Lindsay Lohan, who faced charges both in
New York and Santa Monica this week, is an innocent victim, one of her
attorneys 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.
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," her 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."
Santa Monica prosecutors weighed charges
against Lohan for weeks after police said they found evidence that she lied when
she said she was not behind the wheel of a Porsche that collided with a dump
truck.
Santa Monica Police Sgt. Richard Lewis told
The Times earlier this month that the department's investigation had determined
that Lohan was driving the Porsche, contradicting statements the actress made
to law enforcement officers after the crash. She was charged Thursday with
obstructing an investigation, giving false information to an officer and
reckless driving.
The charges related to 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 L.A. County Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner.
More recently, the 26-year-old actress has
been spending time in New York, where she has beenpart 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 when 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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