Lindsay Lohan judge could order more therapy, 12-step sponsor for actress
L.A. County Superior Court Judge Keith Schwartz told Lindsay Lohan on Wednesday that she should get therapy and a 12-step sponsor.
He said the sponsor would help her stay away from drugs and alcohol and cope with "outside stressors." He said the person should be someone who "is reliable, trustworthy and responsible" and unrelated to her.
"I don't want you to be a repeat offender in the system," Schwartz told Lohan during a court hearing on the alleged theft of a necklace from a Venice jeweler. "I want you to be a productive citizen and reach the potential that you have."
Schwartz repeatedly told the "Mean Girls" actress that she was no different from any other defendant.
"I treat everybody the same," he said. "I don't care if you're Lindsay Lohan or John Doe or Jane Doe."
Lohan is scheduled to return to court March 10.
If she does not plead guilty or no contest to the felony charge, the case would be sent to the presiding judge of the Airport Courthouse, Stephanie Sautner, who would consider Lohan's probation violation on a previous drunk-driving charge, as well as hold the preliminary hearing in the jewelry theft case.
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Photo: Actress Lindsay Lohan, escorted by Los Angeles County Sherriff deputies, arrives for a preliminary hearing at Airport Courthouse Wednesday in Los Angeles. Credit: Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images
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when did this happen
Posted by: colleen | February 23, 2011 at 10:34 AM
it's nice how the judge thinks he has the power to compel a citizen of the USA to attend religious meetings. the prison industrial complex is out of control, and it uses the mothers against drunk driving hysteria from the 80's plus the war on drugs to feed itself.
in these trivial cases the courts make the problem worse. addicts are better off living in countries where drug problems are not part of the criminal justice system. like europe, where they have a form of socialism that doesn't involve having to pay a lot of people who would otherwise be unemployable, as cops, prison guards, judges, and lawyers. and journalists.
Posted by: bill | February 23, 2011 at 10:53 AM
I don't get it. What does she have to do to go to prison? Any one of us would be in there for a while. Why is she special? Is it because she is rich? White? Famous? I feel bad for her, but I don't like it. Seems like she should be locked up.
Posted by: box211 | February 23, 2011 at 11:39 AM
Hey Bill - I'm glad you never lost someone you loved in a wreck with a drunk driver. Meanwhile - ...... I'll say a prayer for you!
Posted by: regina | February 23, 2011 at 12:24 PM
She needs to go to jail for 6 months to a year ton dry out and wake up. No 12 step program is going to heal this little narcissist. What is it going to take? Sooner or later she will end up killing an innocent bystander driving twice the speed limit down Ocean Bl opr Wilshire. The judge needs to send her to jail for steeling. Who does she think she is? Elizabeth Taylor who used to command gifts of jewelry from her directors and producers? Hardly this woman has some serious problems that won't be solved by some 12 step program. The only way the light will come on for her is from behind some cold County jail bars.
Posted by: Robert | February 23, 2011 at 12:36 PM
...kudos to Bill...there is a great deal of truth there Bill...good show!
Posted by: Robert | February 23, 2011 at 12:38 PM
Why does she dress provocatively for court? Does she really think Judge Schwartz is going to get turned on and go easy on her? She is a mess and it really is a joke because Hollywood will forgive her as it does all other non-talents with drug problems such as Robert Downey Jr who owes his life to his wife and her Hollywood insider connections. The list is long...Hollywood will look the other way and continue to give her parts just like Charlie Sheen. Because it is all about who you know and dead presidents $$$.
Posted by: Robert | February 23, 2011 at 12:42 PM
Bill,
FYI, it was a recommendation, not a mandate. And with the ruin that now defines Lindsay Lohan's life, I wouldn't say it was a bad recommendation. It certainly won't hurt her.
Posted by: Irene | February 23, 2011 at 01:03 PM
In this case, people are not the same. The celebrities ARE different, because designers and stores often do lend them things that they can wear and be photographed in.
So it is believable that she didn't realize the store considered the necklace "stolen" -- especially since she walked right out of the store wearing it and they knew she was wearing it and they could have just asked for her to give it back at any time.
That kind of misunderstanding would never happen to a non-celebrity, because we non-celebrities don't get used as walking billboards by people with products they want to advertise by letting us wear them around town.
This was hardly an armed robbery and I think it's ridiculous that people are acting as outraged and vengeful as if it were.
Posted by: Patricia | February 23, 2011 at 01:24 PM
She stays out of prison because she is famous. She is NOT rich and being 'white' is'nt an issue either. Fame in L.A. gives you a pass. Period.
Posted by: boochie | February 23, 2011 at 01:25 PM
If I remember correctly, Lindsay did go to jail. But jails are overcrowded so most inmates are released early if they behave themselves. And as we all can imagine, her celebrity causes a lot of excitement for the inmates and then extra headaches for the jail security staff who have to protect her safety. So it is in the interest of everyone concerned to avoid putting Lindsay back in jail if it can be avoided.
Lindsay, I hope you can get your act together and put this rotten period behind you!
Posted by: RCCA | February 23, 2011 at 02:53 PM