Paris Hilton had developed a psychological condition that could be life-threatening and her mental state was “decompensating,” or deteriorating.
That’s what the Los Angeles County Sheriff is saying.
Yesterday, while Hilton was on her first day of freedom, Sheriff Lee Baca was angrily explaining to the county board of supervisors why he had put her in home confinement a couple of weeks ago.
Baca says Hilton’s condition was made worse because she couldn’t tell jailers exactly what medications she had been prescribed.
And, there was a disagreement between her own physicians about how to treat her.
“Our doctors said that we had no solution for her medical problem. None,” Baca said. “Now I’ll say this. I think we all in this room know something about suicide, I think we know something about inmates killing inmates, I think we know something about inmates dying in our jails. As the sheriff of this county, I’m not going to let any inmate die on this, in our jails.”
Supervisor Don Knabe questioned whether Hilton was really that ill.
“She looked pretty healthy at the MTV awards before going to jail,” he said.
The board took no action.
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