Paris Hilton Charged with Felony, Thought Cocaine Was Gum

Following her arrest on Friday, Paris Hilton was charged with felony cocaine possession, the police arrest report reveals. It also says the socialite tried to get out of trouble by claiming she thought cocaine was gum.

People magazine informs that Paris has been charged and will stand trial soon. Her crime carries a minimum prison sentence of 1 year and a maximum of 4, but she’ll most likely not serve a single day.

“Police pulled over the car in which she was riding on Las Vegas’ famed Strip when an officer smelled marijuana coming from the vehicle,” People writes, citing the aforementioned report.

Paris asked to be taken to the nearby Wynn Hotel, which police officers did because a crowd was already beginning to form and it was deemed she would be safer somewhere private.

“As she began to open [the purse], I saw a small bindle of what I believed to be cocaine in a clear baggy begin to fall from the purse and into my hand,” the arresting officer writes.

Aside from the bag, police also found a crushed pill of Albuterol, for which Paris said she had a prescription, and Zig Zag wrappers. When faced with being caught with cocaine, Paris said the purse wasn’t hers.

She then slightly changed her story, saying that, while most of the purse’s contents were hers (the pill, cash, credit cards), the cocaine wasn’t hers. She actually thought it was chewing gum, E! Online writes.

“At that point, the socialite told him that the purse was not hers and that she borrowed it from a friend. As she later reiterated to her hairstylist, Hilton also told police that the cocaine wasn’t hers,” E! says.

“She acknowledged that most of the other contents – including $1,300 cash, credit cards, half of a broken tablet of Albuterol for which she had a prescription – were hers.”

“When asked who the cocaine did belong to, Hilton supposedly told him ‘she had not seen it, but now thought it was gum’,” the same report informs.

As also noted above, at best, Paris could get 1 year in prison and a $5,000 fine and, at worst, 4 years and the same fine. Or should, if the DA pursues the case to the full extent of the law.

Which it probably won’t, as a spokesperson for the Clark County District Attorney’s Office says. “The court could sentence her to a term of probation, rather than prison time,” he says.