UPDATE 2:  From the AP story :

Deputy city attorney, David Bozanich, declared: “This is a simple case. There was a court [order]. The Sheriff’s Department chose to violate that order. There is no ambiguity.”

And this is why LA County Sheriff Lee Baca was stripped of his weapon and shield and thrown into a protective custody wing of his own jail, where he had no one to talk to except his new roomate Bubba!  Oops.  Never mind.  They put Paris back in jail instead.  Me bad.

And now back to the original piece:

My good buddy Mike from my commuter train, totally absorbed in the Paris Hilton saga, is sitting on the edge of seat:  Paris, is she in or out?  I can’t bear to see Mike so tense, particularly given his advance years.

As noted yesterday, the whirling Paris story is back on the front page today, the Judge and County Attorney furious at the LA County Sheriff’s messing with their message.  And so Paris, now the pawn in this game, is ordered back to court.

I suspect that Paris, previously the object of ridicule and scorn for her haughty attitude and behavior, will soon by the object of sympathy in this intramural sparring between court and sheriff.  The real question will be whether the Judge has the cajones to hold LA County Sheriff Lee Baca in contempt and send him to the clink.  I hear there’s an open jail cell available.

UPDATE:  Just finished watching the Today show, where some gal named Susan Filan did the legal commentary on the post-Paris fallout.   Quick piece of advice, Sue.  If you have no clue what you’re talking about, then don’t talk. There are a ton of competent lawyers out there.  Can’t they use one of them?  The only “analyst” who is invariably worse is Kimberly Guilfoyle Newsom

These people make Nancy Grace look contemplative.  No wonder the public’s understanding of the legal system is so bizarrely skewed.  Danny Abrams, what are you doing?  Enough with using women because of their looks; shoot for the ocassional intelligent analyst.  You have got to be able to do better.