Lindsay Lohan: "My Life Has Become Completely Unmanageable"

US actor Lindsay Lohan has admitted she is addicted to alcohol and drugs after today being sentenced to 24 hours in prison for drink-driving.

Lohan will also serve 10 days of community service and complete a drug treatment program under the deal reached overnight at the Beverly Hills Superior Court.

"She's getting what everyone else would get," Los Angeles deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers said after an hour-long hearing.

Lohan was charged with seven misdemeanour counts following her twin drink-driving arrests.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said Lohan faced two counts each of driving under the influence, driving with excessive alcohol and being under the influence of cocaine.

The 21-year-old star of Herbie Fully Loaded and Georgia Rule also faced one count of reckless driving.

But Lohan, who has been enrolled in an intensive program at a Utah rehabilitation centre since her second arrest in July, was spared felony drug possession charges which could have led to a substantial prison sentence.

The district attorney's office said that while Lohan had been found in possession of cocaine at both of her arrests in May and July, the amounts involved were below the 0.05 grams required for felony charges.

Lohan released a statement today admitting she was "addicted to alcohol and drugs", Entertainment Tonight reported

"It is clear to me that my life has become completely unmanageable because I am addicted to alcohol and drugs. Recently, I relapsed and did things for which I am ashamed. I broke the law, and today I took responsibility by pleading guilty to the charges in my case.

"No matter what I said when I was under the influence on the day I was arrested, I am not blaming anyone else for my conduct other than myself. I thank God I did not injure others. I easily could have.

"I very much want to be healthy and gain control of my life and career and have asked for medical help in doing so. I am taking these steps to improve my life. Luckily, I am not alone in my daily struggle and I know that people like me have succeeded. Maybe with time it will become easier. I hope so."

Lohan was first arrested on May 26 after smashing her Mercedes into a curb in Beverly Hills before being accused of driving under the influence.

Within days, Lohan had enrolled in a detox program at the Promises rehabilitation centre in Malibu.

It was her second stint in rehab of 2007; she was admitted for treatment in January after reportedly being discovered passed out in a hotel corridor following the Golden Globes awards.

However, within days of leaving rehab, Lohan was arrested for drink-driving again when she was stopped in Santa Monica on July 24.

Lohan was alleged to have chased the mother of her personal assistant, who called police to report the incident.

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Lindsay Lohan Returns Back Home - The Rehab

It's been reported that Lindsay Lohan has checked into rehab again - for the third time this year. Lindsay Lohan has apparently gone to Utah to check into the Cirque Lodge rehab facility in Sundance, Utah, to battle her ongoing addictions to alcohol, drugs, making useless films, acting like a dickhead all the time and having funny-coloured public hairs. As yet details of Lindsay Lohan's newest rehab visit are unclear, so as yet we aren't able to tell you if Lindsay Lohan has entered the Utah rehab facility to finally get tough on herself or if she's heard the urban myth that says if you go to one rehab centre in each US state you're allowed as much confiscated rehab cocaine as you can cram into your trouser pockets.
OK, OK, we know we said yesterday that Lindsay Lohan was staying in Long Island with her family, but that appears to have been a fat load of bollocks. In reality the truth is a little more newsworthy - Lindsay Lohan's only gone off to rehab again. It's a brave move for Lindsay Lohan, and one that proves that she's as determined to iron out her problems as she was the last two times that she's been to rehab this year, although hopefully without the bit afterwards where she nauses everything up like a wazzock.
Because - as well you all know - Lindsay Lohan has tried out this rehab game before. In January Lindsay Lohan went to rehab even though she was adamant that she didn't need to. And rehab fixed all of Lindsay Lohan's problems, apart from the one about getting drunk, possibly taking cocaine and driving cars into shrubs. That incident sparked off Lindsay Lohan's second rehab stay of the year in May, which she took more seriously - joining an extended rehab program and leaving with an alcohol monitoring bracelet on her ankle.
And this second rehab stint fixed all of Lindsay Lohan's problems, apart from the about getting drunk and chasing cars about with cocaine in your trousers until an arrest happens. Because that's what happened days after Lindsay Lohan was released from rehab. And, even though Lindsay Lohan says she's innocent, she's still likely to face a jail sentence for her repeated DUIness unless some pretty drastic measures are taken. And that means - you guessed it - going to rehab again. The Daily Dish reports:
Lindsay Lohan has reportedly checked into rehab in Utah. The actress, who disappeared from the limelight following her second drunk-driving arrest in three months in July, has entered the Cirque Lodge alcohol rehab in Sundance, Utah, according to U.S. sources. This is the third rehab facility Lohan has checked into this year after stints at Wonderland and Promises in California. The 21-year-old star is facing two misdemeanor charges of suspicion of driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license as well as two felony charges of possession of a controlled substance and bringing contraband into a custody facility.
Nobody knows for sure why Lindsay Lohan chose to go to Utah of all places to go to rehab. Perhaps Lindsay read Town & Country magazine when it called Cirque Lodge one of the best rehab centres in America, or perhaps Lindsay figured that she'd get better faster if she stayed out of LA. Or perhaps - as we secretly suspect - Lindsay Lohan saw the hard-ass way that Gary Coleman was treated by Utah locals last week and decided that confused, violent, jello-loving small-town folk would help her battle her addictions better than anyone else.
One thing's for sure, though - when Lindsay Lohan comes out of rehab it'll only be a matter of days before she screws up again, and then she'll need to find another rehab facility to go to in another state. The smart money's on Delaware, for what it's worth.

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LINDSAY LOHAN HAVING SEX ON SCREEN

Freckled beauty Lindsay Lohan has agreed to have sex on screen to prove she's a great actress reports Digital Spy UK. The 20-year-old always swore she would never shoot a sex scene, but Chris Siverston - the director of her new movie 'I Know Who Killed Me' - persuaded her to change her mind so she would get the critical recognition she craves.

Lindsay - who plays a stripper who is kidnapped and has both her legs amputated in the movie - told Nylon magazine, "Chris Siverston is a f***ing genius. We made a deal that I will do any film he wants me to do.

"At first I was like 'I can't do this, I'm getting my leg cut off. I don't want to look like that in scenes, I want to look decent!'

"But that was just me being young and stupid. And I have my first sex scene in it, which I always said I wouldn't do.

"I wanted to do this movie so people can see that I'm a f***ing actress and I've been doing it forever and it's about time people see that. It felt so good to really get to act."

Meanwhile, Lindsay Lohan was "terrified" of playing an overtly "sexual" female in her new film.

The star - who has been romantically linked to a series of famous men and sent a text message to a male friend from rehab saying she was "craving sex" - struggled to play Rachel, a disturbed young girl who tries to seduce her stepfather, in 'Georgia Rule'.

Lindsay said, "I was really nervous when I had the scene where I had to be sexual and provocative. I was terrified.

"I cried so much when we wrapped. I haven't been able to go where Rachel goes in a movie."

The actress' character is sexually abused in the movie, and her co-star Jane Fonda - who works to prevent teenage pregnancy in Georgia - found it hard to watch.

Jane said, "I get so emotional when I see this movie, because I work with girls who have been abused. And I know how the abuse makes them act out."

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Lohan's dad released from prison

AP

The estranged father of actress Lindsay Lohan has been released from a New York state prison after serving almost two years for driving while intoxicated and other charges. Michael Lohan said now that he is a free man, he wants to repair his unsteady relationship with his 20-year-old daughter. "I'm going to wait, and when she sees I'm walking the walk, I'm hopeful she'll open the door," he told Newsday in Wednesday's editions.

He was released from Collins Correctional Facility near Buffalo on Tuesday, Linda Foglia, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections, told CBS Interactive.

Lohan had been jailed since June 30, 2005, for attempted assault and other charges.

The attempted assault charge stemmed from an attack on his brother-in-law at a party.

While awaiting sentencing, he was charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle when his car went off the road. His car struck a pole and was engulfed in flames. Lohan wasn't hurt.

Lohan told Newsday that while he was in prison, he went to Bible college and became a minister with the Assemblies of God Ministry. "I want to help people," he said. "I don't want them to fall into the same traps I did."

A message left for Lohan's lawyer was not immediately returned.

Lindsay Lohan's films include "Freaky Friday" and "Mean Girls."

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