Hilton Scion to Face Four Charges Related to Malibu DUI Stop

• CHP Continues to Withhold Name of Female Companion Who Was Cited for Separate Hit-and-Run Incident

BY ANNE SOBLE

The latest member of the Hilton family in the celebrity progeny adventures spotlight, Barron Hilton, was officially charged by the Los Angeles District Attorney last week on four counts, including two misdemeanor counts of DUI—driving under the influence, and driving with a .08 or above blood alcohol level—and one misdemeanor count each of unlawful use of a license and unlicensed driving.
Shiara Davila of the DA’s office said Hilton is slated for an arraignment hearing in Malibu on April 14.
The 18-year-old was arrested in Malibu Feb. 12 on suspicion of drunk driving. Hilton was taken into custody after a witness reported seeing the black 2008 Mercedes-Benz E350 with Hilton at the wheel weaving on Pacific Coast Highway and drifting into the oncoming lane, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff’s deputies had received a call that the vehicle was being driven erratically near Latigo Canyon Road and Pacific Coast Highway just before 8 a.m., according to an LASD press statement.
The caller followed the vehicle until Hilton stopped at Corral Canyon Road and PCH and got out of the car. The witness, according to the report, told Hilton to sit on a bus bench and wait for sheriff’s deputies.
When deputies arrived, they said they conducted a drunk driving investigation and arrested Hilton for driving under the influence. He was also alleged to be in possession of a fake driver license and other questionable documentation.
Hilton was booked at Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station where he was held overnight, then released on bail. It was reported that Hilton had a .14 blood alcohol reading. In California, .08 is considered legal intoxication for drivers over 21. For drivers under 21, any blood alcohol level constitutes legal intoxication.
The aspect of the case that involves a 19-year-old female passenger in the Mercedes when Hilton was arrested is still in the investigation stage, according to a spokesperson for the California Highway Patrol, which has jurisdiction in the matter.
Officer Leon Hines, the public information liaison for the West Valley Office of the CHP, told the Malibu Surfside News on Tuesday, “The report is still not public record.”
Hines says the woman cannot be named because no arrests have been made in the case, but he confirmed that she has been cited for misdemeanor hit-and-run in a collision that preceded Hilton’s DUI stop and arrest. Hines also declined to make the West Hollywood resident’s court date public.
Neither the CHP, nor the sheriff’s department, which handled the Hilton matter, say they know when the woman ceased driving the Mercedes and Hilton took over the wheel of the vehicle that Hines said is registered to a Nevada leasing company.
Hines said that the victim in the alleged collision identified the female as the driver when the accident occurred at about 6:30 a.m. on the day Hilton was arrested.
According to Hines, the woman was heading west on PCH in lane one and the victim was westbound in lane two. The woman drove into lane two, and the right side mirror of the Mercedes hit the door of the victim’s Ford pickup.
Hines said the refusal to release names is standard CHP policy in all comparable situations.