Paris Hilton (R) is shown in the back seat of a car with her mother Kathy Hilton in this frame grab from TMZ.com video, as she leaves her parents' home, as she prepares to surrender to Los Angeles County Sheriff's department officials late evening June 3, 2007 in Los Angeles.  (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

    LOS ANGELES, June 8 (Xinhua) -- Hollywood socialite Paris Hilton was ordered back to jail by a Los Angeles judge Friday to serve out the remainder of her sentence for violating probation in a reckless driving case.

    The ruling at Los Angeles Superior Court was made just one day after the 26-year-old hotel chain heiress' release from the jail sparked a public outcry and accusations of preferential treatment by the jail authorities.

    The judge's decision reportedly brought a flood of tears from the celebrity, who cried throughout Friday's hearing and repeatedly wiped her nose with a tissue.

    Hilton had served just more than 72 hours in the jail when she was released Thursday morning and placed on home arrest with an electronic monitoring bracelet. Her original sentence was 45 days in jail for violating her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.

    Under California state sentencing guidelines, Hilton was only expected to serve 23 days for the sentence, meaning she should have remained behind bars until June 26 since she checked in Sunday night.

    In a statement released after the judge's ruling, Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Friday's decision sent the message that no individual, no matter how wealthy or powerful, is above the law.

    When Hilton was originally sentenced last month, the judge specifically ordered that she not be allowed any work release, furloughs, access to an alternative jail or electronic monitoring in lieu of jail.

    But the "Simple Life" reality television show Hilton was released and ordered to remain inside her Hollywood Hills home and wear an electronic monitoring bracelet.

    Her release sparked a public outcry, with hundreds of people telephoning, e-mailing and faxing county officials and city prosecutors, calling her three-week-early departure from jail a case of preferential treatment for a Hollywood celebrity.

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