catlover79
08-23-2007, 11:45 PM
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was ordered to spend one day in jail and serve three years probation after pleading no contest to charges of cocaine possession and drunken driving on Thursday.
A California judge also said the 21-year-old actress, who shot to fame as a teenager in Disney movies like "Freaky Friday," must perform 10 days of community service and attend 18 months of an alcohol education program for charges stemming from two arrests in recent months.
"It is clear to me that my life has become completely unmanageable because I am addicted to alcohol and drugs," Lohan said in a statement after the plea deal was announced. "Recently, I relapsed and did things for which I am ashamed. I broke the law, and today I took responsibility."
Lohan, who is in a rehab clinic in Utah, was arrested in May after wrecking her car in Beverly Hills, and in July following a car chase in the Los Angeles area community of Santa Monica.
In both cases, Lohan possessed cocaine, but because the amounts were below .05 grams, she faced misdemeanor charges instead of more serious felony charges, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said.
Following a conference in Beverly Hills, at which Lohan's attorneys entered the pleas, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers said Lohan did not receive any special consideration because she was a celebrity.
Former Los Angeles District Attorney Robert Philibosian, who now works with the law firm Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, called the sentence "normal treatment for anyone."
"It wasn't a felony, and as a condition of her probation, she was ordered into a strict drug treatment program," Philibosian said.
Lohan's attorney entered pleas of no contest to charges of driving with a blood alcohol level over the limit of .08 percent, being under the influence of cocaine and reckless driving. In exchange, two counts of driving under the influence were dropped. A no contest plea is neither an admission of guilt nor a denial.
A Beverly Hills Superior Court judge ordered Lohan to serve four days in jail on the charges, but reduced the sentence to two days and gave Lohan one day of credit for time already served. She must serve the time before January 18.
Lohan's late-night partying began to get her into trouble last year. With her recent arrests, she joined other celebrities like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie who have had brushes with the law.
Her latest films have failed to draw her fans to theaters. Lohan's two recent movies, "Georgia Rule," and "I Know Who Killed Me," were box office bombs.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Nicole Richie surrendered to authorities on Thursday to begin serving a four-day sentence for driving under the influence of drugs, but spent a little more than one hour in jail, an official said.
A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said federal sentencing guidelines dealing with jail overcrowding allowed local officials to reduce the time for Richie and other inmates with similar charges.
Richie, 25, was treated "in the same manner as other inmates with a similar sentence," Deputy Sheriff Maribel Rizo said, reading from a statement.
Richie, the daughter of singer Lionel Richie and a co-star with Paris Hilton on reality TV series "The Simple Life," surrendered to local authorities in the afternoon and was booked, processed and released about one hour and 20 minutes later, Rizo said.
The deputy did not know whether Richie had actually spent any time in a jail cell.
The actress, who is pregnant by her boyfriend, singer Joel Madden of rock band Good Charlotte, was arrested in December 2006 after police spotted her driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles area freeway. She failed a sobriety test and admitted to smoking marijuana and taking the prescription painkiller Vicodin.
Late last month, Richie pleaded guilty, was ordered to spend four days in jail, fined $2,048 and placed on three-years probation.
Richie's plea came roughly one month after Hilton completed her own three-week stint behind bars for violating probation on drunken driving charges.
That case was marked by a media frenzy after Hilton was initially released only three days into her 45-day sentence due to overcrowding issues and concern over her deteriorating medical condition, sheriff's officials said at the time.
Richie surrendered to jail officials on the same day a third troubled Hollywood actress, Lindsay Lohan, pleaded no contest to charges of cocaine possession and drunken driving and was ordered to spend one day in jail.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was ordered to spend one day in jail and serve three years probation after pleading no contest to charges of cocaine possession and drunken driving on Thursday.
A California judge also said the 21-year-old actress, who shot to fame as a teenager in Disney movies like "Freaky Friday," must perform 10 days of community service and attend 18 months of an alcohol education program for charges stemming from two arrests in recent months.
"It is clear to me that my life has become completely unmanageable because I am addicted to alcohol and drugs," Lohan said in a statement after the plea deal was announced. "Recently, I relapsed and did things for which I am ashamed. I broke the law, and today I took responsibility."
Lohan, who is in a rehab clinic in Utah, was arrested in May after wrecking her car in Beverly Hills, and in July following a car chase in the Los Angeles area community of Santa Monica.
In both cases, Lohan possessed cocaine, but because the amounts were below .05 grams, she faced misdemeanor charges instead of more serious felony charges, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office said.
Following a conference in Beverly Hills, at which Lohan's attorneys entered the pleas, Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Danette Meyers said Lohan did not receive any special consideration because she was a celebrity.
Former Los Angeles District Attorney Robert Philibosian, who now works with the law firm Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton, called the sentence "normal treatment for anyone."
"It wasn't a felony, and as a condition of her probation, she was ordered into a strict drug treatment program," Philibosian said.
Lohan's attorney entered pleas of no contest to charges of driving with a blood alcohol level over the limit of .08 percent, being under the influence of cocaine and reckless driving. In exchange, two counts of driving under the influence were dropped. A no contest plea is neither an admission of guilt nor a denial.
A Beverly Hills Superior Court judge ordered Lohan to serve four days in jail on the charges, but reduced the sentence to two days and gave Lohan one day of credit for time already served. She must serve the time before January 18.
Lohan's late-night partying began to get her into trouble last year. With her recent arrests, she joined other celebrities like Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie who have had brushes with the law.
Her latest films have failed to draw her fans to theaters. Lohan's two recent movies, "Georgia Rule," and "I Know Who Killed Me," were box office bombs.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Nicole Richie surrendered to authorities on Thursday to begin serving a four-day sentence for driving under the influence of drugs, but spent a little more than one hour in jail, an official said.
A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said federal sentencing guidelines dealing with jail overcrowding allowed local officials to reduce the time for Richie and other inmates with similar charges.
Richie, 25, was treated "in the same manner as other inmates with a similar sentence," Deputy Sheriff Maribel Rizo said, reading from a statement.
Richie, the daughter of singer Lionel Richie and a co-star with Paris Hilton on reality TV series "The Simple Life," surrendered to local authorities in the afternoon and was booked, processed and released about one hour and 20 minutes later, Rizo said.
The deputy did not know whether Richie had actually spent any time in a jail cell.
The actress, who is pregnant by her boyfriend, singer Joel Madden of rock band Good Charlotte, was arrested in December 2006 after police spotted her driving the wrong way on a Los Angeles area freeway. She failed a sobriety test and admitted to smoking marijuana and taking the prescription painkiller Vicodin.
Late last month, Richie pleaded guilty, was ordered to spend four days in jail, fined $2,048 and placed on three-years probation.
Richie's plea came roughly one month after Hilton completed her own three-week stint behind bars for violating probation on drunken driving charges.
That case was marked by a media frenzy after Hilton was initially released only three days into her 45-day sentence due to overcrowding issues and concern over her deteriorating medical condition, sheriff's officials said at the time.
Richie surrendered to jail officials on the same day a third troubled Hollywood actress, Lindsay Lohan, pleaded no contest to charges of cocaine possession and drunken driving and was ordered to spend one day in jail.