Lindsay Lohan charged with NYC assault and Calif. crash
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lindsay Lohan was charged Thursday with crimes in New York and Los Angeles, marking her latest setbacks as she tries to revive her career and avoid a return to jail.
Prosecutors in Santa Monica charged Lohan with three misdemeanors related to a June accident. Hours earlier, the actress was arrested and charged with third-degree assault, also a misdemeanor, after a woman was punched in a New York City nightclub.
The California charges came about six months after Lohan's Porsche crashed into the back of a dump truck. She told police her assistant was driving, but detectives now believe the actress was behind the wheel as she headed to a movie set.
In that case, Lohan, 26, was charged with lying to police, reckless driving and obstructing a police officer from performing duties.
Lohan's California attorney, Shawn Holley, did not return messages seeking comment.
In New York, her attorney Mark Heller said he expects the assault charge to be dismissed.
"Once again, Lindsay Lohan is a victim of someone trying to capture their 15 minutes of fame," Heller wrote in a statement. "From my initial investigation, I am completely confident that this case will be concluded favorably and that Lindsay will be totally exonerated."
The California charges could trigger another probation violation for Lohan, who was ordered to stay out of trouble when she was released from supervised probation in March after being convicted of the misdemeanor theft of a necklace and two DUI charges.
Since then she has been arrested twice in New York, crashed her car on Pacific Coast Highway, been treated by paramedics in her hotel room, and gotten in an argument with her mother that prompted a 911 call.
None of the events are likely what the clearly relieved actress anticipated in March when she thanked Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner, who warned the actress that she could face up to 245 days in jail if she violated her probation again.
"You need to live your life in a more mature way, stop the nightclubbing and focus on your work," Sautner said.
In recent years, Lohan has been sentenced to the Los Angeles-area women's jail five times. Most of her stays have been short due to overcrowding, and she was allowed to serve 35 days on house arrest in 2011.
Lately, Lohan has been filming two movies and doing a cameo in the latest installment of the "Scary Movie" franchise. The first film, "Liz & Dick," premiered Sunday night on Lifetime to mostly negative reviews.
She was on her way to shoot scenes for "Liz & Dick" in June when her Porsche crashed into the dump truck and the actress was briefly hospitalized. A week later, paramedics were summoned to her hotel room. Her then-publicist Steve Honig attributed the health scare to exhaustion and dehydration.
Lohan relocated to New York after finishing her work on "Liz and Dick" and a Bret Easton Ellis film titled "The Canyons" was complete.
Her arrest at 4 a.m. EST Thursday was the latest by New York police since September, when a man accused her of hitting him with her car. Prosecutors did not pursue charges.
The following month, police were called to Lohan's childhood home on Long Island after a report of a fight between her and her mother. An investigation revealed what authorities called "no criminality."
On Thursday, police said Lohan got into a spat with a woman at Club Avenue in the Chelsea area of Manhattan. The woman was punched in the face and did not require medical attention, authorities said.
It remains unclear when Lohan will return to Los Angeles. No court date was announced for the crash-related charges.
People charged with misdemeanors in California can generally avoid court appearances if they have an attorney, but Lohan would have to be present for a probation violation hearing.
Prosecutors in Santa Monica charged Lohan with three misdemeanors related to a June accident. Hours earlier, the actress was arrested and charged with third-degree assault, also a misdemeanor, after a woman was punched in a New York City nightclub.
The California charges came about six months after Lohan's Porsche crashed into the back of a dump truck. She told police her assistant was driving, but detectives now believe the actress was behind the wheel as she headed to a movie set.
In that case, Lohan, 26, was charged with lying to police, reckless driving and obstructing a police officer from performing duties.
Lohan's California attorney, Shawn Holley, did not return messages seeking comment.
In New York, her attorney Mark Heller said he expects the assault charge to be dismissed.
"Once again, Lindsay Lohan is a victim of someone trying to capture their 15 minutes of fame," Heller wrote in a statement. "From my initial investigation, I am completely confident that this case will be concluded favorably and that Lindsay will be totally exonerated."
The California charges could trigger another probation violation for Lohan, who was ordered to stay out of trouble when she was released from supervised probation in March after being convicted of the misdemeanor theft of a necklace and two DUI charges.
Since then she has been arrested twice in New York, crashed her car on Pacific Coast Highway, been treated by paramedics in her hotel room, and gotten in an argument with her mother that prompted a 911 call.
None of the events are likely what the clearly relieved actress anticipated in March when she thanked Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner, who warned the actress that she could face up to 245 days in jail if she violated her probation again.
"You need to live your life in a more mature way, stop the nightclubbing and focus on your work," Sautner said.
In recent years, Lohan has been sentenced to the Los Angeles-area women's jail five times. Most of her stays have been short due to overcrowding, and she was allowed to serve 35 days on house arrest in 2011.
Lately, Lohan has been filming two movies and doing a cameo in the latest installment of the "Scary Movie" franchise. The first film, "Liz & Dick," premiered Sunday night on Lifetime to mostly negative reviews.
She was on her way to shoot scenes for "Liz & Dick" in June when her Porsche crashed into the dump truck and the actress was briefly hospitalized. A week later, paramedics were summoned to her hotel room. Her then-publicist Steve Honig attributed the health scare to exhaustion and dehydration.
Lohan relocated to New York after finishing her work on "Liz and Dick" and a Bret Easton Ellis film titled "The Canyons" was complete.
Her arrest at 4 a.m. EST Thursday was the latest by New York police since September, when a man accused her of hitting him with her car. Prosecutors did not pursue charges.
The following month, police were called to Lohan's childhood home on Long Island after a report of a fight between her and her mother. An investigation revealed what authorities called "no criminality."
On Thursday, police said Lohan got into a spat with a woman at Club Avenue in the Chelsea area of Manhattan. The woman was punched in the face and did not require medical attention, authorities said.
It remains unclear when Lohan will return to Los Angeles. No court date was announced for the crash-related charges.
People charged with misdemeanors in California can generally avoid court appearances if they have an attorney, but Lohan would have to be present for a probation violation hearing.
Locking Lindsay up won't change her. She needs to get help to sober up, grow up, and ditch BOTH her parents, especially her trailer-trash mother!
do us all a favor and lock this nut job up for a long time
What a stupid woman. Will she EVER learn?
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Boy, #10 sure tells a story. It's like she's looking back at herself 15 years ago. She looks so jaded. I'm sure it's all the makeup, but I felt sad for her when I saw that. So much talent and beauty and riches and she doesn't seem to enjoy any of it.
Well another stunt from the train wreck!! So done hearing about all her antics.. put a end to this with a stint in the big house. That is the only thing that MAY wake her up.. or not.
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Loser Lohan is at it again....
She is a total s*** show.
Well, she and everyone else knows it's her under the coat, so there must be some other reason for her to be using it besides protecting her identity, and I think I know what that reason is. Something along the lines of a jag - probably of the caliber that medical journal articles are written about - that was somewhere near the 36 hour mark by time that picture was taken. It's ironic that Lohan, basically a dictionary definition of narcissist, would be so altruistic as to protect us all from what is certainly the kind of sight that gives adults dry heaves and children nightmares.
Ridiculous how this article describes what she was wearing, like it matters.  You never read  '...car thief arrested as he left local restaurant...he was wearing a dark brown polo, jeans and military boots. Police led him to an awaiting squad car...'
wait....in one of the other pictures i think i see the rtght arm of the person under the coat is dark skinned ? and there appears to be another person behind that of lighter skin - under a grey hood. interesting .
@justme I think you may be referring to the left arm of the gentleman in the white or light blue dress shirt that's helping to guide her to the car. ?
love the caption under the top picture - Lindsay Lohan 2nd from right....well duh. the headline is about her, the story is about her and all others in the picture are males.....despite her face being covered by a coat - i could have guessed which one was her. LOL
Arrest number, I practically lost count!
she will be doing porno at the end of this train wreck. Maybe her and octo? Lilo does octo?
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This charge is trivial compare to trying to impersonate Elizabeth Taylor. She should be arrested for the Liz and Dick movie.
She needs to be locked up in jail, real jail not the powder puff jail for the rich and almost famous. Butyou know the judge will be paid off again.
It was probably more of a push or she stumbled into the girl. Â Girl has dollar signs in her eyes.
When is she ever not arrested? What is cracking me up ar ethe faces of the guys that are standing there with her. Trying to look all serious like its a matter of national security!Â
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" Gawd,  didn't we do this last week"
"Lindsey, Lindsey LINDSEY, when someone calls you an ignorant slut, you need to smile and thank them for the complement, however I appreciate you putting my family of 6 through college"
@DoctorPC Too funny!!!!
Yeah, no one know what you look like and no one ever seen you Lindsay so cover your face LOL
I am by NO means a Lohan fan, however, I could see someone antagonizing her to a pint that she does something, then they cry Fowl, especially if she "didn't require medical assistance" - She got slapped across the face.You'll be fine.
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Mess with the Bull, Get the Horns...
She needs to find a good guy and settle down a little, even if she's only 26 years old.Â
 @DEC212012 She needs enter a monastery on a mountaintop... till 2099.
 @DEC212012 She needs to just go away..........................
She has got to be one of the longs train wrecks in recent history...
She should stop acting and go into writing...the title of her first book could be...
"If you give a skank a twenty"...
She got a payday from her "Liz and Dick" whatever it was and went right back to partying. I just hope she doesn't end up killing someone before all is said and done. (though I have resisted putting her into the dead pool, she is certainly headed down that path, it would seem)...
I'll give the Lindsay a pass on this one.
My $20 says this other woman saw Lohan, targeted here, and created the confrontation, possibly even with the intent to get bi*chh slapped....maybe sees it as a way for a little payoff.
But that little girl IS still a train wreck......just keeps crashing along.
@Controlled-Insanity Your theroy is a possibility. You would think at some point Lindsay would stop putting heself into situations where these things occur. Just about every story you read about her has her in a club at 4 in the morning. What good can possibly come of that?
Lindsay had such a promising career after her performance in the remake of Parent Trap. Â It's too bad that these child stars don't have someone who REALLY cares about THEM instead of just about their money looking after them. Â The parents of the well balanced child stars need to have talks with the parents of all up and coming child stars to let them know HOW to raise a well adjusted child. Â The scrutiny these kids are under from a very young age is ridiculous. Â Look at Drew Barrymore as an example. Â She was drinking in clubs during the filming of E.T. and she was only about 8 yrs old. Â She is relatively well adjusted now but it took a long time for her. Â
 @Sharon Blevins Pilgrim It's a good idea in theory, but nobody whose messing up parenting and refuses to recognize it wants to hear parenting tips from other people. Some might, and I would imagine they'd simply call the other person for advice, not take a class or something, but who knows, some might.
The two men escorting her look either high or drunk.
 @3rase Maybe they are distracted by the fact that her zipper is up over her cookie.  Hopefully that's a coat, but even so, leggings are not pants.
yawn....
What a POS. Â I wonder what excuse her mom will come up with this time. Â
Jeez Louise, stick a fork in her already, she's done. Â Why does anyone hire her? Â She got reamed for that Liz and Dick performance. Â It's hard to feel sorry for the poor little rich girl anymore.
What a train wreck...
Who is Lindsay Lohan?Â
She's a 100% media sensation/darling - no regular person would give her the time of day.
 @Brewin4u The girl next door.
One day we'll be reading about her in one of the columns to the right.
Wow I never would have guess this. <sarcasm off>
She could keep one lawyer gainfully employed.
What a dysfunctional family.I mean one of them is in the news weekly.Grow up already,all of you.
Can they just convict her of 3 felonies and lock her up for good?
She needs to go, once and for all. No skills, no comeback, no hope - be done with it already.
 @Throbbinhood and do what? Work? Are you high? LOL