Smoke wafting from a Cadillac Escalade on the Las Vegas Strip set off Paris Hilton’s latest legal troubles when a motorcycle officer who suspected the smell was marijuana stopped the vehicle and police say a bag of cocaine later fell out of the 29-year-old socialite’s purse.
It’s the second time this year Hilton has been arrested on drug possession allegations, although authorities in South Africa dropped marijuana charges earlier this summer. In 2007, Hilton pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving and was sentenced to 45 days in jail.
This time, the hotel heiress was with her boyfriend, Las Vegas nightclub mogul Cy Waits, who manages a club inside the Wynn Las Vegas and was driving the black SUV that the officer stopped nearby at 11:22pm local time on Friday.
The officer “followed the vapor trail and the odor of marijuana to the Escalade,” police Sergeant John Sheahan said.
As other police arrived and a crowd gathered on the busy neon-lit Strip, Hilton asked to go into the Wynn resort for privacy, Sheahan said.
“Miss Hilton pulled out a tube of lip balm,” Sheahan said. “At the same time ... a bindle of cocaine in a plastic bag came out of her purse” in plain view of police in the room.
Officer Marcus Martin characterized the cocaine as a “small amount,” or a package of the size usually associated with personal use. Police would not specify the weight of the cocaine or whether any marijuana was confiscated.
Hilton, a prolific tweeter, didn’t mention the arrest on her Twitter site, although less than an hour after she was released her account was updated with a posting that said the actress was in bed watching the television show Family Guy. It was unclear if the tweets came from her, were posted by time-release or were sent by someone else. Hilton spokeswoman Dawn Miller wouldn’t comment when reached by an Associated Press reporter Saturday afternoon.
Earlier this week, Hilton was in the news when a 31-year-old man allegedly tried to break into her Los Angeles home.
Authorities have said that someone carrying two big knives banged on Hilton’s window on Tuesday. She posted a photo of the arrest on Twitter and described it as “scary.” Nathan Lee Parada faces a felony burglary charge.
Speaking of scary, Leonardo DiCaprio has been granted a restraining order against a woman who believes she is his wife and is carrying his child — called Jesus.
The Titanic and Inception star said in documents filed with Los Angeles Superior Court this week that he was frightened of the “delusional” woman and felt his personal safety was in jeopardy.
His lawyer submitted a number of hand-written letters from the woman, named as Livia Bistriceanu, to DiCaprio.
“Do you want to be with me for real and to be the father of Jesus? I’ve explained you I can’t be with nobody virtually. I have to have a father in reality for Jesus not like this,” read one of the letters, obtained by celebrity Web site TMZ.com on Friday.
The court ordered Bistriceanu to stay at least 100 yards (91m) away from DiCaprio, 35, who remains one of Hollywood’s leading heart-throb stars actors despite attempts to move away from romantic dramas in film since the success of Titanic in 1997.
Fresh out of rehab and a 13-day stint in jail, Lindsay Lohan returned to Twitter last week — and blasted the paparazzi who have been following her every move.
“Clearly ... Paparazzi shouldn’t be allowed to take pictures or video while someone’s driving or at a stop light. 4every1’s sake,” Lohan said in her first Tweet since the eve of being locked up on July 20.
Lohan, who was released on Tuesday after just 23 days of a court-ordered 90-day rehabilitation program, has also got back behind the wheel, after the suspension of her driving license for a 2007 drunk driving and cocaine possession charge.
The 24-year-old actress got her license back on Wednesday and was soon seen driving a Maserati sports car and picking up friends after midnight in Los Angeles.
Lohan, whose promising acting career in movies like Freaky Friday and Mean Girls has been eclipsed since 2007 by headlines about hard partying, has been trailed by photographers since her release.
She is also reported to have been inundated with offers, including interviews and celebrity endorsements.
Lohan’s legal troubles have delayed shooting on her next movie in which she will play 1970s porn star Linda Lovelace. She was last in movie theaters with the 2007 flop I Know Who Killed Me.
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