Paris Hilton stopped at Tokyo airport on arrival
(AFP) – 1 hour ago
TOKYO \ US socialite Paris Hilton was stopped by immigration officials at Tokyo's Narita airport as she flew in from Las Vegas on Tuesday, a day after pleading guilty to cocaine charges, media reports said.
The 29-year-old hotel heiress arrived at Narita by a chartered flight and the officials were interviewing her and considering refusing her entry because of a suspended sentence she received for the charges, Jiji news agency said.
A court in Las Vegas on Monday gave her two six-month suspended jail terms for possessing cocaine and lying about it, but said she would be jailed for a year if she was arrested again.
The sentence also included a 2,000-dollar fine, completion of a substance abuse programme and 200 hours of community service.
Hilton arrived in Tokyo at about 5:30 pm (0830 GMT), the Asahi Shimbun reported on its online edition.
The Narita branch of the Tokyo immigration control office told Jiji that a person on a suspended jail term was not allowed to enter Japan except for "special reasons."
Hilton had been scheduled to attend an event with her sister Nicky, 26, in Tokyo on Wednesday to promote her original brand for handbags and accessories.
But the event has been cancelled, Jiji said.
Earlier this year Hilton was arrested in South Africa after the Brazil-Netherlands World Cup game, on suspicion of possession of marijuana, but the case was dropped.
In 2007, Hilton spent 23 days in a Los Angeles county jail for violating probation over an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction.
Hilton, the great-granddaughter of the Hilton hotel chain's founder, shot to fame in 2003 when her boyfriend leaked a video of their sexual escapades on the Internet. She also starred in the reality TV series "The Simple Life."
(AFP) – 1 hour ago
TOKYO \ US socialite Paris Hilton was stopped by immigration officials at Tokyo's Narita airport as she flew in from Las Vegas on Tuesday, a day after pleading guilty to cocaine charges, media reports said.
The 29-year-old hotel heiress arrived at Narita by a chartered flight and the officials were interviewing her and considering refusing her entry because of a suspended sentence she received for the charges, Jiji news agency said.
A court in Las Vegas on Monday gave her two six-month suspended jail terms for possessing cocaine and lying about it, but said she would be jailed for a year if she was arrested again.
The sentence also included a 2,000-dollar fine, completion of a substance abuse programme and 200 hours of community service.
Hilton arrived in Tokyo at about 5:30 pm (0830 GMT), the Asahi Shimbun reported on its online edition.
The Narita branch of the Tokyo immigration control office told Jiji that a person on a suspended jail term was not allowed to enter Japan except for "special reasons."
Hilton had been scheduled to attend an event with her sister Nicky, 26, in Tokyo on Wednesday to promote her original brand for handbags and accessories.
But the event has been cancelled, Jiji said.
Earlier this year Hilton was arrested in South Africa after the Brazil-Netherlands World Cup game, on suspicion of possession of marijuana, but the case was dropped.
In 2007, Hilton spent 23 days in a Los Angeles county jail for violating probation over an alcohol-related reckless driving conviction.
Hilton, the great-granddaughter of the Hilton hotel chain's founder, shot to fame in 2003 when her boyfriend leaked a video of their sexual escapades on the Internet. She also starred in the reality TV series "The Simple Life."