Now that the brief diversion that was the Casey Anthony trial is over, order has been restored to our tabloid infotainment world. Paris Hilton has found her way back into the news. Paparrazi staking out the heiress’s Malibu home – who knew the paparrazi still staked her out – spotted 36 year old James Rainford on the property and called police.
Rainford, who has long stalked the blonde [insert word of your choice] has twice before been arrested for “trying to meet” Ms. Hilton. His last encounter resulted in a 227 day jail sentence when he grabbed then flavor of the month Hilton boyfriend Cy Waits outside a courthouse in LA. Rainford was booted out of the County lockup less than 30 days into his seven and a half month sentence to relieve jail overcrowding. Two months later he was back on the prowl, putting the untalented, but ever attention grabbing blonde [insert word of your choice] back in the papers.
Rainford has pleaded not guilty and is being held on $30,000 bond. He was charged with disobeying a court order to stay away from Ms. Hilton. Ah, isn’t it refreshing to know that we have Paris back in the news? The world can now spin freely on its axis once again.
[Author’s Note: If I’m not mistaken, the headline in the WaPo article linked above should read “Man Arrested…”, not “Many Arrested…”, though Hilton might prefer the latter for notoriety purposes.]
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