Jail or Trial? Lindsay Lohan Gets More Time to Decide

By PopEater Staff Posted Mar 10th 2011 12:24PM

Lindsay Lohan all but rejected a plea agreement on Thursday that prosecutors promised would include jail, but Judge Keith Schwartz decided to give the troubled actress another two weeks to reconsider before officially sending her to another judge and a new trial for felony grand theft.

"If you and your counsel do not accept the plea deal, then you do not have to return to this court," Judge Schwartz told Lohan during the brief hearing. If she rejects the prosecutors on March 25, then a preliminary hearing will take place on April 22 with Judge Stephanie Sautner at the helm.

The exact terms of the plea deal were not disclosed, but Lohan was on probation in January when a Venice jewelry store accused her of taking a $2,500 necklace. She pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Judge Schwartz made it clear during their last meeting, on Feb. 23, that "this case does involve jail time" if she pleads guilty. But on Wednesday, RadarOnline.com reported that Lohan's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, was insisting on a plea deal with no jail time.

The judge said he would sentence her to a minimum of 60 days, but likely no longer than 90 days. He "encouraged Holly to discuss what not taking the plea deal will mean for her."

Lohan was officially charged during a hearing on Feb. 9. After pleading not guilty, Judge Schwartz lanced into the actress for not taking the charges seriously. "If you violate the law again, I will remand you with no bail," he told her. "Things will be different."

If this goes to trial and she is convicted, Lohan could be sent to a California state prison with a maximum sentence of three years behind bars.

The actress, who remains on probation in a 2007 drunken driving case, is accused of taking a necklace from Kamofie & Co. of Venice Beach, Calif., on Jan. 22, roughly three weeks after the actress was released from three months of court-ordered rehab at the Betty Ford Center.

A police report was filed the day of the incident, and authorities reportedly waited until she was photographed wearing the necklace before deciding to pursue charges. A friend of the actress turned the necklace in to the Pacific Division of the LAPD on Feb. 2.

Lohan's lawyer has denied the charges, and the actress claims that the necklace was loaned to her -- and that, unbeknownst to LiLo, her stylist simply forgot to return it in time. The star's dad, Michael Lohan, told PopEater at the time that the entire incident was as a "ridiculous" misunderstanding.

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By Maria Hoyos

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Only in America does a guilty person has the opportunity to wait in and time to decide. CAN WE PUT HER AND SHEEN IN THE SAME CELL? Better yet, can we get ride of them ?

By Josie

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WHY does SHE get TIME to "DECIDE"??? If it were anyone else besides this so called "celebrity" the decision would have been made for us by the judge. The judge said she wasn't special and would be treated like anyone else....yeah RIGHT Judge B.S. Schwartz.

By ablacksafari

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She gets a high from stealing.of course when she gets away from it and not being caught,LOL She is Guilty...

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By dlee

Lohan brought a friend into the store with her, the friend kept the clerk busy while Lindsay stole the necklace and later was seen wearing it. The store reported it stolen within a couple of hours. Get real!! she stole it just like she stole a mink coat & another necklace from Harry Winston. Its on tape and she doesn't have a chance of not being convicted. She and her parents are all idiots and loosers.

By PATTI ZELLER

I REALLY DONT UNDERSTAND WHY WHEN YOU HAVE MONEY YOU GET AWAY WITH ANYTHING YOU LIKE TO DO KILL STEAL WHAT EVER WHY ARE JUDGES GETTING PAID OFF BY THESE PEOPLE AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT MAYBE WE SHOULD BE PUTTING THESE JUDGIES IN JAIL ALONE WITH THE CRIMINAL

By moudsie

So, let's recap -- she was supposed to decide today, and the news I saw said she rejected to plead guilty -- so they're giving her two more weeks to "decide." How many chances does this idiot get? Put her on trial and throw her sorry butt in jail. This is almost as ridiculous as the Charlie Sheen debacle.

By Bob

Hmmm.....maybe she and Sheen would make a good couple ya think? lol They seem made for each other what with their antics.

By bigo22250

Take look at the picture #4 the young piggy wiggly is looking at cleavage. YOUR BUSTED DUDE.....Really you need 4 bore piggy wiggly and 1 sow piggy wiggly in the court room for that little girl.If there going to protect her get you but by the door.

By dmarrs7077

they are setting a very bad precedent here , noe every criminal will want extra time to decide if they want to go foe stealing and if they dont give it to them its discrimination

By john

No way will she beat this in court. You'll never find 12 jurors without an agenda or bias and she's pissed all the judges off. She needs to take the deal and spin it. 60 -90 days equals one or two weeks. The max at trial is 3 years That's a no brainer....but so is lilo

By jamminone

I am tired of this girl, tired of her excuses, tired of her entitlements, and I am sick and tired of having to pay for her and her continued flagrant violations of the laws. If this was you or I we would be locked up for a few years allready and never even of had the opportunity to steal the necklace as we would of been in jail.

By Sally

Melannie - innocent until proven guilty. You do realize they have a video of her putting the necklace on and then putting her own necklace over it and walking out of the store with the stolen necklace on don't you? When you have the thief on tape stealing the necklace, you don't really need a trial to prove that person is a thief.

By Demos

They'll keep putting things off until-first thing you know-YEAH, YOU GUESSED IT-THEY FIND SOME EXCUSE NOT TO DO ANYTHING TO HER. LINDSAY SKATES AGAIN!

By ghelm92160

Jury trail or not she will probably get aquitted as remember it only takes one person as in O.J. found not guilty. I would opt for a jury trail and take my chances. Her and her attorney did not opt for a plea as the judge guarantted jail time, which he should have kept his pre-opinion to himself!

By canduit14u

i think she's pretty stupid not to take the deal! the store reported the theft the day she took it ! so her excuse of forgetting to return something that was already reported stolen !ain't gonna fly ! and you can blame all the people in the world for your problems ! but if it were true ! you would'nt be the only one going to jail !

By Judy

WHO'S IN CHARGE???? THE JUDGE OR LINDSAY??????? LOCK HER UP AND THROW AWAY THE KEY!!!!

If I walked out of any store with merchandise like that I would get slapped into jail without so much as a blink of an eye. Stores are strict about shoplifting. The judge in this case said he wasn't going to treat her any different from us BUT in fact already has. Only a celebrity would get additional time to decide for an offense that would get anyone else thrown into jail immediately without having the luxury of being able to make that same decision. This whole thing is a total farce. In a way I hope she chooses trial and then gets a guilty verdict so she goes away for a while so we don't have to be constantly seeing her face on the TV. She is a has-been who doesn't know her 15 minutes of fame ended long ago. Gotta wonder what it is going to take for her to get that through her head?

By boldier

Really do they really need 5 armed cops. They are already spending more time on this than it's worth. They should drop the charges just because all the B.S. she has been through with this waste of time and get those cops back on the street and have them go after the real menaces to society.

By doneldathomas

If this were you or I we would be in Jail already..She thinks that she is above the law because she has fame..

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