Original Blog Entry: Lindsay Lohan released from jail

truesee — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:05:25 GMT

Lindsay Lohan is released from jail

Actress left through an undetected side entrance at 1:35 a.m., NBC reports

Monday morning, NBC reported.

TODAY news services

August 2, 2010

5:30 a.m

Lindsay Lohan has been released from jail, but she's not exactly a free woman.

Los Angeles sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said actress was discharged at 1:35 a.m. Monday after serving 14 days of a 90-day sentence for violating her probation in a 2007 drug case. She is now required to begin a three-month stint in rehab. The actress left through an undetected side entrance, NBC reported.

Lohan's attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, did not immediately return an e-mail message seeking comment.

A judge in Beverly Hills, Calif., had ordered Lohan to report to rehab within a day of her release from jail, but shortened that time last week after conferring with Lohan's attorney and a prosecutor. Whitmore said Monday that the actress was required to report directly to rehab.

Celebrity website RadarOnline reports that she was picked up by staff from the UCLA Medical Center, where she will begin her treatment.

Lohan's abbreviated stay was not unexpected, although it was considerably longer than the 84 minutes she spent at the same facility in 2007. The judge said during Lohan's surrender on July 20 that she had no control over how long the actress would be jailed, but did require her to serve her time a women's jail operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Inmates such as Lohan who are serving time for nonviolent offenses typically have their stays reduced due to overcrowding and credits for good behavior.

Media have been camped outside the jail since Lohan was booked July 20, catching shots of her mother and sister coming to visit. Holley has also frequently visited Lohan.

The actress' sentence has put several of Lohan's projects on hold, including her starring role in as Linda Lovelace in a biopic on the porn star's life.

Lohan pleaded guilty in August 2007 to two misdemeanor counts of being under the influence of cocaine; no contest to two counts of driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 percent and one count of reckless driving. She was sentenced to three years of probation.

The plea came after a pair of high-profile arrests earlier that year.

The jail facility in Lynwood has hosted several starlets, including actress Michelle Rodriguez and socialite Paris Hilton. Lohan spent 84-minutes there in 2007 after being sentenced for her original case.

... [ More ]