Paris Hilton arrested for Cocaine possession (again!)

Paris Hilton was arrested on the Las Vegas Strip late Friday after police smelled “the strong odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle,” according to the police report. Wait (Paris’ boyfriend) was driving his black Cadillac Escalade, with Paris sitting next to him. When stopped by police, a small amount of cocaine was found in her possession. The charges could land Paris anything from probation to four years in prison, she could also face a $5,000 fine.
Hiltons’s lawyer, David Chesnoff, released a statement on her behalf: “Paris Hilton was released this morning on her own recognizance. This matter will be dealt with in the courts not in the media and I encourage people not to rush to judgment until all of the facts have been dealt with in a court of law. There will be no interviews and no more comments at this time.”

The 29-year-old heiress and Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits were booked into the Clark County jail, police said. Hilton was released early Saturday morning without bail. When police stopped the car and a crowd began to gather, Paris told the officers she was “extremely embarrassed” and asked if she could use the bathroom at the Wynn and go inside to “prevent her from being molested by the growing crowd and also asked to go somewhere private and out of the public’s eye until the investigation was over.” Officer Marcus Martin said police found that Hilton had a substance that tests later showed to be cocaine, but he did not say how much of the drug was found. She was arrested on a felony cocaine possession charge. Boyfriend Waits failed a field sobriety test, according to the police report, and was also arrested in the incident and charged with driving under the influence of drugs/alcohol.

Paris hadn’t commented on the arrest publicly, although she appeared to be tweeting. After her arrest, she told fans she was in bed watching the television show “Family Guy” and then she announced she was going to bed. It was unclear if the tweets were coming from her, being sent out on time release or being sent by someone else.

Earlier this week, as per our article below, Paris was in the news when a man allegedly tried to break into her Los Angeles home. Authorities have said that someone carrying two big knives banged on the celebrity’s window on Tuesday. She posted a photo of the arrest on Twitter and described it as “scary.” Nathan Lee Parada (the unknown at the time man) faces a felony burglary charge.

Paris had another run-in with the law over alleged drug possession earlier this summer when was arrested after the Brazil-Netherlands World Cup match in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on suspicion of possession of marijuana. The case was then dropped at a midnight court hearing after officials learned that someone else in her group was smoking.

Hilton pleaded no contest in 2007 to alcohol-related reckless driving and was sentenced to 45 days in jail. After spending about 23 days in jail, Hilton told CNN host Larry King that the experience caused her to re-evaluate the role partying played in her life. Guess she is till working on her re-evaluation process!

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