Lindsay Lohan Hires Robert Shapiro, Agrees To Go To Jail

LOS ANGELES — Lindsay Lohan has moved to a substance abuse facility and signed legal papers hiring celebrity lawyer Robert Shapiro to represent her as she prepares to head to jail for violating probation in a 2007 drug case.

Shapiro, a key figure on O.J. Simpson's legal "dream team" in 1995, confirmed Lohan was staying at Pickford Lofts, a treatment center Shapiro founded after his son died of a drug overdose.

Shapiro told The Associated Press on Friday he had agreed to represent Lohan only if she does her jail time and complies with the terms of her probation.

He said he would help the actress get treatment to accomplish long-term recovery and sobriety.

"Ms. Lohan is suffering from a disease that I am all too familiar with," said Shapiro, whose son Brent died in 2005. "Hopefully I can be of assistance."

Lohan is scheduled to begin serving a 90-day sentence on Tuesday.

Shapiro has represented numerous celebrity clients.

In representing Lohan, Shapiro is replacing attorney Shawn Chapman Holley, another veteran of the Simpson trial in which the former football star was acquitted of the murders of his ex-wife Nicole and her friend Ronald Goldman.

Holley resigned after saying Lohan's sentence was harsh and unfair.

Shapiro filed papers in court signed by Lohan substituting him as her counsel.

The 24-year-old actress was sentenced to 90 days in jail earlier this month after a judge determined she violated her probation by missing seven weekly alcohol education classes since December.

The judge also ordered Lohan to spend three months in rehab after serving her sentence and continue to undergo random drug testing until her probation expires.

Lohan pleaded guilty in August 2007 to two misdemeanor counts of being under the influence of cocaine; no contest to two counts of driving with a blood-alcohol level above 0.08 percent; and one count of reckless driving. She was sentenced to three years probation.

The plea came after a pair of high-profile arrests earlier that year.

Lohan has spent 84 minutes in jail and performed mandatory service at the county morgue.

Still, she has struggled with the terms of her sentence. In October, a judge extended her probation for another year and a prosecutor warned the actress she was facing jail time if she violated her probation.

Lohan has been required to wear an ankle alcohol monitor since late May, when she missed a court hearing. She claimed her passport was stolen while she attended the Cannes Film Festival in France.

The lapse prompted a series of crackdowns by the judge, including doubling Lohan's bail to $200,000 when the monitor registered a .03 blood alcohol level after the star attended the MTV Movie Awards and afterparties.

Lohan denied she had been drinking that night.

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Associated Press Entertainment Writer Anthony McCartney contributed to this story.

(This version CORRECTS Corrects second reference to attorney Holley. This story is part of AP's general news and entertainment services.)

Comments

[topkatnc]

07:34 AM on 07/20/2010

Looks like Shapiro has taken a hike ... LL has no lawyer ..

[BikeFreak]

04:40 AM on 07/20/2010

"Agrees to go to jail"?

You mean it's a choice?

[suemj]

11:15 AM on 07/20/2010

Thank you, I just said the same thing "Agree?" She has no choice; But I guess she still needs to feel as if she's in control even if in denial.

[rjaxone]

11:24 PM on 07/19/2010

OMG: It's hard to believe that out of 50 million sperm, hers was the fastest....

[KristinNoelle]

07:55 PM on 07/19/2010

Oh she "agreed" to go to jail. Funny, I was under the impression that is was not a choice.

[Mister Biggles]

05:12 PM on 07/19/2010

She could have used LegalZoom.com and saved big money.

[CessnaDriver]

07:35 PM on 07/19/2010

How do you know she didn't ?

[Mister Biggles]

07:37 PM on 07/19/2010

Bob Shapiro doesn't leave his house, get in his car and stand next to you for $69.95.

[Pinkasaurus]

07:42 PM on 07/19/2010

Hey there, nice to see you too! I tried to respond to your earlier comment, but I kept getting an "access denied" error message.

[JimR]

01:18 PM on 07/19/2010

Dueling HuffPo headlines!

"Lindsay Lohan Hires Robert Shapiro, Agrees To Go To Jail"

"Lohan SLAMS Her Father, Still Resisting Jail"

[valeskas]

01:10 PM on 07/19/2010

I am tired of her, the drama queen, she behaves like a child who is 5 years old. Go to jail, go to rehab, do whats necessary and shut up. When you do criminal things, you belong in JAIL. Even Paris Hilton had more guts then you. She did what need to be done and so should you. I am so tired of these people, who would have had a good career and a good life and messed it up. Look how many years it took, for Robert Downey jr, to become a bankable actor again. She needs to be a responsible person, but she behaves like a child. Please Lohan family dissapear.

[CessnaDriver]

07:35 PM on 07/19/2010

If you are so "tired" of her, why don't you just ignore her?

[Harrier]

11:55 AM on 07/19/2010

What a calm and cool headed thing to say. It appears he maybe saying her life. She is trusting him like a father she never had. Looks like a wonderful turning point in her life.

[MalloMel]

10:30 AM on 07/19/2010

...and I suppose that you are supposed to determine whether their decision is right or wrong.

[MalloMel]

10:48 AM on 07/19/2010

Sorry... misposted.

[BowlingForRevenge]

09:22 AM on 07/19/2010

Well OJ is in jail now and Kardashian and Cochran have passed on....so I'm gonna assume (yikes that word) Shapiro isn't long for this world. Karma.

[MalloMel]

10:44 AM on 07/19/2010

In the scheme of things, none of us are long for this world. I wouldn't be too happy about someone else dying.

[CessnaDriver]

07:17 PM on 07/19/2010

Karma is BS.

[WestCoastftw]

02:52 PM on 07/22/2010

No it's not!

Simply ask that close friend of yours Joran Van Der Sloot.

[valeskas]

09:16 AM on 07/19/2010

Mr. Shapiro, did she have some leather gloves too. You know leather shrinks, when wet. But if you can get OJ off, you might get her off too.

[CessnaDriver]

07:18 PM on 07/19/2010

It doesn't shrink that much.

[WestCoastftw]

02:54 PM on 07/22/2010

Claim's noted leather expert CessnaDriver lol

How are you coming along with the names of 10 Superior Court Judges who would have ignored Lohan's probation violation. Its been over two weeks now, might be time to admit you just made that up.

[CaveatLector]

07:25 AM on 07/19/2010

Huh? What in the world is Huffpo talkinga about? Lohan "agrees" to comply with her court ordered jail time? What other choice did she have?

Prediction: She will become hysterical and suicical in prison (just like Hilton) did and get transferred to a medical facility for evaluation.

[CessnaDriver]

07:20 PM on 07/19/2010

Bad headline. More like she agreed not to pursue an appeal and a stay of her sentence.

As far as jail: Things are different now than when Ms.Hilton was in jail. It will be interesting to see how Sheriff Baca handles things. He has a court order that supersedes any LA Superior Court order.

[WestCoastftw]

07:53 PM on 07/22/2010

Things are no different! the corrupt Sheriff Baca has simply continued his celebrity kissing ways. Just as in the Paris Hilton Debacle Lohan is getting special visitation treatment.

http://www.tmz.com/2010/07/21/dina-lohan-ali-lohan-lindsay-lohan-visit-jail-lynwood-arrest-court-video-visiting-hours/

http://www.tmz.com/2010/07/22/samantha-ronson-lindsay-lohan-lynwood-correctional-facility-jail-visitor-visitation/

Equal treatment under the law is full on BS with Baca, as you know but refuse to acknowledge once again due to partisan warped politics.

[jalowe1957]

02:19 AM on 07/19/2010

Memo to Lindsay Lohan: Do what the judge tells you. Go directly to jail and serve your time. Do not pass go, do not collect your two hundred dollars. And if the threat of lesbian gangs on the prowl doesn't scare you straight, then you're far beyond salvaging.

[negirl]

05:59 PM on 07/19/2010

she is a lesbian

[CessnaDriver]

07:22 PM on 07/19/2010

Perhaps not. You don't know anything that hasn't been in the press.

[CessnaDriver]

07:21 PM on 07/19/2010

So, you believe that it's appropriate and right that she fear lesbian gang rape when she goes to jail?

Are you pro-rape, or pro-threat of rape?

[cruisepuppy7452a]

04:51 PM on 07/18/2010

Its not up to her to agree, its a court order. This kid still thinks she is calling the shots. NOpe. She is in for a rude awakening. If she fails to show up, they will pick her up, screaming, drag her to her cell. There is no negotiation in this one. They won't let her off so easy. My bet, she will stay the entire 3 months, maybe more, then go to a year rehab program that is no BS, in a hospital ward, and then get 3-5 years probation. The courts won't let her pull a cinderella. She will go in at the beginning of the week, meaning she will be in for 3-6 months. Shapiro, good luck collecting, the girl is broke.

[JimR]

05:54 PM on 07/18/2010

I only see the "agree" language in the headline, not the story. HuffPo is notorious for writing inaccurate headlines, so I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt here.

I haven't heard one legal expert think she'll do more than half of the 90 days; most think she'll do as little as 25 days.

Part of her sentence included a 90-day residential treatment program.

[Sol76]

11:20 PM on 07/18/2010

Yes, Huffington Post's headline is misleading here. Lohan is not quoted agreeing to anything in the article. Does HP just make it up as they go along?

[fran]

02:37 PM on 07/18/2010

Bob Shapiro knows more about this terrible disease than most.
She is in good hands with him!