Sep 7, 2006 9:40 am US/Pacific
That's Not Hot! Paris Hilton Is Arrested
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (CBS) ―
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Ms. Hilton was allegedly driving drunk in Hollywood.
AP
Paris Hilton was arrested early Thursday morning in Hollywood on suspicion of drunk driving.
Hilton, 25, was pulled over near Selma and Wilcox Avenues around 12:30 a.m. because she was driving erratically, according to Lt. Russell Wong of the LAPD's Hollywood Station.
TMZ.com has reported Paris took a Breathalyzer test and her blood-alcohol level registered at .08 percent, the state's threshold for being charged with drunken driving.
According to Paris Hilton's publicist, Elliot Mintz she had one drink at the end of a long day. Hilton's began her long day 4:30 a.m. to shoot another music video for her recently released album "Paris." Mintz said. After the shoot, she went to a charity event in Hollywood and had a drink, but not dinner.
"It's the absolute minimum amount of alcohol in your system that would justify an arrest," he said.
Kimberly Stewart, the daughter of Rod Stewart, was in Hilton's Mercedes when she was pulled over.
Police said that Ms. Hilton displayed "objective symptoms of alcohol intoxication."
She was given -- and failed -- a field sobriety test.
Paris was booked on suspicion of misdemeanor drunken driving at the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Station.
After booking, Hilton was released to her sister, Nicky, boyfriend Kevin Connolly and Elliott Mintz.
Mintz said Hilton, who went home and went to bed, regretted the arrest but had not decided if she would contest the allegation until she spoke with her attorneys.
It was simply result of "one drink on an empty stomach after a full day's work," Mintz said, adding that "we don't take lightly matters of this nature."
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