LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan sported a new accessory Wednesday after a judge revoked her probation: Handcuffs. The actress was taken into custody after Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner revoked her probation because she was ousted from a community service assignment at a women’s shelter.
“There has been violation after violation,” Sautner said.Bail was set at $100,000. Lindsay Lohan’s spokesman Steve Honig said it was immediately posted and the actress was later released from Airport Courthouse.
“We’re dealing with someone on probation,” said Lindsay Lohan’s attorney, Shawn Holley. “Most people on probation don’t always do things perfectly.”
A city prosecutor recommended jail time, but Sautner set a Nov. 2 hearing to decide whether Lindsay Lohan should serve another stint behind bars, where she has been sent four previous times only to be released early due to jail overcrowding.
Lindsay Lohan Probation Revoked HANDCUFFED in Court
“If jail meant something in the state of California now, maybe I’d put her in jail,” Sautner said.The development marked the latest legal problem for the 25-year-old Lindsay Lohan, who was given probation for a 2007 drunken driving case and a misdemeanor theft case this year.
“Lindsay is hoping this matter will be resolved on Nov. 2 and the court will reinstate probation and allow her to continue fulfilling her community service,” Honig said.Lindsay Lohan had been ordered in April to serve 360 hours at the Downtown Women’s Center, an agency that helps homeless women. Nine of Lindsay Lohan’s appointments at the center were “just blown off” and she “showed up once and left after an hour,” Sautner said.Lindsay Lohan has since started serving hours with the American Red Cross, but Sautner said that would not count because it was not part of her sentence.
Lindsay Lohan had been ordered in April to serve 360 hours at the Downtown Women’s Center, an agency that helps homeless women. Sautner said nine of Lindsay Lohan’s appointments at the centre were “just blown off” and she “showed up once and left after an hour.”Lindsay Lohan has since started serving hours with the American Red Cross, but Sautner said that would not count because it was not part of her sentence.
“We’re dealing with someone on probation,” said Lindsay Lohan’s attorney, Shawn Holley. “Most people on probation don’t always do things perfectly.”
Lindsay Lohan, aside from a role in last year’s film Machete, has seen her acting career evaporate in recent years. She has been in perpetual trouble since May 2010.The judge, however, admitted that jail is not really a place for Lindsay Lohan because that is now where felons are being sent by the state. The judge said that if the actress does make bail, she must perform two days a week of her 120 hours’ community service at the morgue.
The actress rarely appeared at a women’s shelter for the 360 hours of required service and never showed up at the coroner’s office, where she was supposed to complete another 120 hours.
The judge said she never approved of Lindsay Lohan performing community service with the American Red Cross rather than the women’s shelter and those hours won’t count toward her sentence.
Lindsay Lohan’s attorney, Shawn Holley, said the actress “had to earn a living to support herself and her family” and her opportunities are in Europe.