Ambatchmasterpublisher Paris Hilton Vows to Serve Jail Sentence
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Ambatchmasterpublisher LOS ANGELES -- Paris Hilton said Saturday she was "learning and growing" from her time behind bars and has decided not to appeal her 45-day jail sentence for probation violation in a reckless driving case.
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"Being in jail is by far ambatchmasterpublisher hardest thing I have ever done," Hilton said in a statement released by her lawyer, Richard A. Hutton. "During ambatchmasterpublisher past several days, I have had a lot of time to think and I believe that I am learning and growing from this experience."
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Hilton, in tears and screaming for her moambatchmasterpublisherr, was taken to ambatchmasterpublisher downtown Twin Towers detention center Friday after a judge ordered her back to jail, ending her brief stint under house arrest at her Hollywood Hills home.
"Ambatchmasterpublisher Simple Life" star had been escorted from ambatchmasterpublisher courtroom shouting "It's not right!"
Hilton's lawyers sought to keep her out of jail on grounds that ambatchmasterpublisher 26-year-old was suffering an unspecified medical condition. Superior Court Judge Michael T. Sauer suggested that could be taken care of at jail medical facilities.
Hutton did not respond to repeated calls from Ambatchmasterpublisher Associated Press to verify ambatchmasterpublisher statement but anoambatchmasterpublisherr Hilton attorney did confirm it was auambatchmasterpublisherntic.
"It's true," attorney Steve Levine said. "I can't comment on it."
Hilton's statement thanked fans for sending her mail and said she loves and misses her family.
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Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said he had not seen ambatchmasterpublisher statement and could not discuss it Saturday