Are Paris Hilton's Legal Woes All Part of Her Plan?

By Jo Piazza Posted Sep 4th 2010 11:00PM

Paris Hilton's recent headlines reek of desperation. In the wake of the deluge of Lohan press for her substance abuse and subsequent incarceration one can't help but wonder whether Paris' elementary logic led her to believe a coke bust would be the only way to regain the spotlight.

People are paying attention to Paris now for the first time in over a year. Since this woman is typically a well-oiled publicity machine it's hard to believe that any of this is an accident.

But Hilton's former spinmeister, now our own Naughty but Nice Rob Shuter says that while he believes Paris is desperate for attention, she is too lazy to plot something like this as a stunt.

"Knowing Paris I'm sure she doesn't mind that we are all talking about her and not Kim Kardashian for a change but her recent arrest was in no way a press stunt," Shuter says.

"She wouldn't give up a night clubbing for the cover of Time magazine. Paris is happy to be part of press stunts after she wakes up (so nothing before noon) but to ask her to work on getting herself back in the press when she would rather be playing is something she wouldn't even consider."

Paris has never shied from negative publicity in the past, starting with her sex tape that catapulted her to fame.

"The best known example of how Paris used victimization to her advantage stems back to the sex tape(s) that made her famous in the first place. No sooner did the original, unflattering black and white tape emerge on the black market - she quickly went back into the bedroom with her original victimizer Rick Solomom, dolled herself up to look sexy, adjusted the lighting and color to a more flattering hue, and gave a performance that ultimately transformed her into the savvy, sexy business partner of 'One Night In Paris' - one of the most profitable sex tapes of all time," says Mark Ebner, author of "Six Degrees of Paris Hilton."

"Like the original sex tape, getting caught with marijuana abroad and her recent bust for cocaine possession in Vegas didn't start as ploys for attention as much as they were characteristic examples of abject stupidity. But, what with her common criminal claim that the drugs in her possession weren't hers, she once again attempts to further her victim status in the public eye, and - when the Clark County court system ultimately gives her the slap-on-the-wrist probation treatment, she'll bubble up on Twitter - linking to photos of herself hugging lion cubs and patting impoverished African children on the head. Except this time, the Vegas court system may wise up to her shenanigans. I mean, they jailed OJ, didn't they?"

So whether she planned her arrest or not (she certainly was camera ready for that mug shot!) Paris will more likely than not spin this negative press to her advantage. And if she ends up serving the maximum sentence for felony possession of cocaine we can expect her to sell her story to the highest bidder as well as produce a new fragrance, possible called "Jailbait."

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Comments

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Saturday 04 September

By mw

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Wouldn't surprise me a bit. Lilo's been getting all the attention lately, so Paris needed to do something to amke sure her name is stilll out there. Both are losers.

Sunday 05 September

By KR

When you have nothing to actually be famous for, except your moronic escapades and sexcapades, and you have nothing else to fall back on to keep the media hounds barking at your front door, of course you resort to the oldest trick in Hollywood: create controversy.

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By Apostate

Does sex sell? Does the sun set in the west and rise in the east? Does Joan Rivers's face make a perfect Halloween/Mardi Gras mask? Is Naomi Campbell an expert cellphone hurler?

By bsti

Jo Piazza - You are a FDA. This is the stupidest article I have ever read.

By r

i agree, very strange and poorly written article

By john f sykes

Give me a break. Cocaine looks like gum .A publicity stunt who is she trying to kidd. maybe 7 yrs in a federal pen will change her ways of thinking.at least we wont have to worry about her anymore ..just lock her up and throw away the key..lol

John - That's right, cocaine looks like gum just like my unit looks like a fuzzy lolly pop!

By tom

Since she said that she thought the coke was gum I would like to see her chew the coke with her nose. Look at her left eye it is as lazy as the rest of her body. It is just to bad she did not get caught in Turkey

By Hugh Mongous

"High, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life", said the probation officer .....

By Diane

Why is she famous and always in the news, the only thing she's ever done was being born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Enough already.

By harry

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That's not all she had in her mouth.lol

By ron

If there were any standards among you that write and show these less than news worthy events,these people would not exist. You make the likes of these people who they are. In the real world we do not go about our business wondering where they are and what they are doing. At least be honest about why you promote them. No one has been concerned about where and what Paris has been doing. The public does not need nor want to know, it has been very nice without her. Stop promoting these people and making them famous for doing nothing.

By Ann

And yet you're on here.

Ann - No Sh*t, you hit the nail on the head!

By John F.C. Taylor

Ann, of course ron's on here. Someone's got to protest the idiocy of celebrity worship. There is so much of this nonsense that takes up space in print and on the air when that space could be used for so many more important subjects. I'd pay attention to Paris Hilton if she announced that she was using some part of her inheritance to do something like build a children's hospital.

By Wren

Who cares!

By Debbie

Truly a waste of sperm.

Debbie - That was down right nasty!

By spike

With out critiquing her looks ,I'd say she is only a five at best.Really ,what has she got?I have heard it said,that,even bad publicity is better then no publicity.
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