Lindsay Lohan to Spend the Holidays in Rehab
Lindsay Lohan won't be going back to jail, but she
will be spending the holidays in rehab. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden Fox spared the 'Mean Girls' actress from more jail time on Friday, but instead ordered the troubled star back to the Betty Ford Center until Jan. 3. Fox was determining whether Lohan violated her probation in September when she tested positive for cocaine and Adderall in a pair of random drug screenings.
"There's nothing better than a train wreck for a celebrity and I'm not going to have one in this case," Fox told Lohan and her attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, who argued that "relapse is a part of recovery" and that Lohan "would like to remain [at Betty Ford] and continue her treatment."
Fox said that if Lohan doesn't shape up, she's going to destroy a promising career. He said he is trying to provide Lohan with a real chance at sobriety and that remaining at Betty Ford through the holidays is crucial. "You're staying past the New Year's -- there's a reason for that," Fox said.
A prosecutor had wanted a six-month jail sentence for the star, but Fox opted for rehab after reviewing filings from rehab officials and a letter by Lohan herself. She cried after hearing the sentence and was escorted out by eight deputies to a waiting van. Before she could leave, an onlooker threw gold confetti on the star.
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Upon leaving rehab on Jan. 3, Lohan will have to submit to periodic drug and alcohol testing until her next scheduled court date on Feb. 25.
Lohan arrived at the Beverly Hills courthouse Friday morning at about 8AM with her attorney and mother by her side. A few hours earlier, she left a live-in rehab facility in Southern California, where she has been since
late September.
On Sept. 24, Lohan was
denied bail and taken into custody after failing a pair of drug tests following her release from an inpatient rehab stay at UCLA Medical Center. Judge Fox reportedly issued the order without hearing arguments from Lohan's lawyers, and within hours another judge overturned the ruling and the starlet was released on bail.
Lohan was behind bars during those hours due to an admitted relapse: She failed two crucial drug tests, for cocaine and illegal Adderall use.
She was released from court-ordered rehab at UCLA Medical Center on Aug. 24 after only 22 days. Judge Marsha Revel sentenced Lohan to 90 days in jail and a 90-day inpatient rehabilitation program on July 6 for violating her probation in a 2007 DUI case. She ended up serving only 14 days due to good behavior and overcrowding at the jail.
Friday's hearing was Lohan's fifth court appearance since May. Her legal woes began in May 2007 when she was arrested following a minor car accident and charged with DUI. Just two months later, she was taken into custody for suspicion of drunk driving and cocaine possession.
Following her first DUI, Lohan spent 84 minutes in jail after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of being under the influence of cocaine and no contest to two counts of driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 percent and one count of reckless driving.
Lohan's recent court troubles have put her career on hold. She missed opportunities to promote her role in the film 'Machete' because she was in jail and rehab. Her next starring role is supposed to be in a biopic about porn actress Linda Lovelace, though filming has yet to begin on the project and will have to be further delayed in light of Lohan's rehab sentence.
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Lindsay Lohan exits a probation violation hearing at Beverly Hills Courthouse after learning that she must return to rehab for the rest of the year. More Pics >>
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(FILES) Dated July 20, 2010 filed photo shows Lindsay Lohan arrives to begin her 90 day jail sentence at the Beverly Hills Courthouse, California. Troubled Hollywood starlet Lindsay Lohan has failed a drugs test and could face being thrown back behind bars for breaching her bail terms, reports said September 17, 2010. The star, who was released from rehab last month after serving just three weeks of a six-month jail sentence over a drunk-driving case, failed the test for cocaine last week, said People magazine and the TMZ celebrity news agency. AFP PHOTO / Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)
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FILE - In this July 20, 2010 file photo, Lindsay Lohan listens during a court hearing in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/ Los Angeles Times, Al Seib, pool)
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Lindsay Lohan is seen shopping on Robertson Blvd. on September 15, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - September, 15 2010 Los Angeles, CA United States September 15, 2010 Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage.com To license this image (61684119), contact WireImage.com
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Lindsay Lohan is seen shopping on Robertson Blvd. on September 15, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - September, 15 2010 Los Angeles, CA United States September 15, 2010 Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage.com To license this image (61684114), contact WireImage.com
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Lindsay Lohan is seen shopping on Robertson Blvd. on September 15, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - September, 15 2010 Los Angeles, CA United States September 15, 2010 Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage.com To license this image (61684124), contact WireImage.com
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Lindsay Lohan is seen shopping on Robertson Blvd. on September 15, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. Celebrity Sightings In Los Angeles - September, 15 2010 Los Angeles, CA United States September 15, 2010 Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage.com To license this image (61684111), contact WireImage.com
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Lindsay Lohan tried on a couple different hats, but left her bra at home. The star was dressed in black, on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 X17online.com exclusive
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Lindsay Lohan tried on a couple different hats, but left her bra at home. The star was dressed in black, on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 X17online.com exclusive
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Lindsay Lohan tried on a couple different hats, but left her bra at home. The star was dressed in black, on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 X17online.com exclusive
Lindsay Lohan Snapshots
Lindsay Lohan tried on a couple different hats, but left her bra at home. The star was dressed in black, on Wednesday, September 15, 2010 X17online.com exclusive
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Let this be a lesson the those wanna be s who are thinking about drugs . Nothing more then an addiction trap. I feel for Lohan . A girl who thinks she knows everything and knows nothing.She's in a trap . It may cost her her life if she continues this behavior. Jails, institutions and death . She already has 2 of the 3. She needs to be impatient for a long time.
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If she does any time in jail, I'll eat a bug.
LOCK HER UP....PLEASE!!!!!
You mean "inpatient" ?
Totally true.
i say let her do as much drugs as she can ingest. after all ya never know whats enough until ya had too much
I am a firm believer that the punishment shoudl fit the crime and really the only person Lindsay has hurt thus far is herself (and would someone please stop her from having any more botox or whatever she is putting in her lips!). Rehab is the worst punishment for someone who is out of control with an addiction because they can't get to the stuff they want. I just wish she would get "it" because she could be a great actress if only she would get clean and stay clean. To those who say she should go to jail for years, you are idiots. We don't have room in our jails for all the people who screw up like Lindsay has, we need the jails for the rapists, bank robbers, ponzi schemers, child molesters - the BAD GUYS (and yeah they are both sexes!).
why are you saying 'poor thing' ? she has it made....most people that have done what she (and Paris) have done are still doing hard time. I don't feel sorry for her at all. She has not begun to get what she deserves.
You mean just another human-being that truly knows nothing and that life is just one big testing ground for all.
she does need jail time , if this was us just joe blow or mrs mo off the street we be doing jail time right now. The judge is really unfair prosecuting someone other than a movie star they would throw the book at you but OHHHHHHHHHH no a movie star lets just slap your pretty little dainty hands and tell you dont do it again. But OOOOOOOOOOOH NO it happen again and lets slap it again and again . Get a life lohan you no beter than anyone else that is joe blow off the street or mrs mo and you should be ashamed of yourself.
She should be jailed for being annoying.
Arthur, I trust you meant "inpatient" as much as impatient is a definite emotion of the process. You put this whole situation into a simple paragraph. I'm 50, graduated HS in 1980. 1st rehab was 1981, car accidents, fast forward 4 more rehabs. The best I did perfectly clean was 7 yrs. I don't have the celebrity problem, and I can see that playing a major role here. I really feel for her. I am torn between feeling her privacy has been violated, then my other shoulder thinks this is the taste of "tough love" medicine. I doubt she'll read this, but to anyone else out there. I truly wish I never "tried" partying. Pot is a gateway drug, alcohol and cigarettes are too. All three are easy to get. You who haven't "tried"..DONT TRY!!! It sucks to be an addict.
You said it right, I also don't feel relaps is a part of recovery I have been sober alsmost 12 years and never had the desire or need to have a slip.....I surrendered knowing where I would end up...Lindsay seems to think she is invincable to this She needs to Keep her Butt right where she is for a long time. I was also told SIT DOWN~SHUT UP & LISTEN!!!!! I knew nothing and am still a work in progress one day at a time!!!!
God Bless
What a joke, She will learn nothing, All she has gotten is a slap on the hand and a bunch of threats
If she actually benefits from rehab it will be a positive in her life but with the people she considers "friends" I predict she will relapse. All it takes is one DUI to kill herself or some innocent driver on the road. And then the celebrity funeral with everyone saying what a tragic loss. She should spend some time in jail before returning to Betty Ford. It's a country club with no restrictions on visitors.
Enough of this bull, lock her up and punish her for braking the LAW. Why should she get any privelages. An ordinary person would have been locked up and punished, no question. Equal rights for everyone I say. You break the rules you pay for it....Whip her good she needs it. Real good example for aur young ladies to set?
Judge Fox is giving the Justice system a bad name. If he did this to all the druggies OK but Lohan has him wrapped around her finger. I violate my parole ... my butt's in jail! Poor Linsay indeed. If (when) she dies, he will have to bear some of the responsibility. He's playing psychologist and he's not doing too good a job playing judge.
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I feel that she shouldet atleast 5 years without parole as all she has done is Disrespect our court system, because of money ect. she thinks she can do anything she wants no matter what. If a normal status person did what she has done tyey would of gotten atleast 10 years. Its time that the JUDGE GROWS A PAIR, and gives her the time that she should get.
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