Celebrity Justice
Judge to Sheriff -- I Was Sandbagged

Posted Jun 8th 2007 2:50PM by TMZ Staff

Here's what's going down in court right now:
Judge Michael Sauer, Sheriff Lee Baca, Paris Hilton
Judge Michael Sauer said that before Paris was released, he was contacted by the Sheriff and told they would file a motion to place Paris under house arrest. The judge said the motion was never filed, and added, "There's no way I would have approved it even if I got the motion."

The prosecutor, Dan Jeffries, who is also pissed at the Sheriff, accused the Sheriff of "assuming all three roles of the criminal justice system," claiming "Sheriff Lee Baca is interpreting the law all by himself."

Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Paris Hilton


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1. I love you Paris and I wish you the best support day and night, screw all these haters. Don't let anyone ever tell you you can't do something, believe in yourself. Always look to the horizon°.

Posted at 2:55PM on Jun 8th 2007 by Temosis

2. That's right FIRE THE SHERIFF

Posted at 2:56PM on Jun 8th 2007 by Nicole

3. The sheriff should probably update his resume, because I've got a sneaking suspicion he's going to be looking for a new job soon.

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by wonkeye

4. She's going back to jail...

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by Haha suckers

5. SEND HER BACK! Im surprised she's not posing while crying in the cop car.

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by Hottie n OC

6. Paris should sue the sherrif for putting her through this.

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by Garfield

7. oh please. she is not a victim. she made the choice to drive drunk and then drive on a suspended license and then.....oh, what's the point of listing all of them again? some innocent person could've been a REAL victim here. let's do our best to prevent that from happening, shall we? even if it means a princess has to cry a little bit.

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by amy

8. Stupid Lee Baca. He is crap!!! Damn LAPD!!

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by Jeremy

9. Who else is this Sheriff letting out of jail?

Murderers, sex offenders?

It sounds like he's running his own justice system

Pretty clear the Sherriff dept has too much power and not enough supervision!

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by cara

10. I personally hope this will fester in the minds of the Los Angeles voters the next time Lee Baca comes up for re-election. He has been a joke for the last eight years and the voters have rubber stamped his election solely on name recognition. He makes almost 300K per year, spends over 1 million dollars per year on a private jet aircraft availability for himself, release's prisoners early on a continual basis and this is typical of how he runs the sheriffs Dept. Remember his "Gonads" comments? Los Angeles could be better served by a more competent leader. He is a political power hungry egomaniac.

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by Jiggy

11. yep...fire the sheriff...im sure he got a nice bonus from Paris anyway..lol

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by stacey

12. The judge is pissed and I don't blame him. She's going to jail!

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by Simone

13. Why didn't these jabronis subpoena Baca? They blew it!

Posted at 2:57PM on Jun 8th 2007 by RP

14. Throw the sheriff in jail! LOL

Posted at 2:58PM on Jun 8th 2007 by Stef

15. The Sheriff has no right to do what he did. Paris is a B****. She needs to get what she deserves! I am happy that the City of L.A. is trying to put her ass back behind bars!

Posted at 2:58PM on Jun 8th 2007 by Bob

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