Date: 30th June 2011

Lohan Released From House Arrest


Lindsay Lohan has been released from house arrest after spending 35 days detained at her Los Angeles apartment for stealing a gold necklace.

The 24-year-old Mean Girls actress was sentenced in May to 120 days in prison, but was later offered a shorter period of house arrest.

She qualified for this under a programme for non-violent offenders, which is aimed at reducing overcrowding in jails in the Los Angeles area.

Lindsay is not entirely free. She still has to complete 480 hours of community service, complete an anti-shoplifting class and comply with other terms of her release.

She was sentenced to four months in jail in May for violating her probation in a 2007 drunken driving case by taking a necklace from a jewellery store without permission earlier this year.

Lohan pleaded "no contest" in May - which means a defendant neither admits or disputes a charge and pleads neither "guilty" or "not guilty", but accepts a punishment given by the court.

She was accused of taking the £1,550 necklace from a boutique near her home in the Venice Beach area of LA.

She had walked out of the store wearing the jewellery.

Her once promising Hollywood career has derailed because of repeated run-ins with the law and trips to rehabilitation to deal with drug and alcohol problems.

Nevertheless, Lohan is due to start working on a movie about New York crime boss John Gotti later this year which co-stars John Travolta and Al Pacino.

Source: Press Release