Paris & Playmate Light Up at World Cup

US socialite Paris Hilton and a former Playboy Playmate appeared in a World Cup Court in Port Elizabeth early on Saturday morning on charges of cannabis possession.

"The charges have been withdrawn by the State, step down please," Magistrate Xolile Dlulisa told Hilton, 29, shortly after midnight. She then left court 19 by a side door.

Her co-accused, Jennifer Rovero, 31, Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July 1999, was fined R1000 (roughly $120) or 30 days in prison after she pleaded guilty to possession of one marijuana cigarette.

The magistrate said he had considered various options, but thought the sentence was appropriate. The offence she had committed was "rife" in the Eastern Cape.