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Lohan's charges may be dropped
22/08/2007 10:33 - (SA)
Los Angeles - The Los Angeles County
District Attorney's office is disinclined to charge Lindsay
Lohan with three drug-related felonies, a decision that could
spare the troubled actress from a prison sentence, celebrity
news outlet TMZ.com reported on Tuesday.
The charges are connected with Lohan's two recent arrests
for drunken driving, first in May when she crashed her car on
Beverly Hills, and then in July when she was involved in a
late-night car chase in Santa Monica.
TMZ, citing unidentified law enforcement sources, said the
21-year-old actress would likely face misdemeanour drunk-driving
charges for both incidents. If found guilty of both, she would
serve a minimum of four days in jail, TMZ.com said.
Legal experts have said Lohan could face up to three years
behind bars if confronted with the full weight of the law.
Asked about the TMZ.com report, district attorney
spokesperson Sandi Gibbons said the office has not yet received
the Santa Monica case and the Beverly Hills case remains under
review.
"A public discussion of potential charges prior to a case
being filed would be inappropriate and potentially unethical,"
she said.
Cocaine found
Gibbons also denied TMZ.com's report that charges could be
filed on Wednesday.
After the Beverly Hills incident, cocaine was found in
Lohan's car.
After the Santa Monica chase, she was charged with
driving under the influence of alcohol, cocaine possession,
bringing a controlled substance into custody and driving on a
suspended license.
Lohan, who has done two rehab stints this year, has seen
her promising film career plummet in recent years.
Last month,
she starred as stripper abducted by a sadistic killer in the
box office bomb I Know Who Killed Me.
- Reuters
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