Lauryn Hill Allowed To Tour Before Sentence Ends, Federal Judge Rules

The group -- roughly 40 senior citizens from around the world -- was allowed to return to the Old Faithful Inn to spend a second night at the hotel, but some with limited English skills thought they were under arrest, she said. Vaillancourt said the guards looked like armed "Hulk Hogans" who told group members they couldnt leave the hotel and that some of the Asians guests said, Oh my God, are we under arrest? The federal government owns the inn but it is run by private contractor Xanterra Parks & Resorts, said Tom Mesereau, who handles public relations for the company. He also said inn staff was not aware of anyone being held inside under armed guard. A recorded message on the Yellowstone National Park phone line said officials could not be reached because they had been furloughed in the slimdown.

The tourists were treated harshly by armed park employees, she said, so much so that some of the foreign tourists with limited English skills thought they were under arrest. When finally allowed to leave, the bus was not allowed to halt at all along the 2.5-hour trip out of the park, not even to stop at private bathrooms that were open along the route. When the seniors exited the bus, they were not allowed to take pictures of a herd of bison: The bus stopped along a road when a large herd of bison passed nearby, and seniors filed out to take photos.

| Getty Get Entertainment Newsletters: Subscribe Follow: Lauryn Hill , Lauryn Hill Jail Sentence , Lauryn Hill Allowed To Tour Before Sentence Ends , Lauryn Hill Jail , Lauryn Hill Tour , Madeline Cox Arleo , Nathan Hochman , Entertainment News NEWARK, N.J. -- NEWARK, N.J. (AP) A federal judge in New Jersey is allowing Lauryn Hill to go on tour before completing her sentence on a tax conviction. Attorney Nathan Hochman says Hill has been permitted to work during the last six weeks of this year before finishing the balance of her three-month home detention. Hill pleaded guilty last year to failing to pay taxes on more than $1.5 million earned from 2005 to 2007.