Lindsay Lohan to Spend the Holidays in Rehab

By PopEater Staff Posted Oct 22nd 2010 12:44PM

Lindsay Lohan won't be going back to jail, but she will be spending the holidays in rehab. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Elden Fox spared the 'Mean Girls' actress from more jail time on Friday, but instead ordered the troubled star back to the Betty Ford Center until Jan. 3. Fox was determining whether Lohan violated her probation in September when she tested positive for cocaine and Adderall in a pair of random drug screenings.

"There's nothing better than a train wreck for a celebrity and I'm not going to have one in this case," Fox told Lohan and her attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, who argued that "relapse is a part of recovery" and that Lohan "would like to remain [at Betty Ford] and continue her treatment."

Fox said that if Lohan doesn't shape up, she's going to destroy a promising career. He said he is trying to provide Lohan with a real chance at sobriety and that remaining at Betty Ford through the holidays is crucial. "You're staying past the New Year's -- there's a reason for that," Fox said.

A prosecutor had wanted a six-month jail sentence for the star, but Fox opted for rehab after reviewing filings from rehab officials and a letter by Lohan herself. She cried after hearing the sentence and was escorted out by eight deputies to a waiting van. Before she could leave, an onlooker threw gold confetti on the star.

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Upon leaving rehab on Jan. 3, Lohan will have to submit to periodic drug and alcohol testing until her next scheduled court date on Feb. 25.

Lohan arrived at the Beverly Hills courthouse Friday morning at about 8AM with her attorney and mother by her side. A few hours earlier, she left a live-in rehab facility in Southern California, where she has been since late September.

On Sept. 24, Lohan was denied bail and taken into custody after failing a pair of drug tests following her release from an inpatient rehab stay at UCLA Medical Center. Judge Fox reportedly issued the order without hearing arguments from Lohan's lawyers, and within hours another judge overturned the ruling and the starlet was released on bail.

Lohan was behind bars during those hours due to an admitted relapse: She failed two crucial drug tests, for cocaine and illegal Adderall use.

She was released from court-ordered rehab at UCLA Medical Center on Aug. 24 after only 22 days. Judge Marsha Revel sentenced Lohan to 90 days in jail and a 90-day inpatient rehabilitation program on July 6 for violating her probation in a 2007 DUI case. She ended up serving only 14 days due to good behavior and overcrowding at the jail.

Friday's hearing was Lohan's fifth court appearance since May. Her legal woes began in May 2007 when she was arrested following a minor car accident and charged with DUI. Just two months later, she was taken into custody for suspicion of drunk driving and cocaine possession.

Following her first DUI, Lohan spent 84 minutes in jail after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of being under the influence of cocaine and no contest to two counts of driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 percent and one count of reckless driving.

Lohan's recent court troubles have put her career on hold. She missed opportunities to promote her role in the film 'Machete' because she was in jail and rehab. Her next starring role is supposed to be in a biopic about porn actress Linda Lovelace, though filming has yet to begin on the project and will have to be further delayed in light of Lohan's rehab sentence.

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Monday 25 October

By jeffjeff

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Everyone is young once and some younger people make alot of mistakes, I know I certainly did, but I wasnt in the Hollywood limelight. I am confident she will grow out of this "stage" in here life and go on to be the beautiful and talented actress that she was and will continue to be.

Friday 22 October

By Holepacker

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I feel that she shouldet atleast 5 years without parole as all she has done is Disrespect our court system, because of money ect. she thinks she can do anything she wants no matter what. If a normal status person did what she has done tyey would of gotten atleast 10 years. Its time that the JUDGE GROWS A PAIR, and gives her the time that she should get.

By D

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Hey BTDT, you are safe for now! :-)

By patti

i agree my stepson did what she did and he got big time jail why not her if she looses her job SO WHAT he lost his job and life for a long time he is back on track and doing well because of it

By gary954

God you are so right throw the book at her! NO CHANCE OF PAROLE!! Are you kidding me?? If that was me I would never see the light of day again!!!

By Clara

Hate to say it, but relapse doesn't HAVE to be a part of recovery.

By Meryl

AMEN

By Norm

If a "normal status person" did what she did, they would never have seen jail or a rehab program. The courts are full of repeat offenders for DUI and drug possesion who are fined and released. Get a clue.

By chczander22

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You deserve 15 years for being a pecker head.

Saturday 23 October

By Dennis

Let's just wait til she kills someone in an "accident" then throw the book at her and give her six months.

By usafmom

Whoopdie frickin' do....Lohan missed opportunities for work. It's a cryin' shame that people with fame and fortune can't control themselves and stay out of trouble. It's quite evident that she has a drug and alcohol problem,so why isn't she sentenced to rehab long enough to make a difference? The judge needs to tell her the poor pitiful me act has gone on long enough, and now she'll get what she deserves....1 year in rehab or jail time, take your pick!

By mw

I agree she needs 3-12 months in jail, with no early release, they keep poo-pooing around this, she will never learn, cuz she thinks she is above the law and can do whatever she wants.

By Me

USAF mom said it exactly how it is!

By mrs r

agreed poor baby . shes lucky its just rehab . she could be locked up an told what she had the nerve on her fingers in court

By Katie

Well you're right in most of what you said. The only thing is, when you force someone into rehap before they're ready to admit that they have a problem and they want to quit, you're just wasting time and money. The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem that you are powerless over and you want to stop.
Ms Lohan needs to be put in protective custody whether that be jail or a hospital or something until she is ready to admit her problem and work on said problem. Unfortunately for Ms Lohan, she thinks this is a problem that you can throw money and fame at and be rid of it. Well, she's right to a certain point. Us regular "Joes" would be in jail so fast we wouldn't hear the doors slam! Perhaps jail would be a wake-up call for her, but I doubt it unless she is left there.
Hopefully SOMEONE will figure this out for her before it's too late.

By me

Settle down, she'll go back to rehab. It's LA - you could throw ten babies off a bridge and go to jail for 10 hours.

By MARIAH

Well, once again, a lucky hollywood celeb druggie.
...and the taxpayer keeps paying her court costs.

By peggy

you may be able o throw babies of bridges in LA. but you better not be poor or a minority.

By sgtrocke06

SKAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANK !

By howard

Is it true that it takes one too know one?

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