Paris Hilton has been arrested and charged with driving under the influence(DUI) after being spotted driving erratically in the early hours of this (Thursday) morning.



Paris said the incident had been blown out of proportion and that she may have been speeding to get a late-night burger.

Hilton had reportedly attended a charity fund-raiser party(US Weekly) and a nightclub after a long day shooting a music video and according to publicist Elliot Mintz, only had one drink, a margarita, over the entire evening.

"I had one margarita (and) was starving because I had not eaten all day," she reportedly said. "Maybe I was speeding a little bit and I got pulled over. I was just really hungry and I wanted to have an In-N-Out Burger."

Paris was stopped at about 1 a.m. while driving herself and Kimberly Stewart home and found to have a blood alcohol level of .08, which is the minimum level for a DUI charge in California.

Police said Hilton failed a sobriety test but she has not been charged with any offence. That decision will be made by the Los Angles County District Attorney in the next few days.

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