Paris Hilton avoids jail, gets off easy on cocaine charge

Paris Hilton avoids jail, gets off easy on cocaine charge

Heiress Paris Hilton appeared in court early Monday to face the judge for her cocaine charges.

As was expected, Paris got off easy and avoided jail when she struck a plea deal, which kept her out of jail and placed her in probation for a year.

Paris Hilton gets away without jail

Paris, 29, plead guilty to two misdemeanors, one of which was drug possession and the other obstructing an officer. The celebutante will serve 200 hundred hours of community service, attend a substance abuse program and pay a fine of $2,000.