Delgadillo, who condemned Paris Hilton's early release from jail as celebrity favoritism, is now under fire for his own case of special treatment, acknowledging on June 20, 2007, that his wife Michelle, is the subject of an outstanding arrest warrant for failing to appear in court on various traffic offences.

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    BEIJING, June 21 (Xinhuanet) -- The Los Angeles city prosecutor who threw stones -- claiming special treatment -- at Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca after Paris Hilton's early release from jail is now watching the glass house he inhabits shatter into shards.

    City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo admitted Wednesday after a story appeared in the Los Angeles Times that his wife was wanted for arrest for nine years. The Times reported a warrant for Michelle Delgadillo was issued by a judge in 1998 after she failed to appear in court on charges of driving without insurance on a suspended license in an unregistered car.

    Originally charged under her maiden name, Michelle Delgadillo, was never detained during the nine ensuing years, though the court order for her arrest remained valid until Wednesday.

    Hours after the Times story broke, she appeared in court to plead no contest to a misdemeanor charge of driving without a license, and the warrant was canceled.

    She was sentenced to 12 months on probation and fined 431 U.S. dollars, according to a spokesman for Delgadillo's office.

    Other stones being tossed Delgadillo's way include his admission Tuesday to reporters that his wife had been driving his city-owned vehicle on a suspended license when it was damaged in a 2004 accident and later repaired at taxpayer expense.

    He also acknowledged he drove for more than a year without automobile insurance required of all California drivers and that his wife was uninsured when she left the scene of another 2004 accident involving the couple's personal car.

    At a City Hall news conference, Delgadillo called his own behavior a breach of "the public trust." On Wednesday, he and his wife issued statements saying they were "embarrassed" by the latest revelations, and Delgadillo said he had been unaware of his wife's arrest warrant until Wednesday.

    (Agencies)