Paris Hilton is off the hook, off probation in Vegas drug case

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Paris Hilton may be offering Chris Brown some stiff competition in the I’m Really Good at Probation Department -- a judge on Tuesday praised Hilton’s extra-credit efforts doing community service and closed out her case.

Justice of the Peace Joe Bonaventure closed out Hilton’s probation after reviewing documents from her attorneys that in his opinion indicated ‘Miss Hilton was attentive, cooperative and fully engaged.’

‘The assessment here is that she understands the seriousness of the situation and the consequences of her actions,’ he said, according to the Las Vegas Sun. In working for Union Rescue Mission in L.A., a graffiti-removal team in Hollywood, an animal shelter in Las Vegas and the Race to Erase MS campaign, Hilton clocked more than the 200 hours she’d been tasked with.

And here we thought Breezy was the only celeb earning gold stars from the legal system. Though since Brown is working off a felony assault conviction, not a misdemeanor, he still has a few years of probation ahead of him. (Even so -- Lindsay, are you taking notes?)

Hilton did not have to appear in court Tuesday. As part of a plea deal that turned an arrest on suspicion of felony drug possession into a misdemeanor conviction for drug possession and obstructing an officer, she was required to pay a $2,000 fine, serve 200 hours of community service, complete drug counseling and stay out of trouble for a year on probation.

She and then-beau Cy Waits were pulled over on the Strip in August after officers smelled smoke wafting from the SUV that Waits was driving. When Hilton took a bathroom break supervised by law enforcement, a packet of cocaine fell out of her purse; she later said the drugs and the purse were not hers. The couple were both arrested.

Though Hilton entered her guilty plea in September 2010, Waits’ situation was unresolved until late August of this year. He too cut a deal.

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-- Christie D’Zurilla
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.