Kaz
09-07-2006, 01:51 PM
US SOCIALITE and heiress Paris Hilton has been arrested and charged with drink driving after attending a charity event in Los Angeles, reports from the US have said.
The reports said Hilton, 25, was pulled over by police in Hollywood shortly after midnight local time.
Police said Hilton was driving erratically at the time officers pulled her over.
"She exhibited the symptoms of intoxication," LAPD spokesman Irv Isabella said, quoted by CNN and the Associated Press.
Officers then asked her to perform a sobriety test in the street, which she failed, police said.
She was then arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
Hilton's spokesman Elliot Mintz was quoted as confirming the arrest.
He said Hilton had been at a charity event earlier that evening and had only one drink.
The apparent symptons of intoxication were "probably the result of an empty stomach and working all day and being fatigued", Mintz was quoted by AP as saying.
"She's absolutely fine," he said.
He added that Hilton had shown the minimum blood alcohol reading required for an arrest to be made.
Reports said the blood alcohol limit in California was 0.08.
The police spokesman could not say if Hilton was handcuffed during her arrest, but did say that would have been standard procedure.
He said she had since been released from police custody and was due in court at a later date.
"We have faith she will appear in court," he was quoted as saying. - news.com.au
The reports said Hilton, 25, was pulled over by police in Hollywood shortly after midnight local time.
Police said Hilton was driving erratically at the time officers pulled her over.
"She exhibited the symptoms of intoxication," LAPD spokesman Irv Isabella said, quoted by CNN and the Associated Press.
Officers then asked her to perform a sobriety test in the street, which she failed, police said.
She was then arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol.
Hilton's spokesman Elliot Mintz was quoted as confirming the arrest.
He said Hilton had been at a charity event earlier that evening and had only one drink.
The apparent symptons of intoxication were "probably the result of an empty stomach and working all day and being fatigued", Mintz was quoted by AP as saying.
"She's absolutely fine," he said.
He added that Hilton had shown the minimum blood alcohol reading required for an arrest to be made.
Reports said the blood alcohol limit in California was 0.08.
The police spokesman could not say if Hilton was handcuffed during her arrest, but did say that would have been standard procedure.
He said she had since been released from police custody and was due in court at a later date.
"We have faith she will appear in court," he was quoted as saying. - news.com.au