NAMES IN THE NEWS : Gabor Tries to Outbid Sentence
Zsa Zsa Gabor hasn’t completed half the community service she was ordered to perform for slapping a policeman but is organizing a charity auction instead.
Beverly Hills Municipal Judge Paul G. Rubin, who sentenced the hot-tempered celebrity to 120 hours of work at a shelter for homeless women and children, said he may hold a hearing to decide if Gabor’s plans meet the court’s order.
That suggestion left Gabor fuming.
“That Judge Rubin, who I find utterly disgusting, thinks he was punishing me with this but he is not,” Gabor said recently at her Bel-Air home. “I have done more than he said I should--this auction has taken so many hours I can’t count them.”
Gabor, convicted of slapping Beverly Hills Police Officer Paul Kramer during a traffic stop June 14, was sentenced to the community service and three days in jail and was ordered to pay court costs and fines totaling more than $12,000.
The jail term was stayed while she appealed the conviction.
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