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Caalarogu Shark Media. Good morning, I'm read Carter, and welcome
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to Celebrity Trials. Yesterday, something remarkable happened in movie theaters
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across America. Lindsay Lohan returned to the big screen in
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Freakier Friday, twenty two years after the original. Twenty two years.
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That's longer than she'd been alive when she first played
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Anna Coleman, and between those two films a legal saga
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that would make even the most creative screenwriter say, come on,
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that's too much. Today and tomorrow, we're doing something different.
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We're telling the story of someone who didn't murder anyone,
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didn't dismember anybody, didn't text their kid into killing someone.
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Lindsay Lohan's biggest victim was Lindsay Lohan, but her journey
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through the American justice system reveals something just as disturbing
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as any murder case. How fame, addiction, and wealth create
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a parallel universe where consequences are more suggestion than certainty.
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Picture this, a freckle faced eleven year old with red
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hair and a smile that could sell anything from jello
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to wonderbread. That was Lindsay Lohan in nineteen ninety eight,
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playing twins in The Parent Trap, Disney's Newest Discovery, America's
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Sweetheart in Training. Now picture this that same girl, twenty
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one years old, stumbling out of a Beverly Hills police
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station at three am with cocaine in her pocket and
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a blood alcohol level twice the legal limit. The transformation
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took less than a decade. How does that happen? How
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does a kid who had everything talent, beauty, money, opportunity
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end up with six mugshots and more time in rehab
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than most people spend in college. And more importantly, how
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does someone sentence to months in jail serve mere hours
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while regular people wrought in those same cells for far less.
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Let's start at the beginning, not the arrest record, beginning,
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the real beginning, when Lindsay Lohan was just another kid
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from Long Island with stage parents and a dream. Lindsay
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Morgan Lohan was born July Tewod nineteen eighty six in
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the Bronx. Her father, Michael was a Wall Street trader
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who would later serve time for stock fraud. Her mother, Dina,
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was a former radio city roquette who saw dollar signs
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where she should have seen a daughter By age three,
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Lindsay was modeling for Ford. By eleven, she was a
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movie star. But here's what nobody talks about when they
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discussed child stars, the loneliness. After Mean Girls exploded in
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two thousand and four, Lohan moved into hotels, not an apartment, hotels,
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the Four Seasons, the Chateau Marmont. For two years, she
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lived at the Chateau Marmond, like some kind of teenage
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Howard Hughes. Later she'd explain it, I didn't want to
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be alone, so whatever I needed, I could just go
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downstairs and there were people there. Think about that, an
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eighteen year old girl, one of the most famous people
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in America, so desperately lonely. She lived in a hotel
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lobby for companionship. That's not Hollywood glamour. That's a tragedy
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waiting to happen. The parents useless. Michael Lohan was in
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and out of jail, in and out of their lives,
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selling stories to tabloids whenever he needed cash. Dina was
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too busy being Lindsay's mamager to actually be her mother.
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Lindsay once said, I feel like a second parent in
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the sense that I helped raise my family. She was
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the breadwinner, the caretaker, the adult in the room while
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she was still a teenager. By two thousand and six,
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the cracks were showing she was attending alcoholics anonymous meetings.
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At twenty. The girl who had everything was falling apart
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in public, and we all watched. We bought the magazines,
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we clicked the links, We made her destruction entertainment. Then
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came Memorial Day weekend two thousand and seven, the beginning
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of the end, or maybe the end of the beginning.
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May twenty sixth two thousand and seven, two forty five am,
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sunset Boulevard, Lindsay Low Hands, Mercedes Benz convertible, jumps a
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curb and slams into a hedge. When police arrived, they
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find more than just a drunk driver. They find cocaine.
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The blood test would later show a blood alcohol level
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of point one two, well above California's point zero eight limit.
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This wasn't some teenager's first beer. This was a twenty
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year old woman so intoxicated she couldn't keep a car
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on the road with cocaine for dessert. She was supposed
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to start filming Poor Things that week. Instead, she checked
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into Promises Treatment center in Malibu promises. Even the name
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sounds like marketing. We promise you'll get better. For ninety
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thousand dollars a month, they better promise something. Lindsay lasted
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forty five days. She got out July thirteenth, two thousand
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and seven, with an alcohol monitoring bracelet on her ankle voluntarily.
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Her people said, like that made it noble instead of necessary.
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Eleven days. That's how long her sobriety lasted eleven days.
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July twenty fourth, two thousand and seven, one thirty five am,
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Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica. This time it wasn't just
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a crashed Mercedes. This time there was a chase. Here's
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what happened. According to police reports and witness statements, Lindsay's
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assistant quit, The assistant's mother came to pick her up
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from a party. Lindsay drunken high, jumped into a DENALISUV
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and chased them down pch at speeds that would make
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NASCAR jealous. The assistant's mother called nine to one one terrified.
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I can't get her to stop following me, she told
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the dispatcher. When police finally pulled Lindsay over in a
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parking lot, she failed two breathalyzer tests. But wait, it
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gets better or worse, depending on your perspective. During the
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booking process, at least found cocaine in her pocket. Her excuse,
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these weren't her pants, really, Lindsey, you're going with these
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aren't my pants. That's what every junkie and every jail
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in America says, and it never ever works. Oh and
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remember that voluntary alcohol monitoring bracelet. She was wearing it
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during the chase. It was literally recording her intoxication in
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real time while she was committing multiple felonies. The charges
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were spectacular. Two counts of driving under the influence, two
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counts of driving with a blood alcohol level above point
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zero eight, two counts of being under the influence of cocaine,
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one count of reckless driving, and because she'd lost her
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license after the first arrest, one count of driving on
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a suspended license. Seven misdemeanors at twenty one years old.
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August twenty third, two thousand and seven. The plea deal.
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This is where the two tiered justice system really starts
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to show itself. Seven misdemeanors, including two DUIs and cocaine possession.
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The sentence one day in jail, ten days of community service,
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three years of probation. That's it. One day for comparison.
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I looked up California sentencing guidelines. A second DUI typically
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carries a mandatory minimum of ninety six hours in jail.
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That's four days, not one. And that's without the cocaine,
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without the reckless driving, without the suspended license. But Lindsay
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got twenty four hours. Want to know how long she
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actually served? Eighty four minutes, one hour and twenty four minutes.
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She checked into Lynwood Correctional Facility at ten thirty pm
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on November fifteenth, two thousand and seven. She was released
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at eleven fifty four pm. The Sheriff's department cited overcrowding. Overcrowding,
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the same jail where regular people serve their full sentences,
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sometimes more when they can't make bail, was too crowded
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for Lindsay Lohan. She served less time than it takes
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to watch Freaky Friday. Let me paint you a picture
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of what eighty four mens minutes in jail looks like.
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Processing takes about an hour, fingerprints, photos, paperwork. She probably
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spent twenty minutes in an actual cell. Maybe she used
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the toilet. Maybe she sat on the bench and thought
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about her life, or maybe she just knew this was
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all for show, that her lawyer had already arranged her
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release before she ever walked in. Meanwhile, in that same jail,
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there were people serving months for the same crimes. People
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who couldn't afford Sean Holly, Lindsay's seven hundred dollars an
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hour attorney who had worked on the oj Simpson Dream Team.
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People whose parents weren't selling exclusives to Okay magazine to
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pay for their defense. People who were actually being punished.
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Back in a moment, welcome back to celebrity trials. I'm
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read Carter, and we're exploring how Lindsay Lohan turned the
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criminal justice system into a revolving door with a VIP pass.
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After her eighty four minute incarceration, you'd think Lindsay might
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have taken the hint. Three years of probation is a
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long time. All she had to do was stay clean,
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go to her alcohol education classes, and complete ten days
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of community service. For someone with unlimited resources, a driver assistance,
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and no actual job to report to, this should have
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been easy. It wasn't. See here's what people don't understand
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about addiction. It doesn't care about your bank account, it
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doesn't care about your talent, it doesn't care that you
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were in mean girls. Addiction is democratic that way. It'll
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destroy anyone equally. The only difference is how long you
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can afford to keep the destruction private. Lindsay couldn't keep
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anything private. Every stumble was photographed, every fall documented. She
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became a walking reality show before reality shows were even
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a thing. The paparazzi followed her to AA meetings, to
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court ordered classes, to rehab facilities. They made millions off
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her misery. October two thousand and nine, two years into
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her three year probation, Lindsay shows up to a progress
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hearing over an hour late. The judge, Marsha Revel, is
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not amused. Turns out Lindsay had been missing her alcohol
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education classes, the same classes that were keeping her out
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of jail. The judge extends her probation another year. But
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here's where it gets interesting. Judge Revel says something that
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should have been a warning. I wanted you to have
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your career, but you cannot thumb your nose at this court.
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Thumb your nose. That's a polite way of saying Lindsay
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had been treating the justice system like a suggestion, not
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a requirement, and she was about to learn that even
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celebrity has its limits. May twenty ten, the Can Film Festival.
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Lindsey is there promoting a film she's supposedly starring in Inferno,
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where she'd play porn star Linda Lovelace. She's supposed to
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be at a mandatory court hearing in Beverly Hills on
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May twentieth. Her excuse for missing it she lost her passport.
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She lost her passport in Can during the film festival
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while partying on yachts and walking red carpets. The judge
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issued a bench warrant for her arrest, which was only
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lifted after Lindsay posted one hundred thousand dollars bail. When
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she finally appeared in court on May twenty fourth, Judge
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Revel had had enough. She ordered Lindsay to wear a
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scram bracelet that's secure continuous remote alcohol monitor for those
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keeping track. It tests your sweat every thirty minutes for alcohol,
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no drinking period. She also ordered random weekly drug testing.
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Two weeks later, June eighth, twenty ten, the MTV Movie Awards,
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Lindsay's scram bracelet goes off like a fire alarm. The
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device detected alcohol. Lindsay's excuse the bracelet malfunctioned. Right, The
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same technology used to monitor thousands of offenders across the
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country just happened to malfunction at the exact moment. Lindsay
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was at a Hollywood party July sixth, twenty ten, the
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day Lindsay Lohan cried in court and I mean sobbed,
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ugly snot running makeup, destroying tears because Judge Revel was
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done playing games. The photos from that day are devastating.
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Lindsay in a gray suit, trying to look responsible, her
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hair pulled back, minimal makeup, going for the I'm taking
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this seriously look. But her fingernails told a different story.
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Someone zoomed in on her middle finger, written in tiny
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letters on the nail, fuck you. She had fuck you
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written on her fingernail while begging a judge for mercy.
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That's not defiance, that's delusion. Judge Revel sentenced her to
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ninety days in jail for violating probation, followed by ninety
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days in rehab. Lindsay's response, I did do everything that
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I was told to do and did the best I could. No, Lindsay,
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you didn't. You missed classes, you failed alcohol tests, you
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showed up late to court, you fled the country to
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avoid hearings. That's not doing your best. That's barely trying.
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But here's the kicker of those ninety days in jail.
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She served fourteen two weeks, released early due to overcrowding
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and good behavior. Good behavior in two weeks, what did
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she do? Teach yoga to the other inmates. The rehab
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stint was equally meaningless. Ninety days became twenty three at
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UCLA Medical Center. Then she was released to outpatient treatment,
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which meant she could go home. The cycle continued. September
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twenty fourth, twenty ten, failed drug test cocaine and amphetamines.
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Back to jail, Released the same day after posting bail.
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February twenty eleven, arrested for stealing a two five hundred
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dollars necklace from a Venice jewelry store. The surveillance video
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is damning. She walks out wearing it, never pays her
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excuse she was borrowing it from a store without asking.
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That's not borrowing, Lindsay, that's shoplifting. April twenty second, twenty eleven,
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Sentenced to one hundred twenty days in jail for the
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theft and probation violation, served five hours, not days hours.
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She was fitted with an ankle monitor and sent home
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for house arrest, during which she threw parties, failed alcohol tests,
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and posted it all on social media. Are you seeing
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the pattern? Arrest, conviction, sentence, release, repeat. It's like the
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justice system had a revolving door with Lindsay's name on it.
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November twenty eleven, back to jail for failing to complete
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community service at a women's shelter. She was supposed to
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do three hundred sixty hours. She'd done barely any the
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excuse she didn't feel comfortable at the shelter, so they
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moved her to the Morgue, the Los Angeles County Morgue,
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because nothing says rehabilitation like making a drug addict organized
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dead bodies, even that she couldn't do right. October twentieth,
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twenty eleven, she shows up late to her first day
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at the Morgue, the day after a judge had literally
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just scolded her for being unreliable. She couldn't even be
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on time to community service at a morgue dead people
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were waiting for her, and she still couldn't show up.
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The judge sentenced her to thirty days. She served four
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and a half hours. At this point, it wasn't even
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surprising anymore. It was expected. Lindsey Lohan goes to jail
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like most people go to the DMV. Annoying brief, ultimately meaningless.
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By twenty twelve, he'd been to court twenty times, twenty