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Lindsay jailed for 84 minutes
16/11/2007 09:29 - (SA)
Robert Jablon
Los Angeles - Actress Lindsay Lohan was in jail for just 84 minutes, becoming the latest celebrity to serve less than a day for a drunken driving offence.
Lohan, 21, turned herself in on Thursday morning. She was searched, fingerprinted and placed in a holding cell in the inmate reception area but got to keep her street clothes, sheriff's spokesperson Steve Whitmore said.
"She was cooperative," he said.
Lohan's original daylong sentence was reduced because she met criteria that took into account overcrowding at the Los Angeles County jail and the fact that her crime was non-violent, Whitmore said.
Did the celebrity receive special treatment?
"Absolutely not. This is what we do for most everybody in this position," Whitmore said. In fact, 30 to 50 women are granted early releases from the facility every day, he added.
An e-mailed request to Lohan's publicist for comment was not immediately returned.
Small amounts of cocaine
In May, the star of Mean Girls and Freaky Friday was arrested after crashing her Mercedes-Benz into a tree in Beverly Hills.
She was arrested again in July after the mother of Lohan's former personal assistant called police to report that her car was being chased by a sport utility vehicle. Police arrested Lohan for being behind the wheel.
In both cases, Lohan was found in possession of small amounts of cocaine.
In August, she reached a plea deal on misdemeanour drunken driving and cocaine charges.
The judge sentenced Lohan to four days in jail - the mandatory minimum for a second drunken-driving offence - but gave her credit for 24 hours already served, and she elected to complete 10 days of community service instead of 48 hours in jail.
The deal called for her to enter treatment, spend a day in jail and perform community service.
Addicted to alcohol and drugs
"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 released by her publicist in August.
Lohan had until January 18 to serve the jail time.
She spent two minutes longer in jail than fellow celebrity Nicole Richie did in August for a similar offence.
Richie's co-star on TV's The Simple Life, Paris Hilton, served 23 days at the same jail earlier this year after she was found guilty of driving on a suspended licence while on probation for an alcohol-related reckless-driving case.
- AP
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