I never understood why parents wouldn’t want to pass down their amassed fortune to their children, but that’s exactly what Paris Hilton’s grandfather is doing. Barron Hilton announced on Wednesday that he would donate 97 percent of his $2.3 billion fortune to charity.

Is a sex tape and a couple weeks in jail for drunk driving that bad? I guess for Barron Hilton it is.

Money really does buy you everything, even a get of jail free card. According to this Reuters release:

Hotel heiress Paris Hilton was released from prison on Thursday for medical reasons after serving just over three days of a 23-day sentence but she will be confined to her home for 40 days, officials said.

Steve Whitmore of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s office said Hilton had been “reassigned” but he declined to identify her medical condition for privacy reasons.

Hilton, a symbol of privilege and American celebrity culture, was serving a sentence for violating probation after being caught driving with a suspended license. She will have to wear an electronic monitoring device on her ankle to ensure she does not go out for the next 40 days.

Anyone wanna wager that she’s gonna trick out that ankle monitor with diamonds and lace?