According to Paris Hilton’s psychiatrist, the heiress is “distraught and traumatized” and “fears incarceration” after receiving her 45 day jail sentence. So traumatized, in fact, she is unable to take the stand in a $10 million libel suit brought against her by Zeta Graff.
Hilton was scheduled to testify in the civil case on May 21, but Dr. Charles Sophy claimed in court documents filed Monday that “given (Hilton’s) current psychological, and emotional state … (she’s) not capable of any meaningful participation in a trial.”
Sophy says Hilton, 26, needs to recover from the outcome of the jail sentence. Hilton was given jail time for violating her probation for driving with a suspended license.
The documents, filed by Hilton’s lawyers in the slander suit, show that Dr. Sophy has been treating Hilton for the past eight months, and had met with her several times since her probation violation hearing.
“She is emotionally distraught and traumatized as a consequence of the findings at the May 4 hearing, the jail sentence imposed upon her by the judge, and her fear of incarceration,” Sophy wrote.
Graff has accused Hilton of fabricating lies against her which appeared in a July 2005 edition of the New York Post. Graff alleges that she was falsely described as stalking Hilton and her ex, Paris Latsis (whom Graff had dated).
The psychiatrist’s testimony must have worked: a judge delayed the trial until August 22.
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May 15th, 2007 at 9:53 am
Oh get over it Paris! It must be a harsh wake up call to actually be held accountable for your actions. That’s what happens in the real world, cupcake. It’s time to put on your big girl panties and deal with it!