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Tuesday, May 8, 2007
LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton has rehired the publicist she dumped over the weekend after being sentenced to 45 days in jail.
Elliot Mintz confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that he is again representing the 26-year-old socialite, who was ordered to report to county jail by June 5 for violating the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.
In a court appearance Friday, Hilton told the judge Mintz informed her it was all right to drive on a suspended license for work obligations. Mintz also testified Hilton believed she was allowed to drive. The judge called Mintz’s testimony worthless.
Hilton - star of reality TV show “The Simple Life” on the E! network - has parlayed her party lifestyle into worldwide fame.
She has called the sentence unfair, and her fans have posted a petition on the Internet urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to pardon her.
“I feel that I was treated unfairly and that the sentence is both cruel and unwarranted and I don’t deserve this,” Hilton told photographers assembled outside her home Saturday.

From RTF: Does Paris have a point? Does having money and fame make this sentence unfair? Is she picked on because she is who she is?

Maybe this is too personal to me. Seven years ago a drunk driver hit my son and his friends, and my son had 13 fractures from the waist down, lost his athletic career, and spent six weeks in the hospital in traction and another year relearning how to walk and run again.

I think this is the point that is being missed in the article. Paris could have hurt someone–seriously. She could have hurt herself. She was driving recklessly under the influence–again. She was on probation for the other infraction.

It doesn’t matter who she is or what she’s done on TV. 900 signatures. Wow. 900 people saying give her a break, after all she’s Paris Hilton.

I hope that 45 days in jail means that she thinks about her life, and what she could do with the fame and riches that she has, and the harm that could come if she doesn’t slow down and be real with herself about what matters. I pray for her that she will find that God has real plans for her, just like you and me, to know him and to pursue him and all that he has.

My two cents,

Suzie