Lindsay Lohan Posts Bail, Leaves Jail

By Christine Fenno Posted Apr 23rd 2011 09:16AM

Once a bondsman put up $75,000 in bail to free Lindsay Lohan on Friday night, TMZ reports that the actress walked out of Lynwood Correctional Facility after almost five hours in custody.

The actress, 24, was sentenced earlier in the day to 120 days in jail, plus 480 hours of community service for probation violation (stemming from a 2007 DUI). In January, Lohan had just completed three months of court-ordered rehab when she allegedly walked out of a jewelry store with a pricey necklace, leading to a theft accusation and her latest legal drama.

The judge on Friday reduced Lohan's felony charge to a misdemeanor, but ordered her immediately into custody and set a trial date. The court was reportedly swayed by surveillance video, which allegedly shows a friend of Lohan's acting as a decoy to distract a boutique owner, while the actress slips on a necklace. Lohan has insisted she had permission to borrow the bling, and has blamed a forgetful stylist for neglecting to return it promptly.

Lohan left the detention facility after sundown on Friday in a black SUV, with a sheriff's vehicle escorting hers off the premises. She's due in court May 11 for a pretrial hearing (back in February, Lohan declined a plea bargain, spurring her judge to warn "this case involves jail time"). Her booking in Lynwood is reportedly the fifth time she's been processed and released there.

The community service portion of Lohan's latest sentence requires her to spend 360 hours at the Downtown Women's Center (so she can "see how needy women have to live," according to TMZ) and another 120 hours at the Los Angeles County morgue.

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Saturday 23 April

By Brendamayee

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Finally we all agree...She will get hers doing a picture with the mob....lol
God bless and have a great Holiday

By Chaz Goodman

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Keep this in mind folks, Lohan is only doing what the courts are allowing her to do. The courts are the ones that everyone should be more angry with. If you were allowed to get away with things the way she has been, you would. In a sense, she is just the messenger.

By mp

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They are only prolonging her pain. She wants to hit bottom but no one is responsible enough to let her. Least of all, her publicity-seeking sick parents and friends/handlers. So maybe they want to wait until she plows into a family of 9 on her way home from a party. Maybe they want to wait until she drives off a bridge. In the end, and there will be one, the judges will be as much to blame as her "family". And she, most of all, is responsible for her terrible behavior!

By Roger

Poor Lins. At least she'll be able to go home to Sam Ronsom. Hopefully the two of them can figure out a way to lick everything.

By Paul

Must be nice to have money !!! Where was that Judge when i was in Divorce Court ?

By Tom

they should make her pick up trash along the highways

By Billy Bob

Rich have a different set of rules.

By Gail

If the appeal fails, will she finally have to do her time, or will they count "out on bail" as time served? And it's either a misdemeanor, or it isn't. I'll bet many people wish their felony arrests would turn into a slap on the wrist.

Sunday 24 April

By English

Prison in the United states is ONLY for the NON rich. American's live in a fantasy land where they are so foolish that they truly fall for that "justice is blind" and "justice for all" American nonsense.

In Europe the judicial system is fair but NOT in USA.

By dlmcdon

Who ever posted her bail is not her friend.

By johnsonbrown3333

I'm confused, she was sentenced and she posted bail and walked out of jail?

By steener122

Yeah I don't get it either. I thought bail was given before sentancing. In fact I KNOW it is.

By sam

Damn, so much for hot lesbian prison sex. I was kind of looking forward to a video release for charity

By TOM HOLLEMAN

she is going down, now she will test dirty and she will do a year in jail, this is what she needs, duh!!!!!!!!!

By bj the dj

Why is everybody always picking on me?

By terrygandreasen

What is this crap??? If anyone, and I mean anyone without celebrity status, violated probation repeatedly, there wouldn't be an appeal of bond set......we would go directly to JAIL. It's no wonder this BIMBO has no respect!

By T

Hey!! Let's find that kid who cried " LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!" He could do the same for LOWhan...

By Dee

Then next time one gets in trouble and gets nothing out of it they should sue. Unless all get to walk this just proves our justice system is in dire need of repair. So sad we have fallen this far

By the_fool

The only ones getting her money seem to be the lawyers. Maybe they will make a career of it. If only I had the money that she has thrown away being an idiot - I would be rich.

Thursday 28 April

By bill

Why don't that skank Lindsay Lohan and Charlie Sheen go to a sleazy motel, hand cuff each other together and overdose on their drugs and leave this world together. It would be a blessing for the rest of us.

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