Paris’ incarceration saga ends in “Good Spirit”

The incarceration saga of Paris Hilton finally came to an end today when the smiling hotel heiress walked out of a Los Angeles County jail early Tuesday, after serving three weeks in the facility for violating probation in a drink-driving case.

The incarceration of the multimillionaire was started on June 3 at the Century Regional Detention Center. And, after her 22-days long stay at the facility, including her 24-hour stint under home-imprisonment, the high profile celebrity blonde was released from the all-women's jail in Lynwood about 12:15am on Tuesday (June 26).

The 26-year-old willowy heiress walked through the doors of the facility at noon and headed straight for a black Escalade SUV, in which her parents, real estate magnate Rick and Kathy Hilton, were waiting with a bouquet of flowers.

“The Simple Life'' star smiled as she left the jail, her blond hair pulled back in a braided ponytail. The heiress to the Hilton hotel fortune, who was dressed in a sage jacket with white trim over a white shirt and skinny jeans that her mother had brought along, did not respond to reporters' questions. Hilton’s eyes were full of tears when she screamed out: “Mom!” and hugged her mother.

"She fulfilled her debt. She was obviously in good spirits. She thanked people as she left," said sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.

Hilton's troubles began in September when the socialite was arrested for drunken driving. She was charged with driving under the influence of intoxicant and driving with a blood alcohol level over California's legal limit of .08. Hilton had pleaded not guilty of drunk driving in January, and was sentenced to 36 months’ probation, alcohol education and $1,500 in fines.

Last month, she was awarded with a 45-day sentence from Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer for violating her probation in a reckless driving case. After failing to win the favor of judge Sauer and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to pardon her, she eventually was favored by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which decided to cut Hilton’s sentence after reviewing the case and giving her credit for good behavior.

The high profile celebrity blonde, who checked herself into Los Angeles jail on June 3, one and a half day before her deadline, was released from the county jail on June 7 by Sheriff Lee Baca because of an unspecified medical condition.

After spending three days in the slammer, the 26-year-old hotel heiress was sent to her $2.1 million mansion with silk sheets, servants and a pool in the hills above Sunset Strip, with an electronic ankle bracelet to monitor her movements. Hilton was told she could finish her sentence under house arrest, meaning she could not leave her four-bedroom, three-bathroom home in the Hollywood Hills until next month.

But, Judge Sauer called Hilton back to his courtroom and apparently unmoved by the pleas of her three lawyers to send her back to home confinement due to an undisclosed medical condition (later defined as psychological), ordered heiress to report back to jail to complete her sentence for violating probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case.

The reality TV star was then taken to the downtown Twin Towers jail, the world’s largest facility which houses male inmates and the county's medical treatment center, where she went through medical and psychiatric tests to determine where she should be held.

Hilton is set to make her first public appearance after her prison stint tomorrow on “Larry King Live” on CNN.

The life of the real estate dynasty, whose trademarks are her blue colored contact lenses and the quotation "That's Hot," has been in media spotlight ever since she entered the entertainment industry and has been subjected to criticism for her hard-partying lifestyle by almost everyone. Labeled as the “Party Girl”, the star of a hit television show “The Simple Life” is noted for her glitzy lifestyle and high media coverage relationships.

The young billionaire has a best-selling memoir- Confessions of an Heiress, a signature perfume line, a nightclub in Orlando, Florida -Club Paris and handbag collection.