Gabor Did Shelter Duty, Letter Says

Convicted cop-slapper Zsa-Zsa Gabor has completed the 120 hours of community service at a shelter for homeless women required by her sentence, according to a letter filed with the Beverly Hills Municipal Court on Friday.

But the goulash is still on the fire.

Deputy Dist. Atty. Elden Fox, who heads the district attorney’s Beverly Hills office, has his doubts about whether the actress has indeed followed the court’s order.

The note of compliance was signed by Vera Davis, executive director of LIEU-CAP (Low Income Elderly United Community Assistance), which runs the shelter. Although the celebrity spent only about 50 hours at the facility, she worked off the balance in activities approved by Davis, according to her publicist, Phil Paladino.

Gabor has planned an extravagant benefit auction for the shelter to be held at her Bel-Air mansion June 8.

“She is going to be with those ladies for the rest of her life,” Paladino said.

Fox, however, questioned whether Gabor had fulfilled her sentence, which stemmed from her highly publicized slapping of a Beverly Hills policeman during a traffic stop.

“Her community service was to be performed ‘at’ or ‘in,’ not merely ‘for,’ the Venice shelter,” Fox said, adding that he intends to pursue the matter. He said Gabor was supposed to be working in a “ministerial” capacity outside camera range, not gaining more notoriety by hosting a fund-raiser.

Paladino said the fund-raiser was neither Gabor’s idea nor her effort to get out of working at the shelter, explaining: “When she reported for work there, Davis told her, ‘Honey, I don’t need you to clean toilets. We only get $31,000 a year and we can’t stay open.’ ”

Gabor already has donated proceeds from several public appearances to the group, he said, and hopes to raise about $500,000 at the auction.

Fox said Beverly Hills Municipal Judge Charles G. Rubin will require LIEU-CAP to verify the number of hours Gabor actually was physically present and working.

The Hungarian-born actress, a popular staple of the talk-show circuit, was convicted last year of three misdemeanor counts--slapping a Beverly Hills police officer who stopped her Rolls-Royce, driving without a license and possessing an open flask of Jack Daniels.