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
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.
