Lindsay Lohan House Arrest: Actress Faces Jail Time, Again, If She Turns Down Deal

By IBTimes Staff Reporter | March 11 2013 8:34 AM

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    The wayward actress makes it to her Los Angeles court date Wednesday, despite allegedly expressing being "too sick" to appear.

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Lindsay Lohan was reportedly offered a house arrest deal but the actress is considering refusing the plea bargain, meaning she could face jail time. Again.

According to TMZ, prosecutors offered Lohan the option of 90 days under house arrest for a June car accident where she was charged with reckless driving, lying to the police and violating her probation. TMZ said the plea bargain from the Santa Monica City Attorney and the L.A. City Attorney would keep the 26-year-old actress out of jail.

However, Lohan said she will not accept any punishment because she believes she did no wrong. Her lawyer, Mark Heller, said Lohan will inevitably accept house arrest, but for less than 90 days, TMZ reported.

TMZ added that Lohans rejection of house arrest will increase her chances that the case will go to trial, with a 75 percent chance she will appear in court on March 18.

Lohans latest legal troubles stems from an accident on June 8 when the actress smashed her Porsche into a truck in Santa Monica, Calif. At the time, Loha! n pleaded not guilty to the charge, telling police she was not driving at the time of the crash. She was eventually charged with three misdemeanors: reckless driving, lying to the police and obstructing police.

The judge also revoked her probation, which Lohan received for jewelry theft in 2011. Lohan was supposed to serve time in jail, but was released to serve house arrest because of overcrowding and good behavior. She ended up serving a 35-day house arrest at her Venice, Calif. home in May 2011 for stealing the $2,500 necklace.

According to TMZ, Lohan faces 19 months in jail plus 245 days for probation violation if she is convicted for the crash.

Reuters reported Lohan will appear in court on March 18, though Heller had asked her trial be pushed back to April, a request Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Dabney rejected. Thats when, according to the report, the actress will turn down the plea bargain.

In January, Lohan was offered a six-month rehab lockdown by prosecutors, which she turned down as well.

Lindsay Lohan is the star of the upcoming film, The Canyons, alongside porn star James Deen, directed by Paul Schrader and written by Brett Easton Ellis.