Hilton's parental visit sparks new accusations of favouritism

Rick and Kathy Hilton's midday jailhouse visit to their daughter Paris on Tuesday has raised new accusations that the hotel heiress is receiving preferential treatment over other prisoners.

Visitors to the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, where the so-called celebutante is now being held, complained of being brushed aside on Tuesday so that Hilton's parents could breeze through.

Some claimed they had queued for hours waiting to visit with a loved one inside the facility and blamed the Hiltons for their longer than normal wait time.

Alvina Floyd, who arrived to see her fianc, saidshe waited more than four hours rather than the normal two.

"I have to be at work later," she said. "I can't wait here all day."

Another visitor, Shatani Alverson, claimed she was hustled out of the visiting room just after her husband had entered because of the Hiltons. She said she was told to return after lunch.

According to sheriff's department spokesman Steve Whitmore, it is routine for high-profile inmates to receive visitors during lunch, when the visiting room is usually closed.

The 26-year-old Hilton has been at the medical ward of the downtown facility since Friday, when a judge ordered her back to jail a day after sheriff's officials had released her to house arrest. Prior to her release, she had been serving a prison sentence since June 3 for violating her probation on a drunk driving charge.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has ordered L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca who approved Hilton's reassignment to house arrest to respond to allegations of preferential treatment at a meeting next week.

On Tuesday, Hilton's talent agency Endeavor alsoannounced that the budding recording artist, handbag and perfume designer, model, actress and reality television star "is no longer a client."