Paris Hilton’s youngest brother, Conrad, has reached a plea deal over accusations that he threatened to kill British Airways cabin crew on a flight from London.
According to reports by CNN and other US media, Hilton, aged 20, will plead guilty to a misdemeanor assault against the flight crew in exchange for a federal felony charge being dropped.
He is due to appear in federal court today.
Hilton, the great-grandson of the founder of the Hilton hotel empire (also called Conrad), was initially charged with a felony with a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
The misdemeanor charge carries a prison sentence of up to six months and a fine of at least $5,000.
Hilton, on BA’s Flight 269 to Los Angeles on July 31 last year, allegedly called other passengers ‘f***ing peasants’ and accused one passenger of ‘giving him a stink-eye’, before threatening to kill and bury a member of the cabin crew.
He allegedly grabbed a flight attendant by the shirt and said: "I could get you all fired in five minutes. I know your boss. My father will pay this out, he has done it before. Dad paid $300,000 last time."
Hilton was allegedly upset following his break-up with a girlfriend and wanted to smoke marijuana.
According to court documents, at one point he went to a toilet and the smell of marijuana wafted out.
His behaviour frightened passengers on the flight, even causing a child to cry.
Cabin crew eventually managed to restrain him after he fell asleep.
