Happy 25th Birthday, Lindsay Lohan
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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At 25 Lindsay looks about as fresh and youthful as Edith Bunker...
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I am so sorry for her and the life she has led. she was sipposed to be a great star and a role model. She better get her act together in the next 25 yrars of her life.
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What a yawner....she'll never make 30!
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Who in the hell cares about this idiot actress or want to be.
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She is the way she is because her parents don't give a DAMM about her,I'm 64 and I look better then her I never drink,no drugs try to live a good live somtimes I think if is any way the this celebrites look them self in the mirror and they like what they see if she keep up whit this kind of live one thay she is going to get very sick and going to the Dr.he going to her the she have AIDS.lol
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WHAT??? Xenia, what on earth are you trying to say?
Hey Mac the true is in black&white way and see
Lindsay....you're looking closer to 40 than 25. Just shows what booze & drugs can do to a girl. What on earth do you have for brains?
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she really needs some help so why dont we all get together & buy her a huge bag of coke like charlie sheen has, some booze & more pills bake into a cake for crackhead & who....
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I certainly hope she gets a judge that will do whatever it takes to keep her off the streets, and get her the help she needs. I WANT HER TO SEE MANY MORE BIRTHDAYS BEING HEALTHY AND WHOLE. BritneySpears turned her life around with her families help. Hopefully Ms. Lohan will have the same opportunity.
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niecey I agree
I'm surprised to see how stressed out her face looks, she appears quite a bit older than 25. I guess she is living proof that alcohol and drugs will age your skin fast. Hope the teens take note of that!
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I'll bet a dollar to a donut she doesn't make 26. Too bad she won't be doing Linda Lovelace. She could have gotten a lot of practice for her likely future profession in my opinion.
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It ain't the years, it's the miles...
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When you are readyLL I will get with you and improve your looks and more
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Wow I'm almost 25, I think the way she looks is a REALLY good reason for people my age to live a clean and healthy lifestyle! She looks so old because of her hard-partying, sun bathing ways.. ew
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Twenty-five! La Lohan looks 55!!!
Her photo looks like the opposite of the the Picture of Dorian Gray. Yikes!
Frank Sanello
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Happy 45th birthday, Lindsay! Oh.....you're 25? Gee, you look MUCH older.
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Might want to be cautious Lindsay, you are walking a fine line.You can look really great, do great, or you can still look bad and do very badly. Your decision little girl. Sure hope you can get yourself together this time.You are so talented!!
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