Your past does have a way of catching up on you at one point or another. Ask Paris Hilton, who had a hearing the other at the Los Angeles County courthouse. This is definitely one babe whose name you will always see in the entertainment section of newspapers and magazines. This time, the reason for the focus on her is the fact that she was arrested last September 7, 2006 for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Based on police reports, she caught the attention of some Los Angeles Police Department officers around 12:31 AM in September of last year when she drove her Mercedes McLaren SLR erratically. It seemed that the officers saw some signs of intoxication so they gave her a field sobriety test. Unfortunately for Hilton, she got a .08. In the state of California, this figure is the minimum amount of alcohol present in the blood that would be considered as driving under the influence of alcohol.

As such, she was immediately taken to a police station and booked. Her court date the other day was the first hearing for this case. Paris Hilton, however, was not present and had her attorney represent her. On her behalf, the attorney pleaded not guilty to the charges against her. She has another court date on the 23rd of January.

Will she be cleared of this glitch this time? I honestly do not know. If we were to base everything on her reputation, then probably not. Then again, the courts are supposed to be free from such biases, aren’t they?