Lindsay Lohan Arrested After Mercedes Accident, DUI
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The sexy 20 year old singer, Lindsay Lohan, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence Saturday after her Mercedes convertible struck a curb, and investigators found what they believe is cocaine at the scene, police said. LL and two other people were in her 2005 Mercedes SL-65 when it crashed on Sunset Boulevard around 5:30 a.m., Sgt. Mike Foxen said. It appeared the “Mean Girls” actress was speeding, Lt. Mitch McCann said at an afternoon news conference.
Officers at the scene found a “usable amount” of a drug tentatively identified as cocaine, McCann said. He declined to say where the drug was found other than to say Lohan was not carrying it.
Officers received a 911 call about the accident and arrested Lohan at the hospital for investigation of misdemeanor driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Lohan was driven in another car to Century City for treatment of minor injuries. The two other people in her car were not hurt.
She was released from custody because she was admitted to the hospital, police said.
McCann declined to comment on Lohan’s blood-alcohol level. He said the case will be presented to the District Attorney’s Office where the actress could face more charges, including felonies. Her tentative arraignment date is Aug. 24.
The crash was Lohan’s third accident in about two years. In October 2005, Lohan and a passenger received minor injuries when her convertible hit a van in West Hollywood. Authorities said the van driver, who also received minor injuries, was at fault.
Months earlier, Lohan collided with a minivan when she made a U-turn as the van, carrying paparazzi, followed her from a Los Angeles restaurant. A photographer was arrested for investigation of assault with a deadly weapon but prosecutors declined to charge him.
That crash was credited with prompting Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a law that set steep financial penalties for paparazzi who commit assaults while trying to obtain celebrity photos.
Lohan said in January that she had checked into a rehabilitation center for substance abuse treatment. Her publicist confirmed in December that the actress was attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.
Lohan told Allure magazine during an interview for its May issue that she decided to enter the secluded Wonderland Center at the suggestion of her therapist. “It’s so weird that I went to rehab. I always said I would die before I went to rehab,” Lohan told the publication.
Following the incident, Svedka vodka has pulled out of sponsoring Lohan’s 21st birthday bash, which was to be held in Las Vegas in July. New York Daily News reported a spat between Lohan and the vodka company, which had second thoughts of sponsoring her birthday party after a series of unfortunate incidents involving the sensational Hollywood heartthrob.
The other sponsors for her birthday celebrations include Pure Nightclub, Caesars Palace and the Social House Restaurant at Treasure Island.
The 20-year-old actress is just one month shy of being old enough to legally drink alcohol in the United States.
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