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"Experts believe Lohan may get 180 days in jail"
Six months! CLICK HERE to read the article accompanying this headline!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19962690/
Lindsay Lohan’s best bet for avoiding jail time is to go back into rehab yet again and remove herself from a high-flying party lifestyle — if not, she could be facing up to six months behind bars, legal observers said Wednesday.
Lohan, 21, was less than two weeks out of a recovery program and was voluntarily wearing an alcohol-monitoring device when she was arrested Tuesday in Santa Monica for investigation of misdemeanor driving both under the influence and with a suspended license, and felony cocaine possession.
Her lawyer, Blair Berk, has said she had a “relapse” and was receiving medical care at an undisclosed location.
A call to Lohan’s publicist was not returned Wednesday.
The actress completed more than six weeks in rehab less than two weeks ago, and had checked into another recovery clinic in January.
Over the weekend, she was photographed at a party in a pink bikini, with the monitoring device on her ankle.
That behavior won’t cut it anymore and neither will spa-style clinics, said Barry Gerald Sands, a Century City defense attorney who’s also a certified drug and alcohol counselor.
“Whatever you have done in the past, do a 360-degree turn and go the other way,” Sands said Wednesday. “She has to change her alleged friends, people sharing or selling her drugs. She has to lead a clean and sober life.
“Silk-sheet recovery homes don’t do the job.”
Rehab rather than jail
If Lohan is charged with a crime, she could ask a judge to order her to remain in rehabilitation while she awaits trial, Sands said.
A “recovery team” should be in place that includes doctors and addiction specialists who can give the judge alternatives to jail. And if she is convicted, the rehab time would count against whatever jail sentence is issued, Sands said.
Lohan has never been convicted of a drug or alcohol crime and judges routinely place first-time DUI offenders on probation rather than behind bars. However, Lohan’s case could be complicated because she also was arrested for investigation of felony DUI in Beverly Hills on Memorial Day after her Mercedes-Benz crashed into a curb.
That case was submitted to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office last week and is being reviewed, spokeswoman Jane Robison said.
If she is convicted of two felonies in the two cases, she might be eligible for 18 months or more in state prison but such a sentence is unlikely, said Lawrence Taylor, a former Los Angeles prosecutor who runs one of the nation’s top DUI defense law firms.
“Our prisons are packed already,” he said. “We don’t need some recreational (drug) users with a small amount of coke with a clean record.”
Paris case puts pressure on prosecutors, judges
On the other hand, Lohan probably will have to do some time in county jail simply because prosecutors and judges saw the backlash when Paris Hilton was briefly allowed to serve her DUI sentence at home instead of jail.
“They’re going to see how sensitive everything was … Everything was being looked at with a microscope and broadcast to the entire world, literally,” Taylor said. “They saw what happened and judges do run for re-election, and deputy DAs are aware that their bosses run for re-election.”
Both sides would be interested in stalling a court case until the media frenzy ebbs but that is unlikely if the continued scrutiny of Paris Hilton is any signpost, Taylor said.
“Entertainment has become more important than information and the media is looking … for money. They’re looking for audience, they’re looking to give the public what they want,” he said.
That scrutiny means that Lohan, if convicted, probably will get some jail time regardless of whether it is warranted in her case, Taylor said.
“I would say this woman’s going to be doing at least 30 days” and perhaps as long as 180 days if she is convicted of two DUIs along with drug possession, Taylor said.
However, virtually all DUI cases are settled by plea agreements.
Looking for cracks in the case
If he were running the defense, Taylor said, his team of experts would reconstruct the traffic accident; seek out witnesses, videotapes and audio of the traffic stops; examine repair and usage records for police breath analysis machines; and look into any blood tests Lohan was given to detect drugs and check the qualifications of the officers who stopped her. Medical experts also would check to see if Lohan had some medical condition — say, diabetes — that can affect the tests.
“After a few months of hard work, you can find where all the cracks are — and there will be some,” Taylor said.
Then, “I would strongly suggest … that perhaps this woman needs rehab rather than a long stretch in jail.”
A prosecutor faced with possibly losing a case might agree, otherwise, Taylor said, “your much-cherished conviction rate is going to go down and your chances of promotion are going to go down.”
Taylor concedes that the type of defense that celebrities can afford is off-limits to the average DUI defendant — and that affects the severity of their sentencing.
“Are you saying does justice have a price? Absolutely. But the same is true of heart surgery,” Taylor said. “It’s not going to be the same cost and it’s not going to be the same result.”
Needs jail time not some spa rehab
first
she's dumb twat, she deserves everything that's coming to her
poor thing
but what about the CHILDREN???????????
omfc.com
no way
I really don't care!
woo hoo!
HAHA…
I use to LOVE her. Now…I just feel bad for her in the worst way. She deserves it. Her ma is CRAZY!
Don't do drugs! Stand on you own too feets!!!!
first ..probaBLY NOT LOL!
ill believe it when i see it
FIRST
this girl cannot behave-if you're gonna do some blow, and drink and you're this famouse I suggest not getting involved in a car chase
ill believe it when i see it!
I read this article on msn orginally, but seeing it here, I just have to comment. Does anyone else realize that turning 360 degrees means you are going exactly the direction you started in. 360 degrees is a circle. The other direction would be a 180…..lol. I hope whoever made this comment isn't actually giving Lohan advice:-)
WHO GIVES A SHIT I HOPE SHE STAYS IN JAIL…. cuz she DESERVES it
This is her second dui this year. Wasn't she driving on a suspended license anyway?
I think this couldn't be a more fair punishment
I'LL BELEIVE IT WHEN I SEE IT!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow , forget rehab she NEEDS the time in jail .
i think everyone should leave her alone..but then again controversy sells that bitch
Time spent in an actual rehab facility would be far better for Lohan than an actual jail sentence.
That one Colin Ferguson monologue is again scarily appropriate.
Please send her to jail…someone needs to give her a little wake up call.
SHE'S GOING TO DIE!!!!!
Do a 360 degree turn and go the other way? Hmm, not so smart, that attorney.
i hear you can get some top shelf yeao in the slam out there. is that true?
THAT BITCH DESERVES A YEAR!!! MAYBE THEN SHE'LL LEARN HER LESSON
Except a 360 degree turn puts you in the same position. Morons.
Crack whore!!!!
She looks SO much like her mother in that mugshot. Gah.
I wish her the best sounds like she needs to accept the situation regarding her parents divorce. Lindsey CAN'T make her parents get back together.
Lindsey accept accept the things you can & leave the rest behind, I'm an orphan & a child of alcoholic parents, life isn't easy but I accepted what I had to. I now have a teenage daughter of my own & I'm getting remarried soon, she is having a hard time accepting it but she deals with it the best way she can. Hugs to you Lindsey.
I like Lindsay, I hope everything works out.
360 degrees is a full circle, which, it seems is what LiLo is doing now. perhaps she should try 180 degrees, then she would be going in the opposite direction.
Haha, 260 degree turn around… that's what she did last time she was in rehab! Try 180 degrees…
Haha, 360 degree turn around… that's what she did last time she was in rehab! Try 180 degrees…
>> “Whatever you have done in the past, do a 360-degree turn and go the other way,” Sands said Wednesday.
not to be a stickler but if she did a 360 degree turn wouldn't she be headed in the same direction? doy.
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Lindsay was so drunk that night that she was actually slumped down in her chair. The only way to get her to sit up and face the camera was the photographer dangled a bag of cocaine above the camera.
Experts… bullshit. It'll end up a circus just like Paris Hilton.. She'll spend little or no time in jail and get away with it because 'poor little rich girls dont deserve time in jail for the crimes they commit.' You should know Perez, apparently celebrities are above the law now.
“Whatever you have done in the past, do a 360-degree turn…..,” Sands said Wednesday.
I think she'll probably be taking this advice.
'“Whatever you have done in the past, do a 360-degree turn and go the other way,” Sands said Wednesday.' So… They want her to continue going in the same direction?! Those silly drug counselors need to learn the concept of "full circle" versus "a complete 180". haha.
She is totally innocent. Halliburton is behind this!
This will eventually come down to -
Probation and time served (in rehab)
If she gets into a real rehab right now !
Peace
Dr. M
MM
DAYUM!
“Whatever you have done in the past, do a 360-degree turn and go the other way,” Sands said Wednesday.
making a 360 degree turn would mean that she was going full circle? doesn't he mean 180 degree turn?!
she needs to go to jail, not becasue she is Lindsey Lohan…… she needs to go because she broke the law on several occasions. and most importantly - it will probably save her life.
#45 is soo right -
That is funny -
It is called - "doing a 180"
REPENT / REPENT / REPENT
Shalom
Dr. M
MM
She already did the whole rehab thing and obviously it DIDNT work….they should probably hair test her!! that will really show what her history with drugs is…..
TWO DUI'S in three months, several car accidents in the last year or two, possession of drugs, driving on a suspended license…..YEAH, SHE DID IT ALL!!! They will put her away for a good long while….they have to after what they did to Paris. She set a precedent.
haha
JAILLLLL:P
I love how he thinks that if someone makes a 360 degree turn they can go the other way….lol 360 puts you right back where you started….lol He should have said 180 degree…dumbass! LOL
"Whatever you have done in the past, do a 360-degree turn and go the other way,” Sands said Wednesday. “She has to change her alleged friends, people sharing or selling her drugs. She has to lead a clean and sober life.
360? DOESN'T HE MEAN A 180? IF U DO A 360 YOUR RIGHT BACK WHERE YOU STARTED FROM….BUT THEN AGAIN, SHE PROBABLY WILL DO A 360…..
Turn 360 degrees and go the other way? That's impossible!
I have an apology to make to Perez. I was one of his most vehement critics when he was dissing Lindsay Lohan. I must now admit that he was correct and I was wrong. Lindsay is, as Perez proposed, just another drug addicted Hollywood garbage slut. Anyone who is so stupid that they would chase another auto down the streets of our fair city while wasted on cocaine and alcohol needs to do time. The person Blohan maims could be my child or yours.
Having said that, I object to Perez's participation in Parisite Hilton's image rehabilitation. The notion of Saint Paris is offensive. She, too, is a drug addled Hollywood garbage slut.
She's so Done!!! Hello Lynwood!!!
coke is def the new weed! its called self control…get ahold of ur self lindsay before ur working at burger king trying to make ends meet! then you'll def lay off the coke cuz ur ass wont afford it! little girls look up to ur dumb ass!
i think that is total bullshit if that girl does no time in jail.i am speaking from experience here when i say,she will never learn if shei sn"t scared shitless by getting jail time..she broke the fucking law,and she should have to do what every other person would have to do in this situation.
SHE NEEDS TO GO TO JAIL AND SPEND EVERYDAY OF HER SENTENCE. IF THE COURT SYSTEM DOES NOT PUT HER THERE SHE WILL KILL SOMEONE.
She is such a cocke whore. Like Whitney…she needs to get away from those bad influences. Just say No ho
I really do hope that she goes to jail. Maybe it will be a wake up call to all those people in Hollywood that drink and drive and do drugs. If they don't change their ways, they are going to seriously hurt or kill someone because of their drinking and driving, and personally, I hope that doesn't happen.
Lindsay deserves what is happening to her because she is being stupid. And the whole "I was holding the cocaine for a friend" excuse is not going to work- who is dumb enough to hold cocaine for a friend? I guess she is!
Lindsay should be placed in the electric chair and executed. She's a disgrace to society.
Detox in jail Firecrotch
She is a mess, she didn't make it 2 days out of rehab before she was back hitting all the old "using" haunts. She is a danger to herself and society. 6 months in jail where she has no privliledges and access to drugs might get her cleaned up. I forsee a cell on celeb row in LA county. She might want to talk to Drew and Robert Downey and see what worked for them, because if she doesn't change her ways I suspect she will end up like Tom Sizemore or worse River Phoniex.
she is a fucking trainwreck.
i really think that people should go and do their time in jail…
BUT SHE IO SO FUCKED UP THAT IT'S TOO ENTERTAINING TO WATCH HER THAN GO AWAY TO JAIL.
i want her to stay out of jail!! & please lindsay, feel free to keep fucking up.
at least there will be safe roads and less deaths in the next 6 months
Lock her up already. If she was at least pretty, these posts would be more entertaining.
The fact that Dina Lohan could look in a mirror and still go out and procreate…Her children never had a chance! Her genes are obviously as fucked up as her looks on the ouside. Couple that with the Drunk genes provided by that winner of a sperm donor, Michael. It was inevitable her children would all be fuck ups!!
What does that mean exactly?
She's now getting 'medical care'.
'splain, please!
Why don't they just write out the check on the News. EVERYone all ready know thats what it takes,whether it be to the Lawyer, the DA the Sheriff or the Judge.. Spoiled BRATS in LA get what they can AFFORD, not what they deserve…anyone else would be locked up!!!!!!!
Perezz u gonna tell us what was up yesterday????? DISH DISH DISH! your famous now you have fans!
She's a kid with a bad family. Please leave her along. I realize Paris is your friend, but….she's 6 years older than Lindsey and did a lot worse when she was younger. I really believe you heckle these girls because you want to BE one of them. Grow up Perez. You used to be cute but, now that you're heading towards 30's, it's just creepy to constantly harrass "kids." It's fine to be funny and report it, but to villify a young girl who has serious problems….not cool. Still love you.
“Whatever you have done in the past, do a 360-degree turn and go the other way,” Sands said Wednesday
- a 360 degree turn means ur going in the same direction.
Very intelligent comment made by a so called 'expert'
she needs to admit the shiz was hers…NO ONE is buying the high school "it wasnt mine" crap that we all told our parents when they found our pack of cigarettes…. when you fuck up, own it! It worked for Hugh Grant!!
hope she realizes that now she will have to deal with her issues !
She needs to go to JAIL. If it was any other normal person there ass would be in jail. If Paris was in jail then so should this bitch. Silly girls with too much money and time on there hands, they take everything for granted.
Get paid millions!! Become a defense attorney!! Geometry not required!!
I hope she does. She is going to kill someone if she doesn't stop driving high and she's going to kill herself if she doesn't stop doing drugs. Frankly, though, I'm sick of her - I hope her movie bombs and she becomes a regular on the Lifetime Movies of the week.
"do a 360-degree turn and go the other way" the other what? lolololololol
but this girl in jail before she hurts herself and someone else. clearly rehab (whether or not it be promises or betty ford) is NOT working and she needs to be put behind bars for AT least 3 months. if this was any other normal person their asses would already be in jail. SHAME!!
Heard on Howard Stern this morning that there was a video of her drunk at that party. Where is it Perez HUH? HUH? 75th!!!
WTF!!!!……..just because she is famous she shouldnt get off with minimal punishment. If she doesnt do atleast 180 days that is just plain bullshit. Who cares if she is an "actress" (or tries to be one anyway), she is the one who made the choice to drink and drive and do drugs. Everyone knows that she does cocaine, there have been pictures of her actually doing drugs in a bathroom. Rehab obviously doesnt do this bitch any good so why even
bother? Any normal person wouldnt get off with 180 days……they would for sure have to sit close to the max amount of time in jail. The only way this girl is going to learn is if she does her time. What does she have to do to make our law system realize she is a threat to society drinking and doing drugs and then driving, kill somebody?
lindsay has a sincere problem and should get rehab treatment somewhere not on the beach. If she goes to jail she will never get better…i think it is better to help people than punish them….I would rather see real criminals going to jail than some teen star.
also news fact: we have real problems here…our country is in a war we are never going to win and the person leading the country is not any smarter than li lo.
If I had that much cash, I would never drive myself. Whatever happened to having a chauffeur? Same for Britbot, none of these Hollywood Hos need to be behind the wheel. None of those bitches ever got clean, they used all through rehab. LOCKUP LOHAN! And do not give that bitch a private cell like Paris, her cellmate should be some crack/meth whore like Fergie. That would scare anyone straight.
blah blah blah blah….if it was me or anyone of you, we would already be in jail
A 360 degree turn puts you right back to where you started. It's a 180 degree turn, you idiot.
360 turn. That's the same direction.
She will get help and continue to do her job. Perez, You ARE Awesome!!!!!
GOOD! I'm glad! Dumb bitch, she deserves it
everyone else and their mom already said it, but:
"“Whatever you have done in the past, do a 360-degree turn and go the other way,” Sands said Wednesday. "
LOOOOOOLLLLLLLLL
I am glad she is taking my advice. If the pants dont fit, you must acquit. Those weren't her pants and that wasn't her blood in the Blood Alcohol Test. Just like it wasn't her car and wasn't her coke in the last DUI she had.
Now, if you don't mind, I have to go kill someone else because I am jealous of the attention LL is getting.
OJ
HER AND BRITNEY NEED TO TEAM UP AND GO TO REHAB/CRAZY HOSPITAL TOGETHER!
what if i comitted the exact same crimes …im a man and im broke to… let her do the same time i would get if i had coke on me and drove drunk chasing someone in my suv…. let her stuk up ass do that time !!!!!!!!!!!
If she does not go to jail.she wil give hope to other "whitetrash cokeheads "that you can make it in hollywood
I'll give her something to blow.
hey ….i only wish her the best …her family and friends are not sopportive all they see is $$$. hey girl i'll keep ur head up.
I'M LEAVING ON A JET PLANE -
Don't know when i'll be back again -
oh Lord i hate 2 go -
You know damn well that if it were any one of us unknown schmoes who got arrested under the same circumstances, our ass would be sentenced to some jail time.
Why should being famous give people "Get Out Of Jail" cards? It shouldn't. I'm going to write to the justice system handling this case and remind them of this. I think everyone else should do the same.
Maybe LL will sit her stupid ass in jail for a while, and someone will wise up and place Britney's kids with someone who ISN'T a complete nut.
shes a bitch i hope she gets the max amount of jail time and suffers
lindsay, i support you all the way but for fuck sake, get your shit together!!!
A complete waste of an article - the attorney making the assumptions talks about Paris going inside for DUI when she actually went inside for breaking probation by driving on her suspended licence which was suspended after her DUI.
LL has also driven on her suspended licence following a DUI and done worse - another DUI on top of the original hit and run DUI, coke in her system the first time and in her pocket the second.