Although the court had issued a bench warrant for her arrest Monday, Lindsay Lohan's $100 million lawsuit over an E-Trade television commercial is all over, baby. A Manhattan court filing Monday said the actress has withdrawn her case against the brokerage, which she'd accused of making her the implied target of jokes about a "milkaholic" named Lindsay in a Super Bowl ad this year.
E-Trade Financial Corp. spokeswoman Susan Hickey said the case's end reflected a "simple business decision" for the New York-based firm, but she wouldn't discuss details. Lohan's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment.
Watch the E*Trade ad that started it all below:
The brokerage has put out a series of ads featuring adult-voiced babies talking about online trading. In the Super Bowl spot, a baby's infant girlfriend asks suspiciously whether "that milkaholic Lindsay" has paid him a visit.
Another female baby pops into the picture and says in a woozy voice: "Milk-a-what?"
Lohan, 24, has had high-profile trouble with drinking and drug use. The 'Mean Girls' star spent two weeks in jail in California this year for violating her probation in a 2007 case involving drug use and driving under the influence. A Beverly Hills judge issued an arrest warrant for the troubled starlet on Monday after the actress acknowledged failing a drug test. The warrant was stayed until a hearing Friday to determine whether she violated her probation.
Lohan's lawyer said in court papers filed last month that the E-Trade commercial deliberately referred to Lohan.
"These babies in their commercials were symbolic and were not acting just as cute babies but were actually portraying (Lohan) and her grown-up friends," Ovadia wrote.
E-Trade called Lohan's claims meritless. Lawyers for the company noted in an April court filing that Lohan isn't the world's only Lindsay - or generally associated with online trading or banking.
"No reasonable person would connect (Lohan) with the E-Trade commercials," they wrote.
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SAD DAY THAT 91% YOU OF YOU SAY PUT HER IN JAIL JAIL DONT WORK SHE WILL DIE SOON THEN ALL OF THE 91% OF YOU WILL SAY OH SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE STEPPED IN AND SAVED THIS YOUNG LADY WHAT A JOKE YOU PEOPLE ARE IF IT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER YOU WOULDNT WANT TO HER IN JAIL GROW UP PEOPLE THIS ISNT THE JUST SAY KNOW AREA. THATS DIDNT WORK RIGHT ONLY SHE CAN STOPP USEING AND GUESS WHAT SHE WONT STOP BUT REALLY PEOPLE GET WITH IT JAIL DONT WORK!!!!!!
SORRY TO HEAR SHE SLIPPED UP BUT THAT WHAT ADDICTS DO HOPE SHE GET HERSELF BETTER SOON OR SHE WILL DIE OR MAYBE SHE LL LIVE AND LAUGH AT YOU PEOPLE ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK THANKS FOR YOUR TIME BBQBEAN
excuse me it era not area dont you think jane was quick to call me names hope his day went well and when he get home he ll read this and know everyone know jane is really man hiding behind his girl persona here on aol bye jane or is it jim
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She actually made a buck...life in America 2010.....she made a buck and our tax dollars helped her
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SAD DAY THAT 91% YOU OF YOU SAY PUT HER IN JAIL
JAIL DONT WORK SHE WILL DIE SOON THEN ALL OF THE 91% OF YOU WILL SAY
OH SOMEONE SHOULD HAVE STEPPED IN AND SAVED THIS YOUNG LADY
WHAT A JOKE YOU PEOPLE ARE
IF IT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER YOU WOULDNT WANT TO HER IN JAIL
GROW UP PEOPLE THIS ISNT THE JUST SAY KNOW AREA. THATS DIDNT WORK RIGHT
ONLY SHE CAN STOPP USEING AND GUESS WHAT SHE WONT STOP
BUT REALLY PEOPLE GET WITH IT JAIL DONT WORK!!!!!!
SORRY TO HEAR SHE SLIPPED UP BUT THAT WHAT ADDICTS DO
HOPE SHE GET HERSELF BETTER SOON OR SHE WILL DIE OR MAYBE SHE LL LIVE AND LAUGH AT YOU PEOPLE ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME
BBQBEAN
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"THIS ISNT THE JUST SAY KNOW AREA"
Are you retarded? Huh? Waaa?
What she needs is a "REAL" parent to step in and just say "STOP"!!!
Within the year, she will probably go the way of so many who die and disappear....
This is the kind of thing you do when you smoke too much crack.
Linzey Loman sux.
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Not sure why she would sue for "Milk-a-holic" reference. When clearly she is an alcolholic and drug addict.
Throw her in jail before she kills someone else or leave her out with Hilton and let them both overdose. The I would beleive in divine intervention.
Lock her up for 6 months minimum..
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excuse me it era not area
dont you think jane was quick to call me names
hope his day went well and when he get home
he ll read this and know everyone know jane is really man hiding behind his girl persona here on aol
bye jane or is it jim
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