10:13 am - 04/16/2012
Pippa Middleton could face jail time if prosecuted in a shocking new case involving a paparazzi photo taken in Paris on Saturday.
The 27-year-old socialite and entrepreneur, sister of Duchess Kate and sister-in-law of Prince William, was in the front passenger seat of an Audi convertible in the French capital as the driver pointed a semi-automatic handgun at photographers.
A witness in the gun-waving incident charged a formal complaint with Paris police; Middleton (plus her pal, fashion mogul Arthur de Soultrait, who was in the backseat of the car) will be summoned if authorities determine there is enough evidence for prosecution.
"If the evidence points to [Pippa Middleton's] involvement, she will be prosecuted," a judicial source told Us Weekly. "Anybody involved in the illegal use of a handgun in public is liable to arrest and interrogation."
If the pistol turns out to be real, the unidentified man waving the gun faces up to seven years in prison; even if the weapon is fake, he faces two years.
With heightened, anti-terrorist security measures currently in place in France, it is "absolutely forbidden" for anyone to use a gun to "warn people off" in the county, a police source explained to Us. "If someone has a license then for a weapon then it must be kept covered at all times, and away from members of the public."
Middleton, who became an international star almost exactly a year ago at her 30-year-old sister's royal wedding to Prince William, 29, was in Paris for Soultrait's 29th birthday bash on Friday.
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Pippa Middleton Faces Arrest for Gun Incident in Paris
Pippa Middleton could face jail time if prosecuted in a shocking new case involving a paparazzi photo taken in Paris on Saturday.
The 27-year-old socialite and entrepreneur, sister of Duchess Kate and sister-in-law of Prince William, was in the front passenger seat of an Audi convertible in the French capital as the driver pointed a semi-automatic handgun at photographers.
A witness in the gun-waving incident charged a formal complaint with Paris police; Middleton (plus her pal, fashion mogul Arthur de Soultrait, who was in the backseat of the car) will be summoned if authorities determine there is enough evidence for prosecution.
"If the evidence points to [Pippa Middleton's] involvement, she will be prosecuted," a judicial source told Us Weekly. "Anybody involved in the illegal use of a handgun in public is liable to arrest and interrogation."
If the pistol turns out to be real, the unidentified man waving the gun faces up to seven years in prison; even if the weapon is fake, he faces two years.
With heightened, anti-terrorist security measures currently in place in France, it is "absolutely forbidden" for anyone to use a gun to "warn people off" in the county, a police source explained to Us. "If someone has a license then for a weapon then it must be kept covered at all times, and away from members of the public."
Middleton, who became an international star almost exactly a year ago at her 30-year-old sister's royal wedding to Prince William, 29, was in Paris for Soultrait's 29th birthday bash on Friday.
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So yeah, brandishing a gun in public is particulary insensitive right now.
also
"even if the weapon is fake, he faces two years"
WAT
besides two years is probably the maximum sentence and he'll only get like community service or a fine or something.
Edited at 2012-04-16 03:28 pm (UTC)
She looks like a total fucking moron.
a drought season.
we'll make a comeback.
just give us time.
http://trueroyals.tumblr.com
thats it.
She will NOT age well
Europe, you crazy.
A long boring gun safety class and maybe probation makes a TON more sense.
Edited at 2012-04-16 03:58 pm (UTC)
And seems like some typical rich-kid douchey behaviour to me, so let him be punished for being an idiot, I say.
stupid spoiled brats
Say what you will about our gun laws, but any non-completely moronic American would realize that would get them shot... especially if they are brown.
if it does turn out it was a real gun, though, that is just...ludicrous doesn't even begin to cover it.
gross
Edited at 2012-04-16 03:26 pm (UTC)
If I was I would have totally started laughing at him.