I am sure her new lawyer has other priorities. But from a Vegas perspective, June 5 is not a bad date for Paris Hilton to begin serving her 45-day sentence. The summer is a slow time where the town isn't in need of her services. Ideally, though, Paris would get herself a two month extension (different from the hair kind) to allow her to arrive in jail early July. That way she can be out in time for the Labor Day party weekend. Can you imagine the bidding among the nightclubs to host a Labor Day weekend Paris Hilton Freedom party? The Paris Hilton release may even inaugurate in Vegas a new celebrity tradition for those who fall afoul of the law to gather a little cash and champagne between the halfway house and total reformation. Being employed, after all, is important for those fresh from jail, and it is hard for ex-cons to get jobs; Vegas is generous to celebrities that way. So, I think Paris Hilton will make a tidy sum in Vegas off her incarceration. Of course, she wants to be careful with that appeal-thingy. If that takes too long and doesn't work out she could risk being in jail on the weekend of February 17, her birthday, which miraculously next year starts at midnight on Saturday, and the economic consequences of that....well, let's not go there.
(photo by Sarah Gerke)