Friday, August 3, 2007

IT'S COUNTY JAIL FOR NICOLE RITCHIE

Maybe girls just want to have fun, but now they're doing jail time.

Nicole Richie has told authorities through her attorney that she intends to serve her 90-hour sentence in Los Angeles County jail rather than a "pay to stay" program in a municipal lockup.

Richie was arrested Dec. 11 by California Highway Patrol officers after driving the wrong way on the 134 Freeway in Burbank. Officers said they found her stopped in the carpool lane. She told officers she had smoked weed and taken the painkiller Vicodin. She had been previously arrested on suspicion of possessing heroin and spent time in rehabilitation.

Her gal pal and former "Simple Life" co-star Paris Hilton recently spent her time behind bars.
Richie has until Sept. 28 to begin serving her time.