Conrad Hilton appeared in court on Tuesday after turning himself in over terror flight from London to Los Angeles last July
Hilton family attorney Robert Shapiro confirmed the 20-year-old 'took a sleeping pill before the flight and wasn't himself'
He also checked into a 30 day rehab program immediately after the flight
Hilton said on the flight his family paid $300k for a similar plane incident in the past, this after threaning to kill the crew
The first words Hilton said outside the courthouse were to a photographer, telling the man 'You're a scumbag'
He was released on $100,000 bail and was forced to surrender his passport and remain in California with his next court appearance scheduled for March
By Karen Mizoguchi for MailOnline
Conrad Hilton Jr appeared in a Los Angeles court on Tuesday, nearly seven months after 'going insane' on an international flight back in July.
The 20-year-old little brother of Paris Hilton created a raucous scene aboard an airplane while flying from London to LA, as he allegedly 'screamed and threatened flight attendants' yelling profane statements such as 'I will f**king own anyone on this flight; they are f**king peasants.'
Hilton and his team are blaming his behavior on a sleeping pill and hoping that his recent stint in rehab will prove him to be a changed man.
This as Hilton left the courthouse with a smug smile on his face before looking at one photographer and telling him; 'You're a scumbag.'
The judge released Hilton on $100,000 bail, but forced him to surrender his passport and remain in the state of Californian until his next court appearance in March.
Conrad - who is the grandson of famed hotel billionaire Conrad Hilton Sr - was 'ferociously punching the bulkhead of the plane, ten centimeters from a flight attendant's face' and 'went berserk causing children on the plane to cry.'
Witnesses revealed to the gossip site that he was yelling offensive blurbs such as 'If you wanna square up to me bro, then bring it and I will f**king fight you' and 'I will f**king rip through you and kill you.'
Also many on the same flight believed Conrad was smoking marijuana as they noticed a 'smell of weed seeping out of the bathroom.'
When Conrad fell asleep, 'the captain authorized crew members to restrain him to his seat for the descent and he was ultimately handcuffed to his seat.'
This was not the first time, the young hotel heir had caused a disturbance on a plane.
Another source told the site: 'Conrad grabbed a flight attendant's 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 $300k last time.'
His father, Rick Hilton, has built a commercial real estate empire with his real estate brokerage company Hilton & Hyland and has an estimated net worth of $300m.
The Hilton family's attorney, Robert Shapiro confirmed to the gossip site that 'Conrad took a sleeping pill before the flight and wasn't himself.'
In documents obtained by TMZ, Conrad 'admitted to taking a sleeping pill before the flight and then bragged that he "buried" flight attendants' by telling the crew that he 'could get all of their jobs taken away in less than 30 seconds.'
In his client's defense, Shapiro said there are 'numerous news reports and cases of people experiencing adverse effects including aggressive outbursts.'
Barbara Leake recalls her family's night of terror surrounded by flood waters.
By REBECCA BERRY
Jan. 29, 2015, 9:20 p.m.
Growing up on a farm at Oakhampton Road, Maitland was a carefree, happy adventure for the Hill family siblings.
Barbara Leake and her family were forced to endure a night in the ceiling as the floodwaters climbed up the walls.
But as Barbara Hill (now Leake) recalled, everything the family owned was lost in the February 1955 Maitland flood.
At that time, Mrs Leake was 14-years-old, the oldest of four children, and unlike their experience in the 1949 Maitland flood, they had no idea what was about to rain upon them.
“Mum decided to stay at the house despite being told to get out,” Mrs Leake said.
“She thought it would be safe because in 1949 the house had two feet six inches of water inside and she decided we would stay and sweep out the water and mud as it came in and everything would go back to normal fairly quickly.
“But this time it was quite different – the water came in up to the ceiling.
“We had stacked the furniture but we were unable to save a thing, there was nothing left in our house.”
The Hill family decided to go across the road to higher ground and to the safety of a neighbour’s veranda, and then on the roof.
“As a teenager I remember thinking this is a bit of excitement, watching water go by, bloated cows and hay bales.
“Then it got serious. We had been sitting on the verandah with our neighbours, the Braziers, when we were told to alert some older neighbours about a quarter of a mile walk up the road.
“The water was up to our ankles at first and by the time we got back to the Braziers, the water was up to our knees and rising quickly.
“Dad got a ladder so we could all climb onto the roof. There were 17 people on top of a weatherboard house.
“The house started to rock under the force of the water. We had to climb across the ladder onto a brick house next door. I went first and held the ladder for everyone else.
“Mum had packed her basket with bread, corned meat and a torch and it fell into the water. She was not happy about it.
“By this time it was raining and dark so we removed a sheet of iron, climbed into the roof cavity and sat on the rafters for the night.”
It was a scary time for all and Mrs Leake will never forget the roar of the flood waters and houses being washed away.
“We had no idea what was coming. The water came in like an ocean, in waves.
“These are childhood memories for me and when I think it about now it must have been hard on Mum and Dad. They had four children to keep safe, they lost all their possessions, it was pretty horrific, then they had to start again.”
Everyone in that roof top survived and all were rescued the next day by a surf club boat which tore through the raging water to get everyone to safety.
The Hill family was taken to Cobbs Hill near Maitland Hospital.
Mrs Leake remembered staying at her grandmother’s house in Bulwer Street, Maitland for the next six weeks, where there had been no flood damage because it is the highest part of the city of Maitland.
“Mum and Dad left Oakhampton after that. They bought a house in Brooks Street, Telarah and later moved to Lorn.
“I was doing my intermediate certificate at the time at St Mary’s Dominican Convent in Maitland but because it had been flood damaged we had to attend school at Monte Pio at Campbell’s Hill, until St Mary’s was cleaned up.
“I will never forget how I wrote about my experience in the flood and I received a good mark for it, although the teacher did not believe it was a true story at the time.
“But I lived through it, along with a lot of others who did not go back to Oakhampton Road.”
The Hill family home still stands in Oakhampton Road. The road was lined with houses in 1955 but many were washed away or demolished after the flood.