Happy 25th Birthday, Lindsay Lohan

By Christine Fenno Posted Jul 2nd 2011 02:31PM

Lindsay Lohan turns 25 years old today, and what a year she's had. Make that: What a 25 years she's had. Right now, she's free to celebrate wherever she likes, since her house arrest ended on June 29 (her first night out already triggered a paparazzi frenzy).

A year ago, on her last birthday, LiLo could hardly have predicted the legal sagas that would unfold in the months ahead.

Back in July 2010, just a few days after turning 24, she was sentenced to 90 days in jail, followed by 90 days in rehab, for probation violation stemming from her 2007 DUI. (Lohan's profane manicure made headlines during that court appearance.) She moved into a sober living facility as the start of her jail stint loomed.

She wasn't behind bars long: Booked into jail in handcuffs on July 20, 2010, Lohan was released less than two weeks later and ordered to begin rehab at UCLA Medical Center. But she only served a fraction of that sentence as well, completing treatment in just 23 days. Less than a month later, she was headed back to court, tweeting, "Regrettably, I did in fact fail my most recent drug test..."

She was booked into jail again on Sept. 24, 2010, but a judge overturned the decision, and she left jail the same day when she was granted $300,000 bail. That same month, she settled a lawsuit she'd filed against E-Trade over a commercial in which a baby named "Lindsay" was called a "milkaholic."

Days after getting bailed out of jail, Lohan entered rehab at Betty Ford. In late October, she was ordered to remain in rehab until Jan. 3, 2011. While she was in treatment, 'Inferno' director Matthew Wilder announced Lohan would no longer star in his Linda Lovelace biopic.

In December 2010, less than a month before her release from rehab, Lohan got into a scuffle with Betty Ford staff member Dawn Holland (who was eventually fired for talking to the media, and withdrew her request to press charges).

While she walked out of rehab on schedule, Lohan soon walked right into trouble again when a Venice, Calif., jewelry store accused her in January of stealing a necklace, claiming they had surveillance video of the actress sneaking out of the shop wearing their merchandise. On Feb. 9, Lohan was charged with felony grand theft and pleaded not guilty.

On March 10, 2011, her ninth court appearance in ten months, Lohan was given two weeks to choose between a plea deal or a trial; she soon rejected a plea bargain.

In late April, her theft charge was reduced to a misdemeanor -- she pleaded no contest -- but the actress was given 120 days in jail and 480 hours of community service for probation violation (for being charged with theft in the first place). She posted bail and left the detention center within hours, and due to overcrowding, her sentence turned into house arrest.

During her house arrest, she shot a commercial and hosted a roof party, and then news broke in June that Lohan had tested positive for alcohol. But she was quickly let off the hook on a technicality (she was only supposed to be tested for drugs).

Could the troubled starlet's quarter-century birthday finally mark the beginning of the end of her legal woes? Lohan surely hopes that this year's theme, instead of jail and rehab, will be her long-anticipated career comeback, as she prepares for her role in the John Travolta movie 'Gotti: Three Generations'.

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Saturday 02 July

By KR

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Could not imagine ever looking that haggard at only 25 years of age. Sharon Stone looks way better and she's twice her age.

By mikenumnuts

Looks like she was rode hard and put away wet.

Sunday 03 July

By Peg

That kid looks like she skipped her twenties and went straight to 35.

By themeeker

Linzey, if you go out tonight and get smashed (and no one doubts you will)...FOR GOD'S SAKE, DON'T DRIVE.

By Marci

I was thinking more like 45.

By the_fool

Lot of hard miles on her. She looks like 35 or older. Sad.

By justmyopinion

I thought the same thing. She looks 40. Bad injections on her face. Very sad.

By Kenny Nash

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I would love to see you. She looks hot as a firecracker and your just jealous. I bet your as fat as damn hog and eatting Ben & Jerry's as you read this. She never had a childhood and her parents are the one's who should be locked up you fking skank !

By Frank

Kenny Nash you are a joke

By delacourte

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35? You're being kind. she looks 45 at least. This is what hard core drugs and alcohol do to a person. She was a pretty girl,once upon a time,but that ship has sailed.

By strangecandy

what are the odds that she makes it to 30??? man, she is a hot mess

By hello kitty

Her dreams came true, unfortunately her nightmares followed.

By jaguar8450

Yeah, follwed her right out to the Hamptons. Everybody out in the Hamptons turned on their house alarms and put anti-theft security sensors on all their possessions while she's in town.

By Mary

25, wow she looks about 45. How much longer can she party hard before something really bad happens to her or some innocent person?

By randy albin

people are way too hard on poor lindsay. she thinks she's in a fantasy land of some sort

By kathleen

Wow, she doesn't look a day over 55. Good going hag.

By Sally

Wow. Looking rough.

By 77

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Maybe your seeing an Adult in her now.

By Bear 401

Though she wasn't supposed to have been tested for alcohol but was & failed it proves that she is still has a problem with booze & that fact will more than likely make her a risk for anyone making a film & considering having her in it. Personally I think there will be more trouble ahead for her stemming from her alcohol abuse, liike more DUI's & possibly more drug use as well. Time will tell

By Roberta

Happy 25th Lindsay; NOW Grow Up. Oh wait; You don't have to because You are You, and The American Public would have nothing to read or watch. Sad part is that one day You won't be You anymore, just some dryed up old drug addicted has been, Who could have been a respected actress had She chosen. ;o(

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