Sobbing Paris back in slammer

Judge hauls Paris Hilton back to jail for full 45-day sentence, ending her one-day prison break; heiress in tears, cries out for her mom.

A judge ordered a weeping and trembling Paris Hilton back to jail Friday to finish a sentence for probation violation, overturning a sheriff's decision to let the celebrity heiress serve out her time under home arrest.

Hilton, 26, was led out of the Los Angeles courtroom wailing, "Mom, Mom. It's not right," as she was driven away to serve the remainder of a 45-day sentence for violating her probation imposed for a reckless driving conviction.

It was not immediately clear exactly how many days Hilton, who has has become a symbol America's celebrity culture, would serve.

She had been removed from jail for unspecified medical reasons on Thursday and transferred to house arrest, where she was ordered to wear an electronic monitoring device on her ankle.

She had served only three days of an expected 23-day sentence for violating her probation by driving her Bentley on a suspended license.

The decision caused national outrage and accusations of favorable treatment, although Hilton's original sentence was considered by many to be excessively harsh for the crime.

The slender, blond Hilton, dressed in drab gray sweatpants a far cry from her usual designer fashions, shook and cried quietly throughout the brief hearing but broke into sobs when the judge ordered her back behind bars.

Celebrity Web site TMZ.com said Hilton's lawyer was planning to appeal her sentence as soon as possible.

She turned up at court two hours late after confusion over whether she would testify by video from her Hollywood Hills home, or in person.

Los Angeles city prosecutors had demanded that Hilton be returned to jail and that the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, which runs the jail system, be held in contempt for violating the sentencing order, which expressly barred electronic monitoring of Hilton.

Los Angeles city attorney Rocky Delgadillo said Friday's decision "sends the message that no individual, no matter how wealthy or powerful, is above the law."

Los Angeles Superior Court judge Michael Sauer said in court on Friday he had not been given details of the medical condition that prompted her release. Speculation has ranged from a rash to a nervous breakdown. The judge said he was told that a psychiatrist had visited her in jail but did not go into details.

Photographers and cameramen laid siege to Hilton's home and news helicopters buzzed overhead waiting for the star of The Simple Life reality TV show to emerge from her home.

She was handcuffed and placed weeping into a sheriff's car for the trip to court and later driven back to jail, trailed again by news helicopters.