Lindsay Lohan on track to end her court odyssey in March
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner said Lohan had attended her required 12 sessions of community service at the county morgue and mandatory therapy sessions and was on pace to end probation in March if she completed her total of 60 days of community service.
"She has done it all on schedule," Sautner said Tuesday during a hearing at the Airport Courthouse. "Keep doing what you are doing. You appear to be doing it well."
Lohan must complete 15 more community service days and attend four therapy sessions by Feb. 22. Sautner said she expected the actress to have finished her morgue work and therapy by March 29.
Lohan, 25, has made more court appearances than movies in recent years since a 2007 DUI conviction and 2011 theft conviction. She has repeatedly violated probation and has been jailed five times for short periods.
But facing the prospect of a longer sentence from Sautner and experiencing an uptick in her career with a Playboy cover, she has received glowing probation reports.
At her last hearing in December, Sautner praised Lohan for fulfilling her scheduled responsibilities and said she could end her probation in February if she completed her community service early.
Last year, Lohan pleaded guilty to the theft of a necklace from a Venice jewelry store. But she violated probation by missing therapy appointments and required workdays at the Downtown Women's Center.
Sautner sentenced Lohan to 30 days in jail and ordered her to complete her community service at the morgue, where she is working as a janitor. She spent less than five hours in custody.
In the last couple of mo! nths, Lo han has appeared to be back on track.
"Miss Lohan, you have actually done your work," Sautner told her at the December hearing. "You are doing well, and I would like to see it continue."
Sautner's tone in recent hearings has been far removed from the frustration she expressed in October. Last fall, Lohan admitted in court that she had violated probation by missing required workdays and appointments.
She missed 12 of the 20 scheduled workdays at the Downtown Women's Center that were imposed in May, when she pleaded guilty to the necklace theft.
Lohan also canceled 14 of 19 scheduled appointments for court-ordered psychotherapy, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the case but not authorized to discuss it.
Sautner had warned Lohan that if she failed to meet the terms of her probation, she would be returned to jail for 270 days.
Lohan is required to report to the court each month and was seen last week visiting probation staff.