Beaming for the cameras, Paris Hilton walked out of jail Tuesday morning after serving what she has called a life-changing sentence for violating probation in an alcohol-related driving case.
Shortly after midnight, a smiling Hilton – her hair in a long ponytail and wearing an olive jacket, white shirt and jeans – was escorted by deputies out of the jail complex's door. She waved to a crowd of nearly 200 reporters, photographers and others, and walked up to a waiting Escalade carrying her parents.
"Mom!" she said as she embraced her mother at the car.
After she got in, the chauffeured car then drove off with a swarm of photographers in its wake.
Her release was broadcast live by cable news networks and local stations.
Before leaving the jail building, she had gone into a public restroom to change into her street clothes, said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
I thought the judge said she had to do the full sentence, no time off for good behavior?
