The Hiltons left quickly with several vehicles full of photographers tailing them on the freeway.

Whether fame worked for or against her, public fascination with the socialite who first gained notoriety in a homemade sex video that surfaced on the Internet never seemed to dim.

SHERIFF VS. PROSECUTOR

The case also led to a rare public showdown between Los Angeles' top law enforcement officers, county sheriff Lee Baca and City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo.

The judge sided with the prosecutor in sending Hilton back to jail to finish her term. But Delgadillo soon found himself under fire for his own misconduct, including improper use of city resources and revelations that his wife had been the subject of a 9-year-old arrest warrant.

Hilton has spoken in interviews of being transformed by her experience, of wanting to be taken more seriously, and of feeling that God had given her a second chance.

Her stint behind bars stemmed from her arrest last September on a charge of drunken driving. She pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of alcohol-related reckless driving in January and was sentenced to three years probation.

The following month she was caught driving on a suspended license, which Judge Sauer ruled in May violated her probation. He rejected Hilton's defense that she had been misinformed about the status of her license by her publicist.

Her lawyers vowed an appeal, and supporters launched a petition campaign seeking clemency from the governor.

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