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Editor: Bob Battle
Profession: DUI Defense Lawyer

Category: Celebrity DUI

Drunk driving is becoming a family affair with the Hiltons.

Barron Hilton, the younger brother of Paris, officially was charged with four misdemeanor counts by the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office after being arrested in Malibu, California in February.

Hilton was charged with DUI, unlawful use of a driver's license and unlicensed driving, March 7 according to the Yahoo entertainment web site. The arrest came only a month after the 18-year-old was arrested after allegedly running a man over at a gas station. He is scheduled to appear in court in April.

Teenager Tested Almost Twice the Legal Limit

After Paris refused to bail him out, three friends came to his aide and put down $20,000 to free the heir after he had spent nine hours in jail.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said Hilton tested 0.14 on a breath machine. As in most states, .08 is considered legally drunk in California. The sheriff department also said Hilton had a fraudulent driver's license.

If convicted of the DUI charges, Barron faces a jail sentence and would lose his license for one year. His sister served 22 days in jail in 2007 after a conviction of driving on a suspended license. That followed a DUI conviction in 2006.