Lindsay Lohan cuffed for blowing off community service, may face jail again
Lindsay Lohan appears to wipe away a tear in court before being taken into custody by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies after a judge found her in violation of probation Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Attorney Shawn Chapman Holley, left, reacts as her client, Lindsay Lohan, is taken into custody by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies after a judge found her in violation of probation Wednesday in Los Angeles. Lohan did not show up at her community service commitment. (AP Photo)
LOS ANGELES A judge revoked Lindsay Lohans probation Wednesday and she was led away in handcuffs, after the actress was ousted from a community service assignment at a womens shelter.
She was released a short time later from Airport Courthouse after $100,000 bail was posted, according to her spokesman, Steve Honig.
Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner hammered Lohan during a tense proceeding Wednesday and urged her to complete a minimum of 16 hours of her community service at the county morgue before her next scheduled hearing Nov. 2.
At that time, Sautner will decide whether Lohan should serve her fifth stint behind bars. Lohan was released early because of jail overcrowding four previous times.
There has been violation after violation, Sautner said.
Were dealing with someone on probation, said Lohans attorney, Shawn Holley. Most people on probation dont always do things perfe! ctly.
A city prosecutor recommended jail time, but Sautner put that decision off until next months hearing, when Lohans probation officer and other officials will testify about her efforts to complete her sentence.
If jail meant something in the state of California now, maybe Id put her in jail, Sautner said.
The development marked the latest legal problem for the 25-year-old Lohan, who was given probation for a 2007 drunken-driving case and a misdemeanor theft case this year.
Lindsay is hoping this matter will be resolved on Nov. 2 and the court will reinstate probation and allow her to continue fulfilling her community service, Honig said. Continued...
Lohan had been ordered in April to serve 360 hours at the Downtown Womens Center, an agency that helps homeless women. Nine of Lohans appointments at the center were just blown off and she showed up once and left after an hour, Sautner said.
Lohan has since started serving hours with the American Red Cross, but Sautner said that would not count because it was not part of her sentence.
During the roughly 40-minute proceeding, the judge admonished Lohan for failing to show up for her four-hour appointments at the womens center and for taking six months to complete a court-ordered Shoplifters Anonymous course.
The judge also questioned how Lohan could have complied with her court-ordered weekly psychological counseling when she was traveling in Europe from Sept. 9 to Oct. 5.
I dont know how she did that in person every week, said Sautner.
Lohan, aside from a role in last years film Machete, has seen her acting career evaporate in recent years. She has been in perpetual trouble since May 2010.
Another judge determined she violated her probation in the drunken-driving case and sentenced her to jail and rehab. She faltered after being released early from a rehab facility and was sent to t! he Betty Ford Center, where she got in an altercation with a rehab worker who later sued.
Within weeks of her release from Betty Ford, Lohan was accused of taking a $2,500 necklace without permission from an upscale jewelry store near her home in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Sautner determined the January incident constituted a probation violation, and Lohan was ordered to undergo psychological counseling and perform 480 hours of community service, with 120 hours to be spent at the morgue.
Lohan later pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge in the theft case and served 35 days of a four-month sentenced on house arrest.
Lindsay Lohan appears to wipe away a tear in court before being taken into custody by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies after a judge found her in violation of probation Wednesday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo)
Attorney Shawn Chapman Holley, left, reacts as her client, Lindsay Lohan, is taken into custody by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies after a judge found her in violation of probation Wednesday in Los Angeles. Lohan did not show up at her community service commitment. (AP Photo)
LOS ANGELES A judge revoked Lindsay Lohans probation Wednesday and she was led away in handcuffs, after the actress was ousted from a community service assignment at a womens shelter.
She was released a short time later from Airport Courthouse after $100,0! 00 bail was posted, according to her spokesman, Steve Honig.
Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner hammered Lohan during a tense proceeding Wednesday and urged her to complete a minimum of 16 hours of her community service at the county morgue before her next scheduled hearing Nov. 2.
At that time, Sautner will decide whether Lohan should serve her fifth stint behind bars. Lohan was released early because of jail overcrowding four previous times.
There has been violation after violation, Sautner said.
Were dealing with someone on probation, said Lohans attorney, Shawn Holley. Most people on probation dont always do things perfectly.
A city prosecutor recommended jail time, but Sautner put that decision off until next months hearing, when Lohans probation officer and other officials will testify about her efforts to complete her sentence.
If jail meant something in the state of California now, maybe Id put her in jail, Sautner said.
The development marked the latest legal problem for the 25-year-old Lohan, who was given probation for a 2007 drunken-driving case and a misdemeanor theft case this year.
Lindsay is hoping this matter will be resolved on Nov. 2 and the court will reinstate probation and allow her to continue fulfilling her community service, Honig said.
Lohan had been ordered in April to serve 360 hours at the Downtown Womens Center, an agency that helps homeless women. Nine of Lohans appointments at the center were just blown off and she showed up once and left after an hour, Sautner said.
Lohan has since started serving hours with the American Red Cross, but Sautner said that would not count because it was not part of her sentence.
During the roughly 40-minute proceeding, the judge admonished Lohan for failing to show up for her four-hour appointments at the womens center and for taking six months to complete a court-ordered Shoplifters Anonymous course.
The judge also questioned how Lohan could have complied with her court-ord! ered wee kly psychological counseling when she was traveling in Europe from Sept. 9 to Oct. 5.
I dont know how she did that in person every week, said Sautner.
Lohan, aside from a role in last years film Machete, has seen her acting career evaporate in recent years. She has been in perpetual trouble since May 2010.
Another judge determined she violated her probation in the drunken-driving case and sentenced her to jail and rehab. She faltered after being released early from a rehab facility and was sent to the Betty Ford Center, where she got in an altercation with a rehab worker who later sued.
Within weeks of her release from Betty Ford, Lohan was accused of taking a $2,500 necklace without permission from an upscale jewelry store near her home in the Venice neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Sautner determined the January incident constituted a probation violation, and Lohan was ordered to undergo psychological counseling and perform 480 hours of community service, with 120 hours to be spent at the morgue.
Lohan later pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge in the theft case and served 35 days of a four-month sentenced on house arrest.