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Paris Hilton Freed From Jail For Medical Reasons
Thursday June 7, 2007

Paris Hilton at the 2007 MTV Movie Awards after party at The Globe Theater in Los Angeles, CA. June 3, 2007.
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Apparently crime does pay when you're Hollywood's hottest heiress.

Paris Hilton left the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California, at 2:09 a.m. Thursday morning after serving only five days of her sentence, and has been reassigned to 40 days of house arrest, L.A. County Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

"It is not an early release -- it is a reassignment,” Whitmore stressed. "She will fulfill the remainder of her time from home."

He added that the decision is "not unprecedented” and "happens from time to time."

The 26-year-old heiress will be monitored via ankle bracelet and will be allowed to leave her home (to get the mail, for instance), but for no longer than 30 minutes and she must stay in the 3,000 to 4,000 square feet range.

Whitmore cited undisclosed "medical reasons" as the underlying reason behind the decision.

"After extensive consultation with medical professionals it was determined this reassignment would take place."

However, the police spokesman was not at liberty to disclose the medical conditions responsible for Hilton’s reassignment. "[There are] privacy issues that prohibit me from doing that," he said.

Hilton was doing time for a February arrest for a probation violation and reckless driving, stemming from a previous DUI arrest last September.

A judge originally ordered Hilton to serve 45 days but her jail-time was reduced to 23 days on account of good behavior.

The Simple Life star turned herself in at the Men¹s Central Jail in downtown L.A. at 11:15 p.m. on Sunday, June 3, and was transported to Lynwood where she was booked at 11:38 p.m., just hours after attending the MTV Movie Awards, where she was the butt of several jokes about her impending jail stint.

Though Hilton only spent around 20 minutes in jail on Sunday and slightly more than two hours on Thursday, she gets two days credit towards her sentence, leaving her only 40 days remaining.

Check back with Usmagazine.com for more on this breaking news story.

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