilton has appeared.
"I don't know what her health issue is, but you have got to have a pretty
intense medical or mental health problem to be in that part of the jail,"
she said.
Top Entertaiment News
� Los Angeles sheriff ordered to explain Hilton release
� Lohan sued over Beverly Hills car crash
� Prince Harry sees Diana's death staying a mystery
� Victoria Beckham films her L.A. story
� Jail term was a message from God, says Paris Hilton
Today's Top News
� Wahaha workers rally against takeover bid
� Japan MPs want war photos removed
� Time: We got it wrong on Hong Kong
� China warns US Congress on trade bill
� Labor law: 'No giving in to pressure'
Most Commented/Read Stories in 48 Hours
Learn Chinese, Chinese Mandarin, Learning Materials, Mandarin audio lessons, Chinese writing lessons, Chinese vocabulary lists, About chinese characters, News in Chinese, Go to China, Travel to China, Study in China, Teach in China, Dictionaries, Learn Chinese Painting, Your name in Chinese, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese songs, Chinese proverbs, Chinese poetry, Chinese tattoo, Beijing 2008 Olympics, Mandarin Phrasebook, Chinese editor, Pinyin editor, China Travel, Travel to Beijing, Travel to Tibet
No comments:
Post a Comment