• 20
  • July
    2010

Lindsay Lohan was booked into a Lynwood, California, jail today. She arrived 10 minutes late for her Beverly Hills courtroom hearing after which she was handcuffed and transported to the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood. Two weeks ago, Lohan was sentenced by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel to serve 90 days in jail for violating the terms of her DUI probation.

Lohan's probation was extended by a year, but she still missed seven court-mandated alcohol-education classes since last December and in May missed a court hearing scheduled to review her probation progress. Lohan was on probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor drug charges and no contest to three driving charges related to DUI arrests in 2007.

Lohan's defense attorney says that her client is resolute and ready to serve her sentence. The prosecutor for the case said she felt the sentence was appropriate to the crime and hopes that it sends a message to the public that drunk-driving offenses are taken seriously as are probation requirements following a drunk driving conviction.

Lohan had been photographed partying at the Cannes Film Festival the night before she missed her May hearing, but told the judge it was because her passport was stolen in France. Lohan was ordered to wear an alcohol-detection ankle bracelet, which alerted authorities to the presence of alcohol on the night of the MTV movie awards. Judge Revel said that her sentence didn't take into account any findings of the alcohol-monitoring bracelet, but was based on Lohan's inability to maintain weekly attendance at the required alcohol-education classes.

Lohan will likely serve her sentence in isolation. She may have her sentence significantly reduced, perhaps to a quarter of the 90 days, because of overcrowding in California's prisons and the state's practice of rewarding good behavior by crediting time served.  

Source:

Lindsay Lohan ordered to jail (Los Angeles Times)