Paris Hilton's lawyers have dropped their appeal of Judge Sauer's decision to send their client back to lock-up. The following statement was released on Paris's behalf:
Today I told my attorneys not to appeal the judge's decision. While I greatly appreciate the Sheriff's concern for my health and welfare, after meeting with doctors I intend to serve my time as ordered by the judge.
This is by far the hardest thing I have ever done. During the past several days, I have had a lot of time to reflect and have already learned a bitter, but important lesson from this experience.
As I have said before, I hope others will learn from my mistake. I have also had time to read the mail from my fans. I very much appreciate all of their good wishes and hope they will keep their letters coming.
I must also say that I was shocked to see all of the attention devoted to the amount of time I would spend in jail for what I had done by the media, public and city officials. I would hope going forward that the public and the media will focus on more important things, like the men and women serving our country in Iraq, Afghanistan and other places around the world.
Were you able to get through the last paragraph without vomiting, because I wasn't. The idea that Paris Hilton, through her proxies, would prevail upon the media to pay attention to something other than her plight, after she's spent the last few years currying media attention at every corner, is not only laughable, but nearly surreal in its absurdity. Paris is a creature of the media - and the bad news for her is that, when something like this happens, she still is. Earlier in the statement her handlers refer to the "lesson" she's learned, but the lesson for media whores should be not to suddenly expect privacy after you've spent years thrusting yourself deliberately into the spotlight.
For about two seconds, Crabbie allowed himself to entertain the possibility that there might be something legitimately wrong with Paris, some mental condition serious enough that incarcerating her actually represented cruel and unusual punishment. But now I've come to my senses - this bitch is just a little cry-baby who can't handle reality. Lee Baca is a fucking stooge, and that stuff about Paris's "serious medical problems" was a load of crap. The doctors didn't mention Paris's medication when she was being evaluated because it was something illegal. She was high when she went in. Her hysteria and crying and not eating were because she was crashing. Now she's in Twin Towers, awaiting transfer back to Lynwood. And suddenly she's "taking responsibility." Was she taking responsibility when she screamed for her mommy upon being dragged from the courtroom? Bitch doesn't know what responsibility is. If she had any guts and common sense she could skate through a couple weeks in her cushy cell and come out smelling like roses. But she is so infantile and pampered and idiotic that even this light sentence is more than she can bear. What's truly being revealed through this episode - besides the rank incompetence of the legal system - is how phony the Paris image is. Underneath the partying bad-girl is a whining six-year-old who can't take being punished. Grow up Paris. Or just drop dead. Whatever.
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