Michael Lohan arrested, could face felony domestic violence charges

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Lindsay Lohan‘s father, Michael Lohan, was arrested Monday after allegedly holding his girlfriend against her will and preventing her from calling authorities. He could face several felony charges for the dispute.

Michael Lohan, who will appear on an upcoming season of VH1’s ‘Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew’ for anger-management treatment, was arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment, corporal injury on a cohabitant and preventing a report of victimization, L.A. County Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore told L.A. Now.

Lohan, 51, was booked and bail was set at $200,000. Charges have not yet been filed by the L.A. County district attorney’s office.

Deputies answered a call to Lohan’s West Hollywood apartment at about 9 p.m. in relation to a domestic dispute, Whitmore said. Lohan was arrested later when deputies saw him roaming Santa Monica Boulevard near the sheriff’s station.

After he was booked, Lohan was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center to be treated for a ‘medical condition not related to the incident,’ the sheriff’s department said in a statement. The alleged victim declined medical treatment.

Other reports have said that the altercation involved Lohan’s ex-girlfriend Kate Major, whom he allegedly tried to choke with a towel after a violent argument. Major filed a police report against her then-fiance in July, alleging that he’d shoved her over a chair and kicked her during an argument. The charges were dropped in August at Major’s request.

Michael Lohan, who has twice done prison time, including once for attempted assault, divorced Lindsay’s mother Dina Lohan in 2007.

We’ve heard ‘like father, like daughter,’ but what a way to continue to ride on your kid’s coattails -- unless, this is all some twisted plug for the VH1 show. Dr. Drew Pinsky, incidentally, was in Hollywood at the ‘Super’ premiere Monday night.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.