(ABCNEWS) One would think that it would be hard to mistake cocaine for chewing gum, considering one substance is powdery, white, illegal and most commonly found in tiny plastic bags, and the other is solid, multi-colored, sold at convienience stores around the country, and often wrapped in foil.
But apparently, Paris Hilton has trouble telling the difference between the two.
According to an officer’s report, when a little white baggie fell out of the purse Hilton was carrying in Las Vegas Friday, Hilton said that “she had not seen [the bag] but now thought it was gum.”
The bag actually contained 0.8 grams of cocaine, according to People magazine, and now the 29-year-old heiress faces felony drug-possession charges, with an Oct. 27 arraignment.
Hilton maintains she didn’t put the drugs in the bag. According to the police report, she attested to owning a broken Albuterol pill, Zig Zag wrappers commonly used to smoke marijuana, and $1,300 in cash and credit cards, but said “several cosmetic items inside the purse were not hers.”
