Officials from the Clark County courts confirmed that Hilton is due back in Las Vegas on October 27 for an arraignment hearing. Paris is claiming that the handbag found in the car wasn't hers and although she admitted that cash and credit cards found in the bag were hers, she had no idea about some of its other things it contained.

Hilton's previous run-ins with the law could work against her. She was detained at the FIFA World Cup in South Africa earlier this year over suspected marijuana possession but the case was dropped; and in 2007 she earned herself a 23-day jail sentence for violating probation from a DUI bust the previous year.

Paris Hilton's latest mug shot. Image: Getty.

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