Lindsay Lohan 'needs rehab now'

Lindsay Lohan's father Michael is desperate for his daughter to seek treatment.

The 26-year-old actress is facing up to 245 days in jail for violating her probation. Lohan is also facing assault charges in New York City in a separate case for apparently punching a woman in a nightclub.

She is also riddled with financial woes, as she apparently owes the IRS hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes and it is claimed she is broke.

Her father attempted to stage an intervention at Lindsay's Beverly Hills home in October, but failed.

He still believes his daughter needs to extricate herself from the bad people surrounding her and submit to rehab for the fifth time.

"If people would stop taking her money she wouldn't have an issue," Michael Lohan told Radar Online.

"Regardless, the cost of rehab has been taken care of IF she wants or agrees to go in!

"I believe she wants it, now the ball is in her court! I will arrange for the RIGHT treatment and programme, for as long as it takes, which is six months or more!

"Her attorney, David Feldman, with the help of world renowned interventionist, Earl Hightower, has arranged for treatment as well, along with Dr. Drew Pinsky's long term commitment to do the same!

"Either I will get her attention or God will! As it's said, I will cry out from the mountain tops until I am heard!"

- Fairfax NZ News