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Has Lindsay Lohan Been Released?

Posted by Drug Free in Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation on August 2nd, 2010

As of this writing, actress Lindsay Lohan may be released from jail, as several news reports talked about her pending release. A report on the New York Daily News shared that the star’s discharge window opened a minute after midnight Sunday, and media reportedly waited whether the actress will leave Lynwood prison and proceed to Morningside Recovery, a rehab facility at Orange County.

Lindsay LohanMs. Lohan began her 90-day jail sentence on July 20 for violating probation of a DUI case from 2007. Her sentence also included spending 90 days in inpatient rehab. Originally, the terms of the sentence gave Lindsay a 24-hour break after completing her jail sentence before starting rehab; according to the Daily Times feature, Judge Marsha Revel reportedly changed her ruling last week and has ordered that the actress proceed to rehab immediately.

Shawn Chapman Holley, Lindsay Lohan’s lawyer, did not confirm the said change as she claimed she has not seen such an order; Chapman Holley visited the jail early on Sunday. She said: “I’m hoping that she’ll have time to spend with her family before she goes to rehab… she has tried to comply with all the court’s orders.”

An initial report on TMZ.com, indicated that Morningside Recovery was chosen by Judge Marhsa Revel even if it is not among the facilities recommended by two court-appointed doctors. Lindsay will be undergoing treatment for bipolar disorder and addiction to methamphetamines and opiates. A follow-up report from TMZ, however, reveals that the actress may be heading to the UCLA Medical Center, which is in the top four facilities listed by the doctors.

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Lindsay Lohan Will Go to Jail, Says New Lawyer

Posted by Drug Free in Drug Addiction on July 17th, 2010

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan will definitely go to jail on Tuesday.  This is according to her new lawyer, Robert Shapiro, who only agreed to take the case if and only if Lindsay goes to jail. So there’s no escaping LL’s jail time as her celebrity lawyer had imposed it upon her to serve her sentence.

lindsay lohan in courtLohan has to serve 90 days in jail as a result of California Superior Court Judge Marsha Revel’s decision when Lohan was found violating the terms of her probation on drunk driving case and failed to attend her alcohol education classes. Her former lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, resigned after she found the judge’s decision too harsh on Lindsay. In the last few days, Holley hinted that Lindsay might be hiring Shapiro to evade prison time.

But Robert Shapiro had something else on his mind. “I have agreed to represent Ms. Lohan on the condition she comply with the terms of probation, including a requirement of jail imposed by Judge Marsha Revel,” Shapiro said in a message to Reuters. “Ms. Lohan is suffering from a disease that I am all too familiar with. Hopefully, I can be of assistance to Ms. Lohan and Judge Revel in implementing a treatment approach recommended by medical professionals for Ms. Lohan’s long term recovery and sobriety,” the statement said.

Shapiro is no stranger to Lohan’s case. After his son Brent died in 2005 after taking ecstasy drugs while drinking, he has been an active participant in the fight against drug addiction and has been helping others who are in dangerous drugs situations to overcome their deadly habits.

He has also helped a lot of celebrities and was a part of OJ Simpson’s “dream team” when he was accused of murdering his wife. Shapiro’s family also established the Brent Shapiro Foundation and the Pickford Lofts sober living facility in LA where Lindsay Lohan is reportedly staying since early this week.

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