{"id":1061,"date":"2025-03-06T09:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T14:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2026-03-19T12:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:27:34","slug":"why-did-paris-hilton-go-to-jail-wet-reckless-dui-ca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/why-did-paris-hilton-go-to-jail-wet-reckless-dui-ca\/","title":{"rendered":"Wet Reckless DUI Explained | Why Paris Hilton Went to Jail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By:<\/em> William C. Head, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/larry-kohn.html\"><strong>Larry Kohn<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/cory-yager.html\"><strong>Cory Yager<\/strong><\/a>, Top-Rated DUI Defense Lawyers in Georgia and Legal Book Co-Authors<\/p>\n<p>While no other state has a &#8220;wet&#8221; reckless statute, the highly publicized case involving Paris Hilton highlights the importance of engaging genuine experts in DUI law to consistently achieve the most favorable outcomes. Settling a client&#8217;s case instead of fighting that very &#8220;winnable&#8221; case is not only not wise, but (as in this example) apparently set up the client for failure within a week&#8217;s time.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1066 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PH-Image-1-1.png\" alt=\"Atlanta criminal defense lawyers Cory Yager, Bubba Head, and Larry Kohn explain why Georgia has no wet reckless charge like the one Paris Hilton was charged with. Georgia does have a reckless driving charge, and a DUI can be reduced to this lesser offense.\" width=\"508\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PH-Image-1-1.png 508w, https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PH-Image-1-1-300x148.png 300w, https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/PH-Image-1-1-244x120.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><br \/>\nHollywood influencer Paris Hilton <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paris_Hilton\">was arrested in Hollywood, California for a DUI on September 7, 2006<\/a>. Her \u201creading\u201d was 0.080 grams percent, which was (and still is) the lowest adult BAC level for the State of California allowing for a possible conviction of DUI per se or \u201cdriving with an unlawful alcohol level.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.georgiacriminaldefense.com\/blog\/why-did-paris-hilton-go-to-jail-wet-reckless-dui-ca\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Wet Reckless DUI Explained | Why Paris Hilton Went to Jail\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: William C. Head, Larry Kohn and Cory Yager, Top-Rated DUI Defense Lawyers in Georgia and Legal Book Co-Authors While no other state has a &#8220;wet&#8221; reckless statute, the highly publicized case involving Paris Hilton highlights the importance of engaging genuine experts in DUI law to consistently achieve the most favorable outcomes. Settling a client&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dui","category-dui-defense"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wet Reckless DUI Explained | Why Paris Hilton Went to Jail<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Curious why Paris Hilton went to jail after a \u201cwet reckless\u201d DUI in California? 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