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Lindsay Lohan Going to Jail for Violating Probation

By Neil Shouse, Esq.

A Beverly Hills Judge sentenced actress Lindsay Lohan to serve 90 days in a county jail and a consecutive 90 days at an inpatient drug/alcohol treatment center for a probation violation. This probation violation stems from a 2007 conviction for being under the influence of cocaine, DUI, and reckless driving. The judge imposed this punishment because she believed that the actress violated the terms and conditions of her California probation sentence when she didn?t attend her regularly scheduled alcohol classes, missed a May court date, repeatedly ?lied? to the court, and ?didn?t take her case seriously?. Lohan made a tearful plea in court, stating that she believed she was in compliance with her probation because she had received permission to miss and reschedule many of those classes due to her ?on location? work as an actress...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blogger on July 07, 2010 (boomark / email).