TMZ is saying this was why he met with Judge Marsha Revel late yesterday afternoon.
Poor Lindsay. No one wants to represent her. Either this means she’s going to go ahead and try to go on the lam appeal her sentence today, or her cheque bounced.
Lindsay is scheduled to show up to court later this morning to begin her 90 day stint in prison for parole violation.
Major drams and a media circus is a forgone conclusion.
Too bad it probably won’t work.
The lawyer, famous as part of OJ Simpson’s “dream team”, now reprensenting Lindsay Lohan, has instructed his client to stay in a sober house in West Hollywood until she’s required to go to jail (Lindsay checked in yesterday).
Word is that Shapiro is apparently going to try and get Lindsay’s jail sentence turned into a rehab only stay instead. Wasn’t that the second part of her sentence anyway?
Something tells me that Judge Marsha Revel isn’t going to change her mind about Lindsay’s punishment (or forget about that “f*ck u” that was painted on her middle finger) and will likely just hand Shapiro something like the image below if he suggests rehab only for his client.
Lindsay has to report to the slammer in five days on July 20th.
After her long suffering lawyer, Shawn Chapman-Holley, threw up her hands in frustration and ran screaming out of of the courtroom to get away from Lindsay resigned as Lindsay’s legal council last week (only to be told by the Judge that she can’t quit until all the appropriate paperwork has been filed) the big question was who was going to represent Lilo?
It’s not going to be some green lawyer who just passed the bar last year (which was the rumour late last week), or the Real Cornitian Leather in the spiffy powder blue suit to the left. Who? This would be Stuart V Goldberg, a criminal defense attorney who dropped everything on his plate and left his practice in Illinois to come rushing to Lindsay’s legal aid (whether she wanted it or not).
Surprise, surprise, the Lohans apparently aren’t going to take Mr. Goldberg up on his completely generous and in no way self-serving offer after all. A source close to the lawyer says that the Lohans couldn’t afford Goldberg and that he refused to work for free (so there too). Meanwhile, another source close to Lindsay (obviously Dina) says that she felt Mr. Goldberg was a little too “eccentric”. Heh.
Never thought I’d say this about the Lohan’s, but smart move.
TMZ is now reporting that the Lohans have hired high powered attorney Robert Shapiroto represent Linds with her appeal from here on, so Real Cornithian Leather has taken his leathery hide and powder blue suit back to the windy city.
Battered but not bowed! Is there anything worse than a summer cold (except maybe when it turns into the flu)? But enough about my probs…
Lindsay’s are just beginning. Since new info about Linds pops up online every couple of hours, I thought I’d round up what’s been happening in the past 24.
After the verdict, Lindsay bailed on her own birthday bash, instead opting to stay at home, where she was visited by Kim Kardashian, clearly feeling that she hadn’t been mentioned in the news enough lately, and chose this as her way of inserting herself into the picture. This woman needs to write a book on famewhoring. She’s a master at it.
Apparently, Linds plans to appeal the sentence of 90 days in jail followed by madatory 90 days in rehab handed down to her by Judge Marsha Revel earlier this week.
However, it’ll be a different council as Lind’s lawyer quit that bitch yesterday. Whether it was the “f*ck u” painted on Lindsay’s middle fingernail, her statement that “I’m not going to jail” afterwards, her plans to appeal, or the fact that she probably has no real means to pay her legal fees remains unclear. Lindsay’s new lawyer is just that, having passed the bar exam only eight months ago. What’s that old saying? You only get what you pay for?
Speaking of paying for things…Lindsay is well aware that she’s going to be a hot commodity on the interview circuit once she’s sprung from the clink. Word is she’s not even considering any interview requests unless they cough up at least a cool $1 million. You just know she’ll totally get it. Why is beyond me since everyone knows everything, and her parents won’t charge nearly that much to be interviewed, which leads us to….
Stage mother extraordinaire and Carvel ice cream grifter Dina Lohan will be appearing on Entertainment Tonight in an “exclusive” (insert eyeroll) segment this evening where she’ll bitch about Lindsay’s unfair treatment at the hands of the legal system. Oh, boo hoo!
Meanwhile, her useless father Michael has also been busy making the rounds on the tabloid television circuit, blaming Dina for everything, all the while expressing concern for Lindsay (who he has no trouble selling out for a cheque everytime he can).
Finally, that now infamous ”f*ck u” painted on her middle finger was of course a joke, according to Lindsay, clearly worried that she could be found in contempt of court now that her little message to the Judge has been made public.
Whew. I’m exhauseted typing all that out.
Of course, she’s not talking about herself here (just alluding to it). What an over dramatic dumbass.
Dina would probably try to involve Amnesty International over Lindsay’s imminent incarceration, but since they won’t pay her for an “exclusive” interview, she’ll probably bitch to one of TV’s finer tabloid journalism shows instead.
Followed by a mandatory stay in rehab.
Citing parole violation and skipping her alcohol education classes, Judge Marsha Revel sentenced Lindsay to three consecutive one month terms (90 days) followed by 90 days of rehab. Lindsay has to turn herself in on July 20. Due to overcrowding in the prison system, chances are Lindsay will only serve about a third of her sentence.
Lindsay of course had a hissy fit on the spot , crying, sobbing, and wailing. Her biggest concern? Lindsay immediately wanted the SCRAM device attached to her ankle removed (guess she wanted to squeeze two weeks of hard partying in before she goes to jail and rehab) but the Judge refused her request.
No word yet from Lindsay’s uber-stage mother Dina, although her obnoxious father Michael, and the famewhoring Dr Drew were on Larry King last night talking about it.
Like once wasn’t enough?
According to The NY Post, stage mother extraordinaire Dina Lohan is shopping around a new reality TV show that focuses on the entire Lohan family (except for ex-husband Michael, natch).
Dina says that filming has already begun, with cameras following around Lohan family members (which will include Lindsay, her schedule permitting) as they go about their daily routines. Dina also says that she’s “discussing a deal with a major network”.
Pffffft. Sure she is.
Dina’s last attempt at reality TV, E!‘s Living Lohan, got cancelled after just nine episodes in 2008. Lindsay didn’t particiapte at all, so puiblic interest in the series was so-so to begin with (Dina originally promised E! that Lindsay would be part of it). An exercise in tedium, the only thing accomplished was to demonstrate what a talentless, entitled brat youngest daughter Ali is, pretty much deep-sixing any chance she had of breaking into show business (the series’ main focus).
Can’t see how this new show of Dina’s will get picked up (or be any more successful than the last one if it does), but with Lindsay’s supposed guaranteed involvement this time, it might find an audience.
A couple of months ago there was a rumour that Lindsay Lohan was sleeping with celebrity photographer Indrani (yeah, I never heard of her until then either).
Anyway, Lindsay’s now all up in arms for how she’s beeing portrayed on Indrani’s new Bravo reality TV show, Double Exposure.
Apparently, in the episode titled “Is Lindsay Here Yet?” the tardy trainwreck showed up somewhere between eight and eleven hours late for a photo-shoot, which totally sounds like something she’d do. Lindsay even says she’s sorry for being late in the episode, so that should be that, right?
Trick question!
Lindsay is disputing how she’s portrayed in the episode, saying Bravo set her up by giving her the wrong time for the shoot, which also sounds quite possible as well (imagine that, pulling the strings to create drama for reality TV). Of course, Lindsay’s taken to her main means of communication to vent her displeasure/outrage/wrath at the photographers, producers, and network via Twitter (so much cheaper than a publicist).
Meanwhile, Indrani (one name, like Madonna), and this Markus person both claim Lindsay hired them (not the other way around) to shoot her for her leggings line. This actually computes, as professional “celebrity” photographers wouldn’t sit idly by unless they were being paid for their time, then again, Bravo is probably footing the bill for the whole thing, so who knows?
This one’s a tie. Lindsay Lohan: still delusional, lying, and late. Bravo: manipulating events and catering to the lowest common denominator.
…World falls off axis.
Giving her bragging rights (trust, she will about this) Lindsay’s pee pee test came back clean for sweet, sweet, booze after her SCRAM device went off at an MTV Movie Award after party.
Lindsay’s lawyer says her client doesn’t know what triggered it. Dina Lohan had said someone had spelt a drink on Linds at the party, while Lindsay got herself interviewed by Star Magazine to bitch about all the lies that have been told about her and how it’s hurting her career.
What?
Either her SCRAM anklet is on the fritz or Lindsay’s figured out a way to over-ride it and pass her tests. Do they do body cavity searches before she goes into the washroom to do her business? If not, they way want to start.
Lindsay’s court date for parole violation is July 6th.
UPDATE – Not so fast! Check this update from Radar that says Lindsay’s “alcohol level ranged from .03 to .04 from midnight to 3 a.m on June 6, during the hours after the MTV awards.” According to a source close to the situation: “There was absolutely no doubt that Lindsay was drinking, and the report that the alcohol monitoring service provided to Judge Revel was very detailed and extremely reliable. The (SCRAM) report also says that Lohan’s SCRAM bracelet had indeed been tampered with, and this is one of the reasons that Judge Revel determined that Lindsay violated terns of her bail.”
Ooooo… the plot thickens (not really)!
Ugh. This is beyond stupid, but shows just how delusional and self-entitled Lindsay Lohan’s ghastly stage mother Dina is, that I decided I had to post about it.
Apparently, Dina went to Carvel Ice Cream to pick up a cake for her youngest son’s birthday and took daughter Ali’s VIP card to avoid paying for it. Seems that Ali has a black Carvel card that gives her free ice cream for 75 years, a pretty sweet deal. (How much do you wanna bet Lindsay threw a fit in the middle of one of their locations on her sister’s behalf in order to get her it?)
Anyway, Dina presented the store with Ali’s card and the clerk asked to see some ID, a standard enough practice, but of course, since this is a member of the Lohan family, there was drama.
Dina went running to Radar afterwards to give them her version of events. “The shop assistant said, ‘Do you have I.D.?’ Next minute he he grabbed my arm and took my card and held it hostage and wouldn’t give me the cake! This guy was crazy! I couldn’t believe this guy… it’s a family card, it just didn’t have my name on it. Next minute, four cop cars showed up, there’s a police helicopter over head and this guy makes it seem to the cops that I’m trying to use a stolen credit card — and for what? Over a free ice cream?! He wouldn’t give it back… not even to the cops! Finally he gave up and gave me my card back. But he told me, ‘You can have the card, but you can’t have the cake!’ It just shows how we get treated so much worse than regular people. Just wait until Lindsay and Ali hear about this. When Ali gets back, I’m going to bring her in everyday to this store — and you can print that!”
What? No “You’ll never get away with this!!!” tearfully uttered through breathless frustration by Dina as well? I’m shocked.
Far more likely, Dina threw a huge fit in the store when she was given the choice of paying or leaving empty handed and either called the cops herself or someone, fearing Dina was going to lose it on the store clerk, did.
I highly doubt four cop cars showed up unless it was by coincidence, and as for Dina’s story of the police helicopter overhead, chances are it was for traffic, but of course, since this is a Lohan, everything revolves around them. Always.
Here’s a rhetorical question. Who’s more delusional, Dina or Lindsay?
UPDATE- Carvel’s spokesminions have released a statement regarding the incident
“These cards were issued in the celebrity’s name and require the card holder to be present at the time of use, many celebrities have enjoyed their cards at our Carvel Ice Cream shoppes and have shared their excitement with being included in the celebration.
“Unfortunately, the Lohan family has been abusing the card. While the card was issued in Lindsay’s name only, her extended family has repeatedly used the card without her present. At first, we graciously honored their requests while explaining that the Black Card was not a carte blanc for unlimited Carvel Ice Cream for the extended Lohan family and friends. After more than six months of numerous and large orders for ice cream, we finally had to cut off the card and take it back.
“Dina Lohan reacted badly and called the police [called it!] to have her card returned. The police responded and did return the card to Dina with instructions not to use it again. This is an unfortunate situation where certain people feel entitled to use a celebrity’s name for their own purposes. We regret that the Lohan family is upset and hope this matter is put behind us quickly.”
HA! Sounds like Dina can show up with Lindsay or Ali at Carvel and throw all the temper tantrums they want, from here on in they have to pay up “like regular people” for their treats. Also note the mention of “numerous and large orders for ice cream”. Sounds like Dina was running a bit of a scam. Ice cream at discounted prices for cash only perhaps?
Look out Haagen Das and Baskin Robbins, Dina will be hammering on your doors next looking for freebies (since she’s the mother of a celebrity).
