THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 2007 PEOPLE 》 CELEBRITY CRIME 9A Sizemore caught with drugs Chris Pizzello/ASSOCIATED PRESS Diaper duty Actor arrested for possessing methamphetamine Actor Tom Sizemore arrives at the HBO post-Emmy Awards party in West Hollywood, Calif., on Aug. 27, 2006. Sizemore, still on probation for a drug rap, was arrested Tuesday for investigation of methamethatamine he as sat in a car outside a Bakersfield, Calif., hotel. ASSOCIATED PRESS BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Tom Sizemore, on probation for a drug rap, was arrested Tuesday for investigation of possessing methamphetamine as he sat in a car outside a Bakersfield hotel. The 45-year-old actor, of Calabasas, was arrested after drugs were found in his car outside the Four Points Sheraton hotel, said police Detective Greg Terry. Officers were called to the hotel at about 7:30 a.m. by a report that a man had challenged an employee to fight while trying to check in, Terry said. The man, believed to be an associate of Sizemore's, had gotten into a dispute over whether he had a reservation, the detective said. Jason Salcido, 33, of Whittier, was found to be on parole, and officers found he was carrying a "narcotic smoking pipe," Terry said. Officers learned that he and Sizemore were together and saw Sizemore sitting in a 2004 Ford Mustang in the hotel parking lot. Sizemore was arrested and booked at the Kern County Jail for investigation of possession of methamphetamine, being under the influence of a controlled substance and possession of narcotic paraphernalia, the detective said. Calls to representatives of Sizemore, who appeared in the movies "Saving Private Ryan" and "Black Hawk Down," weren't immediately returned. After tearfully acknowledging he used drugs,he was given three years' probation and ordered to submit to weekly drug tests. The actor was convicted of methamphetamine possession in October 2004. His probation was revoked the next year after he The actor also was convicted in 2003 of domestic violence involving former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, an ex-girlfriend. He had been free on bail pending an appeal. acknowledged using a prosthetic device to fake a drug test and failing to be checked for drugs every three days. Probation was later reinstated but Sizemore faced another parole revocation and prison time after testing positive for drug use in January 2006. Nathan Payne/ASSOCIATED PRESS Matt Arnold holds a pajer in his son Maddox's mouth Monday afternoon in Gillette, Wyo., while changing diapers on three of his four newborn babies. Matt and his wife, Maureen, arrived home in Gillette on Saturday. TELEVISION HBO exec leaves to treat alcoholism ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — HBO chief executive Chris Albrecht said he was taking a leave of absence to regain control of his alcoholism following a weekend assault arrest in Las Vegas. Bill Nelson, HBO chief operating officer, will take over Albrecht's duties "pending resolution of the police incident," the company said. "We take these matters very seriously and will monitor this situation closely," Time Warner chairman and chief execu Albrecht tive officer Richard D. Parsons said in a statement. HBO Inc. is a division of Time Warner. In a statement sent to HBO staff members and released publicly Tuesday, Albrecht said he had been a "sober member" of Alcoholics Anonymous for 13 years. "Two years ago, I decided that I could handle drinking again. Clearly, I was wrong. Given that truth, I have committed myself to sobriety. I intend to take a temporary leave of absence from HBO effective today, in order to go back to working with AA." Albrecht said he was "deeply sorry for what occurred in Las Vegas this weekend and for any embarrassment it caused my family, the company I love, and myself" He called the weekend a "wake-up call to me of a weakness I thought I had overcome long ago." While he wasn't free to discuss the incident while authorities and his attorneys are "still determining the facts, it is my hope to do so in the near future," Albrecht said in his statement. A call to the Clark County, Nev., district attorney's office regarding the arrest was not immediately returned Tuesday. On Sunday in Las Vegas, the HRO chairman and chief executive was Officers assigned to the match reported seeing Albrecht fighting with a woman identified only as his girlfriend in the MGM Grand's valet parking lot shortly after 3 a.m., a Las Vegas police spokesman said. arrested for investigation of assaulting his girlfriend outside the MGM Grand casino. The arrest came just hours after Saturday's Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jr. boxing match aired on pay-per-view by HBO. Albrecht was booked into the Clark County Detention Center and held for investigation of a misdemeanor battery-domestic assault. He was later released. Albrecht joined HBO in 1985 >> CELEBRITY ENTOURAGE Hilton re-hires publicist who OK'd her to drive ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — The many moods of Paris Hilton shifted again when the jail-bound socialite rehired the publicist she blamed for her 45-day sentence. Elliot Mintz confirmed to The Associated Press on Tuesday that he is again representing the 26-year-old socialite, who was ordered to report to county jail by June 5 for violating the terms of her probation in an alcohol-related reckless driving case. Mintz, 62, wouldn't elaborate on why he reunited with Hilton. The publicist, whose clients have included John Lennon and Bob Dylan, issued a statement Sunday night that he and Hilton had parted ways over an apparent "misunderstanding she received from me regarding the terms of her probation." In a court appearance Friday, Hilton told the judge Mintz informed her it was all right to drive on a suspended license for work obligations. Mintz also testified Hilton believed she was allowed to drive. The judge called Mintz's testimony worthless. Hilton — star of El network's reality show "The Simple Life" — has called the sentence unfair. and her fans have posted a petition on the Internet urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to pardon her. "I feel that I was treated unfairly and that the sentence is both cruel and unwarranted and I don't deserve this." Hilton told photographers assembled outside her home Saturday. In an interview for the June issue of Harper's Bazaar, Hilton says: "I get in more trouble just because of who I am. The cops do it all the time. They'll just pull me over to hit on me." "It's really annoying. They're like, 'What's your phone number? Want to go to dinner?' They won't even give me a ticket. They just pull me over, and the paparazzi, of course, take a picture. All the time. I have so many cops' business cards." The governor's office hasn't reviewed the petition but has received individual e-mails from constituents both for and against a gubernatorial pardon, Schwarzenegger spokesman Aaron McLear said Tuesday. "We'll treat this as we would any other case of this nature, but it would be premature for the governor to get involved until the individual has exhausted his or her judicial remedies," McLear said. 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