Lindsay Lohan was on Wednesday, May 11 sentenced to three years of probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor theft in a missing necklace case, while a judge also ordered that the actress report to a women's jail by June 17 to learn how she is to serve a sentence that was given for violating her probation in a DUI case.
Her next court date is a July 21 progress report. The starlet was sentenced to 120 days in jail on Easter weekend, and after nearly five hours in custody following her hearing, Lohan posted bail has been a free woman. She is expected to appeal the judge’s decision of jail time.
TMZ reported Lohan was “blindsided” by the jail sentence she received, as many had speculated that if her charges were reduced from felony theft to misdemeanor charges, she would be able to escape any time behind bars. For some reason, that didn’t happen and she was hit with three months of hard time and 480 hours of community service.
Deputy City Attorney Melanie Chavira asked for substance abuse counseling for Lohan, which the judge denied. Sautner said drugs and alcohol are not the root of Lohan's legal troubles, but "she's got other problems for which she self-medicates."
Lohan's four years in and out of court -- and sometimes jail -- started with two drunken driving arrests in 2007. Since then, she's spent more than eight months in substance abuse rehab.
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