Lindsay Lohan back in court
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lindsay Lohan arrived in court Wednesday for a hearing involving misdemeanor charges of lying to authorities and reckless driving in a crash last summer along Pacific Coast Highway.
The appearance marked the first time in nearly a year that she has been required to be in court.
Lohan was on probation for theft at the time of the wreck.
A judge previously warned her that she could be sentenced to 245 days in jail if she didn't behave.
The hearing on Wednesday is intended to address any issues in advance of a trial scheduled for Feb. 27 on the three misdemeanor counts stemming from the crash.
Lohan has pleaded not guilty to lying to police, reckless driving and obstructing officers from performing their duties.
Prosecutors in Santa Monica charged her after her sports car crashed into a dump truck in June. Authorities suspect she was lying when she said she wasn't behind the wheel.
The hearing is being held in the courtroom of Judge Stephanie Sautner, who previously sentenced Lohan to jail, house arrest and morgue cleanup detail.
In March, Sautner released Lohan from supervised probation but warned her to stop partying and grow up.
"You need to live your life in a more mature way, stop the nightclubbing and focus on your work," Sautner told Lohan at the time.
The admonition came after the judge conducted several monthly updates with the actress and required her to perform morgue cleanup duty to complete her sentence in a 2007 drunken driving case.
In recent months, Lohan has filmed two movies and repeatedly gotten into trouble, including a pair of arrests in New York that have not resulted in charges.
The latest hearing may also resolve who will be Lohan's lawyer for the criminal case. New York attorney Mark Heller has petitioned to join the case, but his involvement must be approved by Sautner.
Heller did not return a phone message.
The appearance marked the first time in nearly a year that she has been required to be in court.
Lohan was on probation for theft at the time of the wreck.
A judge previously warned her that she could be sentenced to 245 days in jail if she didn't behave.
The hearing on Wednesday is intended to address any issues in advance of a trial scheduled for Feb. 27 on the three misdemeanor counts stemming from the crash.
Lohan has pleaded not guilty to lying to police, reckless driving and obstructing officers from performing their duties.
Prosecutors in Santa Monica charged her after her sports car crashed into a dump truck in June. Authorities suspect she was lying when she said she wasn't behind the wheel.
The hearing is being held in the courtroom of Judge Stephanie Sautner, who previously sentenced Lohan to jail, house arrest and morgue cleanup detail.
In March, Sautner released Lohan from supervised probation but warned her to stop partying and grow up.
"You need to live your life in a more mature way, stop the nightclubbing and focus on your work," Sautner told Lohan at the time.
The admonition came after the judge conducted several monthly updates with the actress and required her to perform morgue cleanup duty to complete her sentence in a 2007 drunken driving case.
In recent months, Lohan has filmed two movies and repeatedly gotten into trouble, including a pair of arrests in New York that have not resulted in charges.
The latest hearing may also resolve who will be Lohan's lawyer for the criminal case. New York attorney Mark Heller has petitioned to join the case, but his involvement must be approved by Sautner.
Heller did not return a phone message.
245 days are not enough. Why is she not held accountable for her actions?
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At the rate the court system is being bought off to keep this loser out jail, she'll be able to change her name to "Anna Nicole" in 3.......2.......1......... (and after she FINALLY checks out, someone is going to have the audacity to sue either the courts or her family for LETTING it happen) Same ol rerun.......different celeb.
Make her do a pee test every day for a year. Bet she can't pass.
This is how I know that she's been in and out of there so much like a revolving door when I can't even come up with something original to say that basn't been said by me or someone else already! Can't these judges catch a clue and figure it out that she's not gonna get her sh** together if they don't ever do a damn thing with her?
someone needs to do a mashup youtube video of her face as seen in the court appearance photos over the years.
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She's famous, why? I think shes well beyond the tipping point of "actress who is always getting in trouble" to "idiot in trouble who is sometimes an actress".
She looks like she was rode hard and put away wet. Â Very weathered and hard looking. Â
She needs to go to court and then find out she won't be leaving to go home. Jail time (real jail time) may turn her around. Otherwise expect to see her parading thru the courts until she either gets a sentence for years or dies.
She's been on my 27 forever club list for quite a while, maybe this is the year
she looks nasty and why is this news really?who cares
I'd like to see her back in jail and this time in general population not segregation. She didn't learn anything last time because she didn't serve her time like you or I would have.
THAT'S MY WIFE'S NECKLACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 @Throbbinhood Awesome! Lol. Thanks for the chuckle man.
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That is not the face of a 26 year old woman.Â
If she is going to SAY someone else drives her around, why doesn't she just LET other people drive her around? What's this about her crashing into a dump truck? Now she's re-enacting scenes from "Back to the Future"??
She actually looks a lot healthier in her face. Her face used to look sunken in. Maybe she's gotten off the drugs. Wish these train wrecks would turn their lives around.
 @Leroy46 I don't think she is healthier.  I think she is bloated from the drugs and it is making her look a bit chubbier in the face. Â
Nice switcharoo from the first unflattering photo of the original piece from 9:08am...
Lindsay, you're like the NRA, I wish you'd both just go away.
Really?
Hmmm! That URI sure went away quick.
Good gravy; is that new lawyer a JOKE! Â Trying to butter up Sautner, but she wasn't having it! Â That being said, today was a whole lot of nothing.
God she is ugly now. All that drinking and drugs really did a number on her face
Its a real shame. She has such amazing talent and could really be a key figure in the community, but she has chosen to throw it all away. I hope she can turn her life around. Maybe she should look up to some different role models (i.e. Drew Barrymore, etc.) who had made mistakes in their past and came out of it stronger than ever.