June 11, 2007
Paris didn't eat or drink out of fear guards would take cameraphone pics of her on john
According to The New York Daily News, the mysterious health condition that led Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca to release Paris Hilton from jail was her fear of guards filming her with cameraphones - while on the john.
"It was apparently the one time she was camera-shy.
Paris Hilton was so terrified guards would snap a cell-phone picture of her on the toilet that she didn't eat or drink for three days, which left her facing a life-threatening collapse, a source told the Daily News. She also was not taking prescribed medication while in jail, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca said.
The stainless steel lavatory in the hotel heiress' 12-foot-by-8-foot cell was in plain view of a large window in the door, which guards could look through 24 hours a day.
"She was absolutely terrified that one of the guards or staffers would get her with the cell-phone cam and it would wind up on the Internet," a Hilton insider said yesterday.
"She didn't eat or drink a single thing for three days because she didn't want to use the toilet. She was in real danger."
Hilton also suffered from "extreme claustrophobia" and began hyperventilating and freaking out.
"She cried the entire time, and that wasn't helping the dehydration," the source said.
Jail medical officials became concerned that severe dehydration and a buildup of waste and toxins in Hilton's body could cause a complete collapse and "even kill her," the source said."
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