Paris Hilton arrested for cocaine possession: report
LOS ANGELES - US socialite and paparazzi darling Paris Hilton was arrested in Las Vegas on charges of cocaine possession, the entertainment website TMZ.com reported Saturday.
Hilton was the passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over late Saturday outside the five-star Wynn Las Vegas Hotel, the website said, quoting police.
The driver was arrested for drug-related DUI (Driving Under the Influence), and when officers searched Hilton, "they found her in possession of a controlled substance" which turned out to be cocaine.
Hilton "was arrested and released on her own recognizance," TMZ said.
It has been an eventful few months for Hilton, who was briefly detained by police in July on the French island of Corsica after being caught with less than a gram of cannabis in her handbag.
Hilton was also arrested during the World Cup in South Africa after a friend she was with took a joint to the Brazil-Netherlands quarter-final match in Port Elizabeth.
Hilton, the great-granddaughter of the Hilton hotel chain's founder, shot to fame in 2003 when her boyfriend leaked a video of their sexual escapades on the Internet. She also starred in the reality TV series "The Simple Life."
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Paris, not again!
It is a wonder to me why the rich and famous do these mindless behaviors.
Paris could easily live a quiet and peaceful life and have a family of her own. I wonder why she does not do that? It is really sad to hear these things happening to her.
The lessons from her incarceration at the Los Angeles jail did not seemed to have taken any root in her.
Hopefully she turns from her wild ways and become a person whom the younger generation will emulate. The twisted and gossiping minds of this world are the only ones who seemed to take interest in her misfortunes.
Huh???
..shot to fame in 2003 when her boyfriend leaked a video of their sexual escapades on the Internet???
She was already famous before that...are you one-sided???