BEIJING, Sept. 7
(Xinhuanet) -- Paris Hilton was arrested in Hollywood early Thursday for driving
under the influence, police said.
Hilton was arrested shortly before 12:30 a.m. after
being pulled over because she was "driving erratically," said Officer I.
Isabella who declined to give his first name.
"The officers observed that Hilton exhibited the
symptoms of intoxication. A field sobriety test was conducted at the scene, and
the officers determined she was driving under the influence," said Isabella
while reading a police statement.
Hilton was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor DUI and
released, he added.
Her spokesman, Elliot Mintz, confirmed the arrest and
said police detected the minimum blood-alcohol level to warrant an arrest. The
legal limit in California is 0.08 percent.
At the time of her arrest, Hilton was driving home in
her Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren from a charity event where she had one drink, a
margarita, Mintz said. She had spent the day shooting a music video for her new
album, "Paris."
The driving under the influence symptoms were
"probably the result of an empty stomach and working all day and being
fatigued," Mintz explained.
Paris' sister Nicky came to the Los Angeles Police
Department's Hollywood station to pick her up. A short time later, Paris was
allowed to leave. Enditem
(Agencies)
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