Lindsay Lohan not on drugs, is a 'victim,' her attorney says
Lindsay Lohan, who faces charges in New York and Santa Monica, is a "victim" and was not on drugs at the time of her latest arrest, her attorney said.
Lohan was charged Thursday with three
misdemeanors for allegedly lying to Santa Monica police in connection
with a June traffic accident on Pacific Coast Highway.
The
charges came hours after the "Mean Girls" and "The Parent Trap" actress
was arrested in New York on suspicion of third-degree assault, a
misdemeanor, after she allegedly punched a woman in the face at Club
Avenue in Manhattan's fashionable meatpacking district.
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Her attorney in that case denied the actress did anything wrong.
"Once again, Lindsay Lohan is a victim of someone trying to capture their 15 minutes of fame," New York attorney Mark Heller said in a statement obtained by the Associated Press. "From my initial investigation, I am completely confident that this case will be concluded favorably and that Lindsay will be totally exonerated."
Separately, Heller told E! Entertainment: "She was certainly not intoxicated, certainly not under the influence of drugs. She was clear [and] lucid, her eyes were clear. No alcohol involvement whatsoever on this occasion."
She was charged Thursday with obstructing an investigation, giving false information to an officer and reckless driving.
The charges in the Santa Monica case mean an automatic revocation of her 2011 probation in connection with a conviction for shoplifting from a Venice jewelry store.
Lohan has already been sent to jail several times for violating
the terms of her probation, but she eventually complied with the rules
set down by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner.
More
recently, the 26-year-old actress has been spending time in New York,
where she has been part of several law enforcement investigations. In
September, the actress claimed she was choked by a political aide in a
New York hotel room. Charges against the man were dropped.
She
was then the subject of an investigation in which she was accused of
clipping a man with her car outside another Manhattan nightclub. No
charges were filed in that case.
In October, police were called
to a reported domestic disturbance at Lohan's mother's home in Mineola,
N.Y., after she had been arguing with her mother. The incident did not
result in any arrests or prosecutions.
Thursday's incident
occurred inside Club Avenue. Police said Lohan was sitting inside a
black SUV when officers arrived and arrested her about 4 a.m.
Lohan
was not injured and the alleged victim, whose injuries were not
disclosed, refused medical treatment at the scene, officials said.
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